Son of William A. P. Willard and Mary (Knapp) Willard.
Married Bertha Agnes Coyne Nov. 29, 1882 in Melrose, MA.
Age-48
status-married
Occupation- electrical engineer
residence- 561 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA
cause- accidental fall from aeroplane; multiple fractures and internal injuries; shock; immediate death
in water off Squantum (neighborhood of Quincy, MA.)∼William, at the time of his death, was a promoter of air shows - in which his son, Charles, and his daughter Emily, participated. He fell out of an airplane at one of these shows while flying with Harriet Quimby - a then famous aviatrix. They both died from their injuries.
Charles, Emily and Will were very close - though Emily died when her daughter was very young. Charles, Emily and Will had two younger brothers who died as children while swiming in the Hudson River in NYC (where they lived with their older siblings, Charles and Emily).
Married Bertha Agnes Coyne Nov. 29, 1882 in Melrose, MA.
Age-48
status-married
Occupation- electrical engineer
residence- 561 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA
cause- accidental fall from aeroplane; multiple fractures and internal injuries; shock; immediate death
in water off Squantum (neighborhood of Quincy, MA.)∼William, at the time of his death, was a promoter of air shows - in which his son, Charles, and his daughter Emily, participated. He fell out of an airplane at one of these shows while flying with Harriet Quimby - a then famous aviatrix. They both died from their injuries.
Charles, Emily and Will were very close - though Emily died when her daughter was very young. Charles, Emily and Will had two younger brothers who died as children while swiming in the Hudson River in NYC (where they lived with their older siblings, Charles and Emily).
Son of William A. P. Willard and Mary (Knapp) Willard.
Married Bertha Agnes Coyne Nov. 29, 1882 in Melrose, MA.
Age-48
status-married
Occupation- electrical engineer
residence- 561 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA
cause- accidental fall from aeroplane; multiple fractures and internal injuries; shock; immediate death
in water off Squantum (neighborhood of Quincy, MA.)∼William, at the time of his death, was a promoter of air shows - in which his son, Charles, and his daughter Emily, participated. He fell out of an airplane at one of these shows while flying with Harriet Quimby - a then famous aviatrix. They both died from their injuries.
Charles, Emily and Will were very close - though Emily died when her daughter was very young. Charles, Emily and Will had two younger brothers who died as children while swiming in the Hudson River in NYC (where they lived with their older siblings, Charles and Emily).
Married Bertha Agnes Coyne Nov. 29, 1882 in Melrose, MA.
Age-48
status-married
Occupation- electrical engineer
residence- 561 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA
cause- accidental fall from aeroplane; multiple fractures and internal injuries; shock; immediate death
in water off Squantum (neighborhood of Quincy, MA.)∼William, at the time of his death, was a promoter of air shows - in which his son, Charles, and his daughter Emily, participated. He fell out of an airplane at one of these shows while flying with Harriet Quimby - a then famous aviatrix. They both died from their injuries.
Charles, Emily and Will were very close - though Emily died when her daughter was very young. Charles, Emily and Will had two younger brothers who died as children while swiming in the Hudson River in NYC (where they lived with their older siblings, Charles and Emily).
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