Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWillis Hermon Wells 
Birth1867, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Census18 Apr 1910, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#991, pg 4
Census7 Jan 1920, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#1125, pg 4
Census1930, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#1450, pg 22
Census15 Apr 1940, Greece, Monroe Co, NY
Memoroll#2678, pg 9
Death1942, Monroe Co, NY
BurialFairfield Cem, Spencerport, Monroe Co, NY
OccupationInsurance agent
FatherPeter Wells (1836-1906)
MotherMary Jane Marcellus (1841-1931)
Misc. Notes
He and his family moved to New York by the 1910 census, when he is listed as an insurance agent (44, Can), having immigrated in 1901 and naturalized.
He is still living in Rochester as an (life) insurance agent in 1920 and 1930, but while listed as married, he is living alone as a boarder, and is listed as an alien who immigrated in 1901. In 1930 his wife is living with the family of daughter Laura in Pennsylvania.
In 1940, he is listed as 72 and widowed, and a boarder with the family of Laura Haff.
He is still living in Rochester as an (life) insurance agent in 1920 and 1930, but while listed as married, he is living alone as a boarder, and is listed as an alien who immigrated in 1901. In 1930 his wife is living with the family of daughter Laura in Pennsylvania.
In 1940, he is listed as 72 and widowed, and a boarder with the family of Laura Haff.
Spouses
Birth1871, Canada
Death18 Apr 1933, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY
BurialWebster Rural Cem, Webster, Monroe Co, NY
MemoGW R13 G01
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Myers.
She and Willis also had a stillborn daughter on 4 May 1898, but she was unnamed on the birth record.
She is listed in her own home but without her husband in 1920, as head of household (49, Can), with her married daughter Laura Duke and her daughter Claire Young, husband, son and daughter.
Living with her daughter Laura and husband James McConnell in Pennsylvania in 1930.
She and Willis also had a stillborn daughter on 4 May 1898, but she was unnamed on the birth record.
She is listed in her own home but without her husband in 1920, as head of household (49, Can), with her married daughter Laura Duke and her daughter Claire Young, husband, son and daughter.
Living with her daughter Laura and husband James McConnell in Pennsylvania in 1930.
Marriage19 Apr 1892, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada