Gustavus Herman Willis (1843 - 1913)

Born 8 Sep 1843 in Bremen, Germany

Husband of Emma Elizabeth (Larrabee) Willis — married 14 Jul 1874 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Died 10 Mar 1913 at age 69 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gustavus Hermann Willis was born in Bremen, Germany on 8 Sep 1943. He immigrated to the United States, arriving at the Port of New York City in July 1861. His naturalization records on file with the State of Maine shows his naturalization date is 25 Jun 1873, filed with the Superior- Cumberland County Supreme Court, Portland, Maine. Early papers show his given name as "Gustav" while his death record shows it as "Gustavus".

Gustav Hermann Willis petitioned the Maine Supreme Court at Portland, Maine on 22 Mar 1871 "represents that he was born at Bremen Germany in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, that he came from Bremen to New York arriving in May 1861 and in the year 1865 came to Portland, Maine." His witness was Samuel N Merrill, Portland, Maine.

Gustavus Herman Willis married Emma Elizabeth Larrabee at Portland, Maine on 6 Jul 1874. They were the parents of one known daughter:

• Gertrude Larrabee Willis b. 25 Apr 1875 @ Portland, Maine, d. 9 Jan 1954.

The 1900 US census for West Bridgewater, Massachusetts lists residents Gustavus H Willis (56), born in Germany, and his wife Emma E Willis (53), born in Maine. They own their home, which is mortgaged, located on East Street. He is employed as a "printing pressman". They have been married for twenty-six years and Emma has given birth to one child, alive at the tome of the census. He has been in the United States for 26 years and is naturalized.

He died in 1913 and is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D5CL-K1W2 : 18 February 2021), Gustav Herman Willis, 1871.

• "Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT4-GQHN : 9 March 2021), Gustav Herman Willis, 1873.

• "Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBW-LC8F : 9 March 2021), Gustav Herman Willis, 1873.

• "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXR8-YNG : 4 March 2021), Gustav Herman Willis, 1873; citing Maine, NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 115; FHL microfilm 1,429,785

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DV-GZV : 22 July 2021), Hermann Willis, 1874

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2D-52P : 2 March 2021), Gustavus Willis in entry for Gertrude Larrabee Willis, 25 Apr 1875; citing Portland, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YQ-CZJ : 22 January 2022), Gustavus H Willis, 1900

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KX-MPD : accessed 2 March 2022), Gustavis H Willias, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1249, sheet 11B, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 613; FHL microfilm 1,374,626

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N44V-7J2 : 2 March 2021), Gustavus Herman Willis, 10 Mar 1913; citing West Bridgewater,,Massachusetts, 489, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,403,947

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118511022/g-herman-willis), memorial page for G. Herman Willis (1843–10 Mar 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118511022, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA