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Sophia Geary Willis (Fryer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: May 27, 1872 (42)
Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Moses Fryer and Elizabeth Fryer
Wife of Joshua Thomas Willis, Sr. and John Thomas Geary
Mother of William Richard Willis; Adina Laura Lewis; James Willis; Sophia Ann Page; Thomas Fryer Geary and 5 others
Sister of Eliza Fryer; Jane Fryer; William Aaron Fryer; Edward George Fryer; George Nicks Fryer and 5 others
Half sister of James Fryer; Mary Ann Fryer; John Fryer and Sarah Ellen Fryer

Managed by: Richard Berend Heemeyer
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About Sophia Geary Willis

"She was lady in waiting for Queen Victoria and her father and family lived near their summer home on the Isle of Wight. She lived on Bond Street when she was working at the Palace."

Queen Victoria's Palace on the Isle of Wight is now called the Osborne House. Here is a link to see pictures of it now. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.14479/chosenImag...

The Isle of Wight is an English island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km) from the south coast of England. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland England by the Solent.

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Sophia Geary Willis's Timeline

1829
August 12, 1829
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
November 1, 1829
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
November 1, 1829
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
1853
June 10, 1853
Keokuk Camp Ground, Lee, Iowa, United States
1854
August 25, 1854
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1856
December 9, 1856
Echo Canyon, Summit, Utah, United States
1859
April 6, 1859
Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
1862
December 13, 1862
Utah Territory, United States
1864
February 29, 1864
Touquerville, Washington Co., Utah