Henry
Wills
aka Wells
Born about in Canada East
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (O'Hara) Wills
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Gertrude Wills, William H. Wills, David A. Wills, Harold E. Wills, Mary Wills, Maggie M. (Wills) Martineau, Robert J. Wills and Richmond Thomas Wills
Died about
at about age 56
in North Dakota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2022
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Biography
Henry was born about 1856. According to his wife's obituary he died about 5 years before she died in 1917. The family remained on the farm after his death. Family researchers have his last name as Wills but he shows up in early newspapers as Henry Wells.
Sources
- "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHRX-C18 : 23 February 2021), Sarah Wells in household of Henry Wells, Wright, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLG8-ZDW : accessed 1 February 2022), Sarah O Wills in household of Henry Wills, Pembina, Pembina, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 7B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1145; FHL microfilm 1,375,158.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Janet (Kern) Johnson 
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Rejected matches › Henry Thomas Wills (1854-1946) › Henry Bascom Wills (1857-1931) › Henry Charles Wills (1857-1859) › Henry Wills (1855-) › Henry Wills (1858-1937) › Henry Wallis (1855-1940) › John Henry Wilks (1858-1858) › Harry Wiles (1858-1933) › Henry Robert Wallis (1856-) › William Henry Welsh (abt.1856-bef.1901) › William Henry Welsh (1858-1931) › Henry John William Wallis (1854-1854) › Henry Wallis (1855-1913) › Harry Lee Wells (1857-1925) › Henry Willis (1858-) › Henry Jefferson Willis (1855-1918) › Charles Henry Wells (1855-1914) › Henry Isaac Willis (abt.1858-1915) › Arthur Henry Wells (1857-1923) › Henry Watkins Wells (1855-1932)
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