Samuel Day Wills 1837

Samuel was born on 14 March 1837, the son of Henry Overton Wills II and Isabella Board, at Bristol, Gloucestershire.
He decided that he did not want to work in the tobacco industry and instead set up his own partnership Samuel Wills and Company - varnish enamel and paint manufacturers.
He was a Fellow of the Chemical Society, became a deacon of Redland Park and Kingsland Congregational Churches, Treasurer of the Bristol YMCA, Director of the London Missionary Society, Vice President of Bristol Missionary Society, on the committee of the Bristol Dispensary and a J.P.

(1^st Wife)
Elizabeth Granger Bourne 1840-1884

Elizabeth was born about 1840, the daughter of W. T. Bourne and Charlotte ?, at Walton on the Naze, Essex.
I have identified the following children.

Norman	Born abt 1862	Bristol
Harold Temple	Born abt 1862	Bristol
Mary Edna Gertrude	Born abt 1866	Bristol	Died Unmarried, 3 April 1942
Allen G.	Born abt 1868	Bristol
William Day	Born abt 1870	Bristol	Died Age 14
Norman	Born abt 1870	Bristol
Walter Kenneth	Born abt 1872	Bristol	Married Kathleen Isabella Tubbs
Alice Muriel	Born 16 Jul 1875	Bristol	Died Unmarried, 14 Apr 1953

Birth of Parents

Samuel Day Wills

b: 14 Mar 1837 c: 28 Jan 1839 Tabernacle Penn Street, Calvinistic Methodist, Bristol
son of Henry Overton Wills II and Isabella Board 1838 4Q Clifton 11 239

Elizabeth Granger Bourne

b: abt 1840 Walton on the Naze, Essex 1840 2Q Tendring 12 265
daughter of W. T. Bourne and Charlotte ?

Marriage

abt 1861
Samuel Day Wills
Elizabeth Granger Bourne

1861 3Q Bristol 6a 149

Children

Norman Wills

b: abt 1862 Bristol
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

Harold Temple Wills

b: abt 1862 Bristol 1862 3Q Bristol 6a 47
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

Mary Edna Gertrude Wills

b: abt 1866 Bristol 1866 2Q Bristol 6a 54
daughter of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

Allen G. Wills

b: abt 1868 Bristol
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

William Day Wills

b: abt 1870 Bristol
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne Died 15 Aug 1885

1871 Census	RG10-2544	3 April 1871	Clifton, Gloucestershire
Stainmoor
Samuel Wills (M) Norman Harold T. Mary E. Allen G. William Day Plus 4 Servants	Age 34 Age 8 Age 7 Age 4 Age 2 Age 6 Mon	Color Manufacturer Scholar Scholar	Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol	14 Mar 1837 abt 1862 abt 1862 abt 1866 abt 1868 abt 1870

1871 Census	RG10-4674	3 April 1871	Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire
Edge Brook Road
George W. Knox Annie (Wife) Elizabeth G. Wills (SisLaw)(M) Plus 2 Servants	Age 28 Age 31 Age 30	Accountant & Publisher	Bristol Walton Naze	Middlesex Gloucester Essex	abt 1842 abt 1839 abt 1840

Norman Wills

b: abt 1871 Bristol
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

Walter Kenneth Wills

b: abt 1873 Bristol 1873 1Q Clifton 6a 65
son of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne

Alice Muriel Wills

b: 16 Jul 1875 Bristol 1875 3Q Clifton 6a 62
daughter of Samuel Day Wills and Elizabeth Granger Bourne Died 14 Apr 1953

1881 Census	RG11-2482	4 April 1881	Clifton, Gloucestershire
11 Upper Belgrave Road
Samuel Wills Elizabeth G. Mary C. G. William D. Norman Walter K. Alice M. Sarah M. Bourne (SisLaw) Plus 4 Servants	Age 40 Age 40 Age 14 Age 12 Age 10 Age 8 Age 5 Age 45	Color Manufacturer Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar	Bristol Walton Naze Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Sunderland	Essex Durham	14 Mar 1837 abt 1840 abt 1866 abt 1868 abt 1870 abt 1872 16 Jul 1875 abt 1835

Death

Elizabeth Granger (Bourne) Wills

Died 25 Dec 1884, Age 44,
Upper Belgave Road, Clifton 1884 4Q Barton Regis 6a 55

The Times, Tuesday, Dec 30, 1884 DEATHS

On the 25th Dec., at 11 Upper Belgrave Road, Clifton, Elizabeth Granger, the beloved wife of Samuel Day Wills, aged 44 years

Eva Blanche Tubbs 1854-1946 (2^nd Wife)

Eva was born on 28 July 1854,the daughter of Charles Foulger Tubbs and Mary Hopkinson, at Plymouth, Devonshire.
I have identified the following children.

Eric Foulger

Born abt 1889

Clifton

Married Helen Irene Ridges

Birth of New Wife

Eva Blanche Tubbs

b: 28 Jul 1854 Plymouth, Devon 1854 3Q Plymouth 5b 254
daughter of Charles Foulger Tubbs and Mary Hopkinson

Marriage

2 Jun 1887
Samuel Day Wills
Eva Blanche Tubbs

Pennycross, Plymouth 1887 2Q Plympton St Mary 5b 425

The Times, Monday, Jun 6, 1887 MARRIAGES

On the 2d June, at Pennycross, Plymouth, by Rev G. Ibberson Tubbs, incumbant of St. Mary's, Reading, uncle of the bride, Samuel Day Wills, of Clifton, to Eva Blanche, fourth daughter of Charles Foulger Tubbs, Beechfield, Compton, Plymouth.

Children

Eric Foulger Wills

b: abt 1889 Clifton, Gloucestershire 1890 1Q Barton Regis 6a 58
son of Samuel Day Wills and Eva Blanche Tubbs

1891 Census	RG12-1968	6 April 1891	Clifton, Gloucestershire
11 Upper Belgrave Road
Samuel D. Wills (M) Mary E. G. Norman Walter K. Alice M. Plus 4 Servants	Age 54 Age 24 Age 20 Age 18 Age 15	Varnish and Colour Manufacturer Varnish and Colour Scholar Scholar	Bristol Bristol Clifton Clifton Clifton	Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester	22 Nov 1837 abt 1866 abt 1871 abt 1873 16 Jul 1875

1891 Census	RG12-1723	6 April 1891	Pennycross, Devon
Nultey
Charles F. Tubbs Isabella (Wife) Ellen Dora C. Lilian H. Ida Alice E. Kathleen J. Eva Wills (Dau)(M) Eric F. Wills (GSon) Plus 3 Servants	Age 73 Age 51 Age 38 Age 33 Age 30 Age 28 Age 27 Age 17 Age 36 Age 1	Retired Dentist Teacher High School Teacher High School Teacher Private School Scholar	Mildenhall Workington Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Clifton	Suffolk Cumberland Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon Somerset	abt 1817 abt 1839 abt 1852 abt 1857 abt 1860 abt 1862 abt 1863 abt 1873 abt 1854 abt 1889

1901 Census	RG13-2367	1 April 1901	Clifton, Gloucestershire
11 Upper Belgrave Road
Samuel Day Wills Eva Blanche (Wife) Alice Muriel Plus 3 Servants	Age 64 Age 46 Age 25	J.P. & Varnish and Colour Manufacturer	Bristol Plymouth Clifton	Gloucester Devon Gloucester	22 Nov 1837 abt 1854 16 Jul 1875

1901 Census	RG13-2095	1 April 1901	Charles, Plymouth, Devon
Mount House
Mary F. Tubbs (s) Alice E. Tubbs (Sis)(s) Eric F. Wills Plus 26 Schoolboys and others	Age 53 Age 37 Age 11	Principal of Preparatory Boys School Schoolboy	Plymouth Plymouth Clifton	Devon Devon Gloucester	abt 1847 abt 1863 abt 1889

Death

Samuel Day Wills

Died 7 Jul 1909, Age 72, At Stainmoor, Pembrook Road, Clifton 1909 3Q Bristol 6a 2

The Times, Friday, July 9, 1909 OBITUARIES

MR. S. D. WILLS The death took place on Wednesday morning at his Residence, Stainmoor, Pembroke-road, Clifton, of Mr. Samuel Day Wills, son of the late Mr. H. O. Wills, brother of the late Sir Frederick Wills, and of Sir E. Payson Wills, and cousin of Lord Winterstoke.
Mr. Wills was born at Bristol on March 14, 1837, and was educated at Taunton and Amersham. He first married Miss Elizabeth Granger Bourne, daughter of Mr. W. T. Bourne, of Walker Hall, Staindrop, Durham, and secondly Miss Eva Blanche Tubbs, fourth daughter of Mr. C. F. Tubbs, of Beechfield, near Plymouth. Mr. Wills retired from business as oil and colour merchant in Castle green, Bristol, some eight or nine years ago, the business now

being carried on by his son, Mr. Norman Wills, while another son, Mr. Harold Wills, has been engaged in missionary work at Travancore, but is now home on furlough. Mr. Samuel Wills identified himself with the Congregational Church movement in Bristol, and was generous in his support of its churches and other agencies He was treasurer of the Bristol Y.M.C.A., a director of the London Missionary Society, vice-president of the Bristol Missionary Society, a member of the committee of the Bristol Dispensary, chairman in 1899 of the County Union of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, a member of the committee of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, and a magistrate for Bristol. In 1875 he was elected Fellow of the Chemical Society.

BRISTOL 7 Aug 1909 Probate

WILLS, Samuel Day, of 113 Pembroke-road, Clifton, Bristol, J.P., died 7 July 1909, Probate Bristol 7 August, to George Alfred Wills J.P., Frank Newton Tribe J.P., Norman Wills, Merchant, and Walter Kenneth Wills, physician. Effects £56,268 6s. 8d.

Death

Eva Blanche (Tubbs) Wills

Died 18 Feb 1946, Age 91, 1946 1Q Bristol 6a 18

The Times, Wednesday, Feb 20, 1946 DEATHS

WILLS - On Feb. 18, 1946, at 46 St. John's Road, Clifton, Bristol, Eva Blanche (née Tubbs), widow of Samuel Day Wills, J.P., in her 92nd year.

BRISTOL 27 Sep 1946 Probate

WILLS, Eva Blanche, of 46 St. Johns-road, Clifton, Bristol 8, widow, died 18 February 1946, Probate Bristol 27 September, to Eric Foulger Wills, retired schoolmaster, and Norman Wills, company director. Effects £48,608 8s. 10d.

NOTE:

The grave of Samuel Day Wills, and family has been among the missing at Arnos Vale cemetery, however, good friend, Dave Napier, has found the location and the monument is finally revealed. Pass the cursor over the photo to see how it was hidden from view.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZABETH GRANGER WIFE OF SAMUEL DAY WILLS OF CLIFTON WHO FELL ASLEEP ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1884 AGED 44 "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE" "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU" 5, JOHN XIV-2	IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL DAY WILLS, J.P. OF CLIFTON WHO FELL ASLEEP JULY 7^th 1909 AGED 72 YEARS ALSO OF EVA BLANCHE, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE BORN IN PLYMOUTH JULY 28^th 1854, DIED IN BRISTOL FEBRUARY 18^th 1946	IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM DAY WILLS, WHO FELL ASLEEP AUGUST 15^th 1885, AGED 14 YEARS INTERRED AT NEWQUAY CORNWALL ALSO OF ALLAN GRANGER WILLS JAN 17^th 1890 AGED 27 YEARS INTERRED AT SYDNEY N.S.W.	IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALICE MURIEL WILLS, YOUNGER DAUGHTER OF THE LATE SAMUEL DAY WILLS BORN JULY 16 1875 DIED APRIL 14 1953 HER LIFE WAS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD.
ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, Bristol Photos by Dave Napier

SPECIAL THANKS to Clifford Allison, and Dave Napier, for many of the details provided above.
Visit these sites for more information on Arnos Vale Cemetery http://www.bafhs.org.uk/arnos/arnomain.htm and http://www.arnosvalefriends.org.uk/