Left to right: John, his grandson Albert, his son William George
John was born in Market Lavington, Wiltshire. His father, William, was 31 and his mother, Eliza, was 32. He started his working life as an agricultural labourer and subsequently became a boilersmith with the Great Western Railway.
John Willis
John's ancesters
Emma Edmunds
Middle row: Annie, John, Emma (holding Lizzie) and William George
Newspaper report of Johns retirement from his career in Great Western Railways