Researching Basil Willson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3360 people with the Willson surname? In that year Willson was ranked number 1245 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Basil means "kingly, regal" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Basil Willson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Basil Willson and the Willson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Willson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Willson family tree.
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Willson Genealogy Databases
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Willson Forums
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Miscellaneous Willson Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Basil Willson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Basil Willson
Basil Wynne Willson
– St John Basil Wynne Willson (surname Wynne-Willson; 28 August 1868 – 15 October 1946) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was the Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1921 to 1937.
The maternal grandson of Michael Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem, Willson was educated at Cheltenham and St John's College, Cambridge. He was an Assistant Master at The Leys School and Rugby before Headships at Haileybury College and Marlborough. Ordained in 1904, he was appointed Dean of Bristol in 1916, a post he held for five years. The Bishop of Bristol (George Nickson) and the Dean were strong supporters of Britain's involvement in the Great War and Willson, although 48, volunteered for the Army Chaplaincy. He was interviewed on 7 February 1917, and he asked to be posted to France or Salonika; but bouts of colon pain and shortsightedness meant that he had to serve in England. He left the army in 1918. He married Alice Lillian Wills in 1919, and died in 1946. He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day 1921 (1 November) by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He then served as Bishop of Bath and Wells until his retirement on 1 November 1937.
Source: Basil Wynne Willson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Willson
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