Description of Willis 1875/1911

旅券申請書に書かれたウィリスの外見描写（人相書き）です。
身長は173センチくらいあったようです。

Two of passport applications written by Willis exist today, of 1875 and 1911.
How he described his own looks? Let's see.

1875 - Description of Willys N Whitney [*]

Age: 21 years

Stature: 5 feet 8 inches, Eng.

Forehead: high

Eyes: dark

Nose: proportioned 

Mouth: medium

Chin: round

Hair: dark

Complexion: dark

Face: oval and full

[Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 209; Volume #: Roll 209 - 01 Jun 1875-31 Jul 1875]

* He had used a spelling of Willys before he came to Japan. 
The 1870 edition of the school catalogue of the Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven, Connecticut recorded his name Willys N. Whitney.

『海舟とホイットニー』より
Willis about 42 years old

1911 - Willis Norton Whitney

Description of Applicant.

Age: 55 years.

Stature: 5 feet 8 inches, Eng.

Forehead: high

Eyes: blue grey

Nose: broad

Mouth: medium with moustache

Chin: round

Hair: grey, thin

Complexion: medium 

Face: broad

[Source: United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDF-MS4F]

* description transliterated with a kind help of Ms Alice Goss *

There was no photograph of Willis attached, because photographs have been required with applications in the U.S.A. since December 21, 1914. (cf. About U.S. passport)

detail of passport application of Willis, 1911

On the 1911 paper, Willis erased a word "swear" and wrote "affirm", expressing his faith of a member of religious society of friends.

cf. BBC News - The difference between 'affirmation' and 'oath' 
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32809040

Last updated on 09 Nov. 2017

Grave of Willis and Mary Caroline at Banbury

ウィリス夫妻の墓石の写真が見つかりました。感謝とともにご紹介。

Willis died at  2 West Bar, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom on 26 October 1918, and was buried at Southam Road Cemetery, Southam Road, Banbury. 

Banbury Town Council

Southam Road Cemetery

http://www.banbury.gov.uk/Banbury-Town-Council/southam_road_cemetery-3837.aspx

Here is a photograph of Willis' tombstone, taken by a church historian, Ms Alice Goss of Colchester, England.

Grave of Willis Norton Whitney
Tico Productions
https://www.flickr.com/photos/glamalice/18592599021/

Click here to the photo @ Flickr 

I am really grateful to Alice for sharing the photo on the web. Furthermore, she had the kindness to send me a high-resolution image of the photo, so that I can note the inscription :

IN

AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

OF WILLIS NORTON WHITNEY M.D. 

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.

BELOVED PHYSICIAN OF THE 

AKASAKA MISSION HOSPITAL.

TOKIO : JAPAN 1883 - 1911.

WHO PASSED TO HIS HEAVENLY REST 

AT BANBURY,

OCT. 26TH 1918.

AGED 63 YEARS.

BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST

1 Peter 1.19 *1

HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM AND THEY SHALL 

SEE HIS FACE REV. 22.3-4 *2

AND OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER 

MARY CAROLINE WHITNEY,

(NÉE BRAITHWAITE) 

WHO DIED AT BANBURY JULY 4TH 1935

AGED 78 YEARS.

THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF THEM THAT 

THEY HAD BELIEVETH JESUS. ACTS 4.13 *3

The hospital name is mentioned as “Akasaka Mission Hospital”, and there is no information of their birth years on the stone.

The rest place of Willis' was what I've looking for for years. Thank you, Alice! 

*1 瑕｛きず｝なく汚點｛しみ｝なき羔羊｛こひつじ｝の如きキリストの貴｛たふと｝き血に由｛よ｝ることを知ればなり〔文語訳　ペテロ前書 1:19〕 

*2 その僕｛しもべ｝らは之｛これ｝に事｛つか｝へ、且｛かつ｝その御顔｛みかほ｝を見ん〔文語訳　黙示録22:3-4〕 

*3 そのイエスと偕｛とも｝にありし事を認｛み｝とむ。〔文語訳　使徒行伝4:13〕

Last updated  on 08 Nov. 2017