Wallis

William WALLIS, the son of John WALLIS, ostler of Lichfield married Judith REDHOUSE in Castle Camps on 9 November 1826.

Thanks to Sophie Andrews for the detailed information provided here.

Their children:

• Henry Redhouse bp 25 November 1827 in Balsham (William's occupation was schoolmaster)
• Elizabeth bp 6 July 1830 in Balsham. (late schoolmaster)
• Robert bp 28 December 1834 in Castle Camps
• William bp 18 March 1838 from Camps Green (labourer)
  
Photo courtesy of Greg Wallis

• James born 24 December 1838 and bp June 7 1840 In Castle Camps. (of Camps Green, labourer)
• Emma born 24 January 1841 and bp 22 August 1841 Castle Camps (Camps End, labourer)
• Charles bp 9 March 1844 Castle Camps (Camps Green, labourer)
• Frederic born 16 April 1844 (father William was a labourer)- unmarried, and buried in Castle Camps 4 January 1906.
• Jane born 12 January 1847 - father was a letter carrier
• Thomas born 18 April 1849 and he died of measles on 26 May 1851 - buried 31 May 1851

Frederic, Jane and Thomas were all baptised on 8 June 1849 at All Saints, Castle Camps, when their father William was the village postman.

• Thomas born 26 July 1852 (father was a letter carrier) and bp 3 October 1852 Castle Camps (postman of Camps Green) and died (of decline) on 12 July 1853. Buried 16 July 1853

William Wallis died on 21 May 1864 at Castle Camps, was buried on May 28 1864 and Judith on November 23 1876, both at All Saints.

1. Henry Redhouse WALLIS married Elizabeth (Betsy) COOPER (the daughter of Robert COOPER) in Castle Camps on 4 November 1849.

Their children (all baptised in Castle Camps):

• Julia 7 June 1850 (Labourer Camps Green) bu 12 March 1928 of Chesterton Mills, Cambridge
• Sampson 10 April 1853 (servant, Camps Green) married Pamela JOYCE 2 June 1891 bu 6 June 1922 Castle Camps
• Emily Jane (Jael) 10 June 1855 (servant, Camps Endway) married Henry Ernest WELLS 13 September 1881
• Eleanor Janetta 13 September 1857 (servant, Camps Endway)
• Albert 9 September 1860 (labourer, Castle Camps)
• Henry Herbert 14 October 1863 (servant, Castle Camps, privately baptised) and buried 24 November 1863

Henry (formerly the church clerk) was buried at All Saints on 16 February 1899 and Elizabeth (at the grand age of 91) on 27 June 1924.

2. Elizabeth (Betsy) WALLIS married James UNWIN at Castle Camps on 5 November 1853.

Their children (baptised in All Saints, Castle Camps)

• Mary Ann 22 October 1854 (labourer of Ashdon)
• Eliza Ellen 3 August 1856 (labourer of Ashdon)

Their other children were born in Ashdon

• William c 1858
• Roseanna c 1865
• Ruth c 1867
• Henry c 1869
• Kate Louisa c 1873

Elizabeth died in 1906 and James in 1914.

3. Robert WALLIS married Sarah BARKER on April 11 1857 in Castle Camps.

Their children (all baptised at All Saints):

• George bp 28 May 1857 (labourer, Camps Green)
• Ann bp 7 June 1863 (labourer, Camps Green) married Samson PARKIN in May 1886.
• Catherine bp with her sister on 7 June 1863 Married widower Walter COWELL in March 1889
• Alice bp 12 January 1868 (labourer, Camps Green) married George WENHAM in September 1894
• Jane also bp 12 January 1868
• Sarah bp 24 Dec 1871 (labourer, Camps Green)
• William John privately bp 24 Aug 1876 married Kate Elizabeth RODHOUSE in September 1915.

Robert was buried 25 January 1913 and Sarah 21 April 1910, both at All Saints.

4. William WALLIS married Elizabeth TIPLADY in Cambridge in 1866 and worked for most of his life as a gardener in Castle Camps. By 1901 the couple had moved to Shudy Camps and in 1911 they were in Kedington, Suffolk.

Photo courtesy of Greg Wallis

Their children:

• Catherine c 1867
• Arthur Ernest privately bp 17 Jan 1868 (Camps Endway, publican) Married Lydia PETTIT in June 1896.
• Edith Mary bp 12 Dec 1869 (Camps Endway, publican) Married Alfred NEWELL in 1905.
• Francis William (Frank) bp 8 Dec 1872 (Camps Endway, publican). Married Lucy Mary MOORE on October 1894.
• Beatrice bp 6 June 1875 (Castle Camps, gardener)
• Jessie bp 8 May 1877 (Camps Endway, gardener) bu 5 June 1890 CC
• Laura Jane bp 25 May 1879 (Camps Endway, gardener)
• Blanche Judith bp 6 Oct 1881 (Camps Endway, gardener)
• Grace bp 22 June 1884 (Camps Endway, gardener)

5. James WALLIS married Martha Mary BLACKWELL 8 June 1867 in Castle Camps. A family memory is that he worked as domestic coachman for the Duchesne family.

Ezra, James and Timothy

Elsie (wife of Ezra) and their son Harold, Martha Mary

Photo courtesy of Hazel Langley

Their children:

• James born 26 Jul 1868 married Julia HARDY and moved to West Ham where he was living in 1939 (Widower, retired gas works stoker)
• Mary Lily born 14 February 1870 and married Frank PALMER of Newmarket in 1892. They had six children. Frank was a riding boot maker, being one of the brothers of Palmer Brothers. They specialised in making riding boots for the Newmarket jockeys but they also made hunting boots and walking shoes.

• Hannah born 21 November 1871
• Harriett Martha born 16 August 1873 (Father domestic servant) and died in 1963

These children were all baptised at the Congregational Church in Castle Camps on 28 April 1875.

• Ezra born 1 April 1877 at End Way, Castle Camps. His father James was a domestic servant (groom).
• Agnes Jane born 17 August 1879 and died less than a year later of whooping cough and bronchitis on 11 September 1880.
• Lloyd Eli born 22 July 1881 at Castle Camps - his father James was listed as a groom.
• Herbert Saul, born 8 March 1884 at Castle Camps (father - groom), married with a daughter, and working as a locomotive fireman for the Great Eastern Railway by 1911.

Harvest in Castle Camps c 1908. James Wallis is standing on the haycart holding the pitchfork, and his son Herbert is second from the left, seated.

Photo Courtesy of Hazel Langley

• Theophilus Walter born 17 June 1887 (Castle Camps, father - groom) married Evelyn Estelle CARTAN and emigrated to New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1967.



Photo courtesy of Greg Wallis

• Timothy was born on 10 January 1890 and The Endway, Castle Camps and emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1912. He described himself as being 'Chapel' and that he had been farming for the previous 9 years. He married Margaret Ruth WISEMAN by 1921 and had at least two children: Edmund Harold (1918-1986) and Thomas c 1920. He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a section hand and died in Vernon on 14 November 1974.

6. Emma WALLIS married Robert Hammond DAY in 1870 and died in Wandsworth in 1903.

• Olga Maria DAY bc 1871

7. Charles WALLIS married Elizabeth CLEMENTS in 1863.

Their children:

• William bp 12 Dec 1869 Castle Camps
• Emily bp 5 Mar 1871 Castle Camps (of Camps Endway)
• Annie bp 8 December 1872 Castle Camps (of Camps Endway)