The wills Surname
wills Name Meaning and History
- English: patronymic from Will.
- German: patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names beginning with wil ‘will’, ‘desire’.
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Threads: 615 - Messages: 1557
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| any Wills family out there,originating from LANCASHIRE,U.K | sandr | 7 |
| Death of H. C. Willis |
 maryachtrh
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| Wills Family Reunion |
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| WILLS Maude E 1875-1929 |
t42RoseHill
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| WILLS Abelia MARTINEZ 1928-1992 |
| 0 |
| WILLS Marvin E Jr 1948-1951 |
t42RoseHill
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| WILLS Martha J 1867-1956 |
t42RoseHill
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| WILLS John L 1874-1972 |
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| Wills family history | Lis Cockrell | 15 |
| George Frederick Wills died 1907 in Mass. | Steven L.F. Wills | 3 |
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