Willis Place in the suburb of Spreydon, Christchurch

Willis Place in Spreydon – Named after William Henry Willis (1894?- 1959). Willis, a builder, was a resident of the street in 1950, the year it first appears in street directories. A small amount of information from the library website. Checked Papers Past and ancestry website. Couldn’t find a grave for William Willis or for his wife Ada but if they were cremated it is harder to find the records. In 1946 William and Ada were living at 60 Edinburgh St and William’s occupation was labourer. In 1954 and 1957 William was living on Middlepark Road but no Ada so I am assuming that she died. In Papers Past I found a Mr H Willis at 56 Edinburgh St and all entries related to selling eggs or chickens. It is most likely William Willis and he probably used his middle name Henry.Willis Place is where 56 to 60 Edinburgh Street would have been. Most houses date from 1940s with a couple from 1950. There are a couple of more modern places on back sections. Nothing outstanding about the houses or the street. Typical wooden houses from the 1940s and 1950s with well established gardens. A pleasant street.