Last Updated: April 9, 2021
Robert L. & Sarah Katherine (Helms) Willis
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Willis, Robert L. Need to work on this whole family
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Parents: Jubal & Violet (Jones) Willis. 1833
Birth: Mar 1833 Franklin Co.,
VA. 1860 Marriage #1: Ro. L. Willis m. Sarah K. Saunders
2-16-1860 Franklin Co., VA. He 27 yo single w/m, s/o Jubal & Violet
Willis. She 19 yo widowed s/o Thomas & Frances Helms. 1860 Residence: Franklin Co., VA, Southwestern
District, Long Branch P.O., H254:
Willis, 68 yo w/f farmer, b. VA,
$334/1200, HOH.
Robert 27 yo w/m, b. VA, $0/1200, married in year.
Sarah 18 yo w/f, b. VA, married in year.
Saunders, Sarah 3 yo w/f, b. VA.
(Sarah Saunders Willis daughter or sister?)
Jones, Isaac 74 yo w/m, b. VA.
Willis, Martha 33 yo w/f teacher, b.
VA, $0/900. 1870
Residence:
Floyd Co., VA, Little River PO, H562:
Willis, Robert 37 yo w/m day laborer, b. VA, HOH.
Sarah Cath. 28 yo w/f, b. VA, keeping house.
Louise Olivia 13 yo w/f, b. VA. (she was a Saunders, d/o Michael M.
(1833-1859) & Sarah Katherine (Helms) Saunders. [no file] Shell marry
William Barnet Pugh in 1876. pugh_william.htm
Thos Beauregard 9 yo w/m, b. VA.
Martha E. F. 3 yo w/f, b. VA.
Wm H. Lee 6/12 w/m, b. Nov VA. 1880
Residence:
Floyd Co., VA, Little River PO, H562:
Willis, Robert 47 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, HOH.
Sarah 40 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, keeping house.
T. Beauregard 19 yo single son, b. VA, parents b. VA, works on farm.
Martha E. 12 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA, school.
William H. 10 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, works on farm, school.
Sallie 8 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA, school.
Ardella 5 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA, school.
Samuel 3 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA.
George 3/12 don, b. Feb VA, parents b. VA. 1900
Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust
Grove District 20, H94:
Willis, Robbert L. 67 yo w/m farmer, b. Mar 1833
VA, parents b. VA, m. 42y, owns farm, HOH.
Sarah K. 60 yo wife, b. Oct 1839 VA, parents b. VA, m. 42y, 11 children with
11 living.
Della 26 yo single daughter, b. Mar 1874 VA, parents b. VA.
George H. 18 yo single son, b. Dec 1881 VA, parents b. VA, farm laborer.
Ugene F. 17 yo single daughter, b. Apr 1883 VA,
parents b. VA.
Maud M. 15 yo single daughter, b. Mar 1885 VA, parents b. VA, school.
Waller R. 12 yo son, b. Apr 1888 VA, parents b. VA, school.
Mag_mder M. 6 yo son, b. May 1894 VA, parents b. VA |
+ Willis, Sarah Katherine |
Parents: Thomas & Frances (unknown) Helms.
1839 Birth: Oct 1839 VA. 1870, 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Robert
L. Willis. |
2. Willis, Louise Olivia |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1857 Birth: abt 1857
VA. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
2. Willis, Thomas Beauregard |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1861 Birth: 2-19-1861
VA. 1870, 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1881 Marriage #1: Thomas B. Willis m. Ruth T. Sigmon 8-28-1881 Franklin Co., VA. He 20 yo single w/m, b. Franklin Co., VA,
s/o Ro.L. & Sarah K. Willis. She 27 yo single
w/f, b. Franklin Co., VA, d/o Ro. & Elizabeth Sigmon. Ruth Tuppence
Sigmon, 1853-1926, d/o Robert & Elizabeth
Betty (Gibson) Sigmon. [no file] 1919 Death: 4-16-1919
Roanoke Hospital, Roanoke City, VA. Thomas
Boregard, 58y 1m 27d, married w/m farmer, b. Feb
19, 1861 Floyd Co., VA. Spouse: not
asked for. Father: Robert Willis, b. Franklin Co., VA. Mother: Sarah Helm, b.
Franklin Co., VA. Informant: M. L. Willis of Roanoke, VA. COD: nephritis
several days. Burial: Fairview, Apr 17, 1919. 1919 Burial: Fairview
Cemetery, Roanoke, VA. |
2. Willis, Martha Ellen F. |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1867 Birth: abt 1867
VA. 1870, 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1881 Marriage #1: Martha
Ellen Willis m. George Underwood 12-17-1881 at Phillips Janney's, Floyd Co.,
VA by Wiley A. Via. He 21 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co.,
VA, s/o William & Rachel Underwood. She 15 yo single w/f, b. & living
in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Robert L. & Sarah K. Willis. George
Underwood, s/o William B. & Rachel (Allen) Underwood. underwood_WilliamB_Rachel.htm |
2. Willis, William H. |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1869 Birth: abt 1869
VA. 1870, 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1890 Marriage #1: William H.
Willis m. Mary Lillie Proffit 06-12-1890 at William
M. Proffit's, Floyd Co., VA by Asa D. Scott. He 20
yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Robert L. &
Sarah Willis. She 15 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o William
M. & Barbara E. Proffit. Lillie Annie
Mary Proffit, d/o William
Marion & 1st wife Barbara Ellen (Spangler) Proffit.
[proffit_Harvey_Sarah] |
2. Willis, Sallie Elizabeth |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1872 Birth: abt 1872
VA. 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1891 Marriage #1: Sallie E.
Willis m. John L. Link 08-09-1891 at Robert L. Willis', Floyd Co., VA by P.R.
Vest. He 36 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o David
& Adeline Link. She 19 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA,
d/o Robert L. & Sarah K. Willis. John
Lemon Link, s/o David & 1st wife Adeline (Smith) Link. link_David_2wives.htm |
2. Willis, Ardella Della |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1874 Birth: Mar 1874 VA. 1880, 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
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3. Willis, General Magruder |
Parents: Ardella Della Willis & C. M.
Link. 1894 Birth: May 1894
VA. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1915
Marriage #1:
He m. Nellie Boyd 1915 Floyd Co., VA. Nellie Ray
Boyd, d/o Peter Thomas Jefferson
& Eva Sarah Elizabeth (Booth) Boyd. Peter s/o Abram Moore & Polly
Boyd. (doesnt appear Abram & Polly were married) [no file] |
2. Willis, Samuel Johnson |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1876 Birth: 10-21-1876
Floyd Co., VA. (src: death record) 1877 Birth: 10-21- 1877
Simpsons, Floyd Co., VA. (src: 1900 census; SSDI) 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1896 Marriage #1: Sam J. Willis m. Margaret Likens 01-01-1896 at
Rosey Likens, Floyd Co., VA, by A.M. Chappell. He 18 yo single w/m rail road hand, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o
Robert L. & Sarah K. Willis. She 18 yo single w/f, b. & living in
Floyd Co., VA, d/o Rosey Likens. 1937 Death: 7-16-1937
412 4th St. S. E. Roanoke City, VA. 1937 Burial: Miles
Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. |
+ Willis, Lydia Marguerite |
Parents: Samuel & Rosa Bell (Smith)
Likens. [likens_Other_fcva] |
2. Willis, George H. Need to add his children |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1880 Birth: Feb 1880
VA. [src: 1880 census) 1880 Birth: Dec 1881
VA. (src: 1900 census) 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1902 Marriage #1: Geo H.
Willis m. Maggie Conner 12-25-1902 Floyd Co., VA. He 23 yo single w/m, b.
Floyd Co., VA, s/o Robt L. & Sarah K. Willis. She 18 yo single w/f, b.
Floyd Co., VA, d/o M. & Sarah M. Conner. 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove District
52, H130:
Willis, George H. 28 yo w/m farmer,
b. VA, parents b. VA, M1 7y, owns farm, HOH.
Maggie M. 25 yo wife, b. VA,
parents b. VA, M1 7y, 4 children with 3 living.
Rosco 6 yo son, b. VA, parents b.
VA, school.
Olener M.
4 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA.
Wiford A.
3 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA. 1920
Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust
Grove District 101, H51:
Willis, G. H. 38 yo w/m farmer, b.
VA, parents b. VA, owns, HOH.
Madgie 34
yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA.
Rosco 16 yo son, b. VA, parents b.
VA, school.
Olney 14 yo son, b. VA, parents b.
VA, school.
Willfred
12 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, school.
Earnest 6 yo son, b. VA, parents b.
VA.
Inice 9
yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA.
Raymond 51/12 son, b. VA, parents
b. VA.
Albert 17/12 son, b. VA, parents b.
VA.
Ocie 17/12 daughter, b. VA, parents
b. VA. 1930
Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust
Grove District 11, H60:
Willis, George W. 49 yo w/m farmer,
b. VA, parents b. VA, 22 yo when 1st married, owns, vet?: no, HOH.
Madgie M.
36 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, 18 yo when 1st married.
Earnest C.16 yo son, b. VA, parents
b. VA, home farm laborer.
Ocie L. 16 yo daughter, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
Clarence E. 7 yo son, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
George C. 6 yo son, b. VA, parents
b. VA.
Oliver L. 2y 6/12 son, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
Wilfred A. 23 yo married son, b.
VA, parents b. VA, 22 yo when 1st married, produce huckster.
Lake E. 16 yo daughter in law, b.
VA, parents b. VA, 16 yo when 1st married.
Conner, William M. 79 yo widowed
father in law, b. VA, parents b. VA. 1945
Marriage #2:
George Willis m. Lenora Aldridge Light 10-10-1945 Floyd Co., VA. He 65 yo
widowed w/m farmer, b. Floyd Co., VA, mailing address Pilot, VA, s/o Bob
Willis & Sarah Helms. This is Georges 2nd marriage. She 64 yo
widowed w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, mailing address Copper Hill, VA, d/o William
Aldridge & Sarah Conner. This is Lenoras 3rd marriage. |
+ Willis, Maggie M. |
Parents: William
Mitchell & Sarah Amanda (Poff) Conner. [Conner_JacobR_2wives] 1885 Birth: Oct 1885
Floyd Co., VA. 1910, 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband George H.
Willis. 1944
Death: 11-11-1944. COD: Severe
head & other injuries sustained in a train/car accident on 11-6-1944. She
was riding with Valentine T. Carr who also died of his injuries. (src: Roanoke World-News of 7 Nov 1944,
the accident happened late on the previous afternoon near the
Roanoke-Montgomery County line. Carr was driving back toward U.S. 11 after
stopping to buy some straw. Both were hospitalized in Roanoke with
severe head and other injuries.) 1944 Burial: |
3. Willis, Roscoe William |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1904 Birth: abt 1904
VA. 1910, 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1926 Marriage #1: Roscoe E.
Willis m. Bonne Vest 1926 Floyd Co., VA. Bonnie
Bernice Vest, d/o Albert
Washington & Wilda Archester (McNiel) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah] 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove District 11, H57: ...... McNiel, Ham T. 70 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, 30
yo when 1st married, owns, , cannot read or write HOH. [McNiel_JamesI_2wives] ............ Lucy E. 57 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, 16 yo when
1st married. ...... Willis,
Roscoe W. 26 yo married w/m boarder, b. VA, parents b. VA, 22 yo when 1st
married, retail grocery merchant. ............
Bonnie 22 yo married w/f boarder, b. VA, parents b. VA, 18 yo when 1st
married, store salesman. ............
William H. 3y 1/12 w/m boarder, b. VA, parents b. VA. |
...+ Willis, Bonnie Bernice |
Parents: Albert
Washington & Wilda Archester (McNiel) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah] 1908 Birth: 4-6-1908 Floyd Co., VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Roscoe William Vest
but her maternal grandparents HOH. |
...4. Willis, William H. |
Parents: Roscoe William & Bonnie Bernice (Vest) Willis. 1937 Birth: abt 1937
VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents but
maternal grandparents HOH. |
3. Willis, Olener {m} |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1906 Birth: abt 1906
VA. 1910, 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Winfred A. |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1907 Birth: abt 1907
VA. 1910, 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1929 Marriage #1: Wilfred C.
Willis m. Lake Wood 12-14-1929 Floyd Co., VA by J. M. Dickerson, Minister of
the Baptist Church. He 22 yo single w/m, b. Floyd Co., VA, mailing address
Pilot, VA, s/o Geo Willis & G. M. Conner. She 17 yo single w/f, b. Floyd
Co., VA, mailing address Copper Hill, VA, d/o Elliott Wood & Lillie
Duncan. 1930
Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Locust
Grove District 11, H60:
Willis, George W. 49 yo w/m farmer,
b. VA, parents b. VA, 22 yo when 1st married, owns, vet?: no, HOH.
Madgie M.
36 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, 18 yo when 1st married.
Earnest C.16 yo son, b. VA, parents
b. VA, home farm laborer.
Ocie L. 16 yo daughter, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
Clarence E. 7 yo son, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
George C. 6 yo son, b. VA, parents
b. VA.
Oliver L. 2y 6/12 son, b. VA,
parents b. VA.
Wilfred A. 23 yo married son, b.
VA, parents b. VA, 22 yo when 1st married, produce huckster.
Lake E. 16 yo daughter in law, b.
VA, parents b. VA, 16 yo when 1st married.
Conner, William M. 79 yo widowed
father in law, b. VA, parents b. VA. |
+ Willis, Lake E. |
Parents: Stanton Elliott & Lillie Mae
(Duncan) Wood. [wood_Other_pcva] 1914 Birth: abt 1914
VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Wilfred A.
Willis but his parents HOH. |
3. Willis, Inez Gay |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1911 Birth: abt 1911
VA. 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1929
Marriage #1: Inez m. Orville Lee Clower 1929 Floyd Co., VA. Orville Lee
Clower, s/o William Letcher &
Luanna A. Annie (Iddings) Clower. [clower_LewisB_Margaret] |
3. Willis, Ernest C. |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1914 Birth: abt 1914
VA. 1920, 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Raymond |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1916 Birth: abt 1916
VA. 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Albert |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1918 Birth: abt 1918
VA. 1920 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Ocie |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1918 Birth: abt 1918
VA. 1920, 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Clarence E. |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1923 Birth: abt 1923
VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, George E. |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1924 Birth: abt 1924
VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
3. Willis, Oliver L. |
Parents: George H. & Maggie M. (Conner)
Willis. 1927 Birth: abt 1927
VA. 1930 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. |
2. Willis, Eugenia Florence |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1883 Birth: Apr 1883
VA. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1903 Marriage #1: Eugene
Willis m. Peter L. Conner 8-5-1903 Simpsons, Floyd Co., VA by G. H. Thomson.
He 22 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Peter &
Mary Conner. She 20 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o
Robert L. & Sarah K. Willis. Peter Lundy
Conner, s/o Peter J. & Mary Magdaline (Poff) Conner. [conner_Cornelius_Anna] |
2. Willis, Violet Maude |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1885 Birth: Mar 1885
VA. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1905 Marriage #1: Maudie
Willis m. T. J. King 6-22-1905 Floyd Co., VA. He 23 yo single w/m, b. Floyd
Co., VA, s/o Reuben & Martha King. She 20 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co.,
VA, d/o Robert & Sarah Willis. Thomas
Jefferson King, s/o Reuben & & 1st
wife Martha E. (Ridgeway) King. [king_Henry_Sarah] 1971 Death:
8-6-1971 Meadowbrook Nursing Home, Shawsville, Montgomery Co., VA but of 523
Highland Ave S.W., Roanoke, VA. 1971 Burial: Restvale Cemetery, Copper Hill, Floyd Co., VA.
(src:
Find A Grave; photo added by CHECK) |
2. Willis, Robert Walter |
Parents: Robert L. & Sarah Katherine
(Helms) Willis. 1885 Birth: Apr 1888
VA. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. 1907
Marriage #1:
Mintie Hale, d/o John
Powell & Nancy Jane Nannie" (Clower) Hale. [hale_Hiram_Sarah] |
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Robert L. & Sarah Katherine (Helms) Willis Family.