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Re: Barbara Wooley

1_caroledmunds — 2012-02-01 22:13:08Z

Barbara Grace Wooley born 3/19/25 is my mother, she married Walter J. Plizga in 9/4/48. Is she the one you are looking for?

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

agostinobombaci — 2012-01-20 17:50:10Z

I found this bio of Charles Alfred Woolley

Artist (Draughtsman), (Photographer)
Charles Alfred Woolley was a professional photographer and sketcher. He was one of the photographers appointed to cover the Hobart Town visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1868.Biographical Data
b. 1834 Hobart Town, Tas Biography
Charles Alfred Woolley (Draughtsman) •Artist (Photographer) Residence• 1859- 1870 Source• The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
Biography
professional photographer and sketcher, was born in Hobart Town on 17 December 1834, second son of Joseph William Woolley (1797-1880), a cabinetmaker, and of Frances née Facy. From about 1859 to 1870 Charles Woolley worked as a photographer at 42 Macquarie Street in premises adjacent to his father’s upholstery and carpet warehouse. He took wet-plate photographic views of Hobart and its environs, including stereos such as Rocking Stone, on Mount Wellington (1859) in Alfred Abbott 's album and The Old Theological Institute, Hobart Town (1860s, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas). A woodcut of Government House, Hobart Town , taken from one of Woolley’s photographs, appeared in the Illustrated Melbourne Post in 1864. Like most photographers, Woolley mainly took portrait photographs. Numerous examples are extant including some overpainted with watercolours. Henry Button wrote that Henry Dowling 's portrait of Sir Richard Dry (Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas.) was painted in England from a Woolley photograph. More unusual were the seven published photographs Woolley took of four tableaux vivants designed and produced by Louisa Anne Meredith at Government House, Hobart Town, on 18 January 1866. Major Thomas Wingate took one photograph in the set and the eight were published later that year as an album, Souvenir of the Masques of Christmas, and of the Old and New Year . Most of Woolley’s photographs illustrate aspects of the festive season in the antipodes, but Second Tableau – Right Group shows four men and a woman representing Australian industries: a gold-digger, vine-grower, reaper, shearer and gleaner. In 1868 Woolley was one of the photographers appointed to cover the Hobart Town visit of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Woolley is best known for his photographic portraits of the five surviving Oyster Cove Aborigines taken in August 1866 and exhibited at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition later that year. The Tasmanian Commissioners considered them 'admirable likenesses’ and ordered them to be 'framed in Colonial woods – two women in each frame and the man in a frame by himself’. (At the Colonial Eye conference in 1999 Anne Maxwell mentioned that Woolley exhibited a portrait of Trugannini at the 1866 Melbourne Colonial but is said to have taken her nude at the same time for 'anthropological institutes’.) The 'man in a frame by himself’ was, of course, William Lanne (also called 'King Billy’) who reportedly objected that the portrait was 'too black for him’.

Engravings after the photographs appeared in James Bonwick’s The Last of the Tasmanians (1870), Enrico Giglioli’s I Tasmaniani (1871), and many subsequent publications. Woolley again exhibited prints of them at the 1875 Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition held preparatory to the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Several sets of the original prints survive, especially in English collections, as well as copies made later by the Tasmanian photographer J.W. Beattie. In 1869, after Lanne’s death, the desecration of the graveside by two competing parties of resurrectionists (letter to Editor from 'Humanitas’, TT 22 March 1869, cited Petrow p.102) and the inquiry over the mutilation of his body, the Evening Mail (16 April 1869) advertised that a 'complete, full sized bust of William Lanne by artist Franciso Sante’ could be seen by the Hobart Town public for a small fee. At the same time: 'In the storage rooms of Walch and Sons and Birchall’s bookshops “numerous” busts of Lanne’s head produced by Charles Woolley could be found’ (Petrov, p.99, citing Hobart Town Examiner 10 April 1869). Woolley is not otherwise known as a sculptor and Sante is not thought to be known at all. An anonymous cartoon about the evil graveside robbers testifying against their rival resurrectionist, the noble Dr William Crowther, is in the Tasmaniana Library.

Woolley was married twice: to Ada, eldest daughter of C.H. Huxtable of Elphinstone Road, Hobart Town, on 19 July 1866, then to Harriett Elizabeth, second daughter of George Burn of Hobart Town, on 13 July 1876.

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

agostinobombaci — 2012-01-19 18:20:04Z

My grandfathers sister, Frances Maud Neilands married a Basil Terrance Woolley in NZ 100 yrs ago and I have just found out someone has been tracing his ancestors back to Staffordshire. When I have placed them on my tree I will get back to you. Pam

Reason Wooley (Barnwell SC)

marshawooley47 — 2011-11-25 20:03:24Z

Hello,
I am trying to find any documentation past Reason who was married to Viney or Vina? The one document I have seen has him listed as (Jr.) and there is another Reason on the document (Sr.) but they are only 10yrs different in age so I don't think they are father and son...If anyone can help with this, I would appreciate it. I have seen a lot of theories, but no documents. Thanks again!

Re: Henry Wooley b. 1742 d. 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky

indiana — 2011-11-18 19:48:02Z

These Wooley's were buried in this Wooley cemetery on land that Mary Wooley Baughman Hamilton owned, thru her dower when Henry Baughman died, she was Henry's sister.

It is my understanding that all Ky cemeteries by law are accesible to the general public.

Mary & her husbad Wm Hamilton are buried there.

Norma Ooley Herman
nlherman@sbcglobal.net

Edwin Wooley

shurgun1 — 2011-11-07 16:17:15Z

I need help with the following:

Edwin Wooley b. 1839 England
Wife Hannah Ingham b. 1840

Looking for the parents of Edwin & Hannah

Daug, Sarah E. Wooley b.1861 USA
Husband Edward Hulse b.unknown d. abt 1896- 1898 USA

any help would be greatly Appreciated

Wooley

sonjasprague54 — 2011-10-13 00:03:51Z

Looking for the father of Georgia Willmean Wooley b.06-01-1863 Mich. d. 07-29-1895 Mo..Mother Nancy Brown (Richman) ( Winslow) b.09-1843 Mich.d.01-27-1906 Jackson Co. Mo.Georgia married Cary Clay Frisbey I have that info just looking for her father i have no ideal who he is so this is a puzzle thinking he is up around Mich.as that is where she was born so any or around Mo.info would be greatful appricated
thanks

Alonzo W. Wooley, Jr

jacylee1 — 2011-10-06 21:18:37Z

Looking for links to Alonzo W. Wooley, Jr born 2/14/1914, died 7/7/1995. Native of Indiana (SS#issued in Louisanna?) Died in Florida.

2 know daughters Jennifer Wooley-Stenger and Bridget Wooley both of Indiana (Madison, North Vernon areas)

Was married to Marjorie Wooley.

Any help appreciated, there are so many wooley's I'm having a hard time making connections.. .

Jacy Wooley - Gonzalez

A S Wooley died suddenly in Gainesville FL 7 Dec 1910. buried in Delaware

BarbaraCox147 — 2011-10-05 17:53:29Z

from Sunday FL Times Union on 11 Dec 1911:
Gainesville, FL Dec 10- The remains of the later Mr AS Wooley, who died suddenly Dec 7 at the home of Mrs BP Richards in Gainesville, were taken to Wilmington, Delaware today where the interment will be made beside his former wife. The remains were accompanied home by a son, Mr Victor Wooley, and the devoted but unnamed wife. No services will be held in here in Gainesville, but postponed until the remains reach Wilmington.
In the death of Mr Wooley, Gainesville loses a good friend, as he was always in favor of every movement for the best interest of the city.
(AS Wright was 74yo, of Seaford Delaware.

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

davidluke1937 — 2011-08-11 05:48:16Z

Hi Terri Ann
My notes on my Woolley ancestors are set out below. Unfortunately, I cannot 'guarantee' my findings as evident from the many qualifications such as if, probable, possible, might, appear, seems, etc, etc. But, hopefully they will be of some help, and I would greatly appreciate any confirmations you can provide, corrections, additions, etc.
I have omitted a multitude of references, many of them the IGI and invaluable information provided by distant cousins (Lewis Mortimore Woolley & David Weston, 3rd.cousins, and Dean Martin Rees Newman, a 6th cousin).
Best wishes, David Luke

MY WOOLLEYS (to the best of my ability)

Our Woolley family records begin in the early 1700s, showing them in the Staffordshire towns of Uttoxeter & Lichfield as well as in Southwark, Surrey, across the Thames from the City. (Uttoxeter is about 25 miles roughly south-west of Matlock, Lichfield another 20 miles further south, and London 130-140 miles south-east of Uttoxeter & Lichfield.)

Our ancestors might have descended from a branch of the Woolleys born around Matlock in the 1400s-1600s, but it has not so far been possible to find any such link.

MY POSSIBLE 6TH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS — JOSEPH WOOLLEY & ANN:

Woolley family records show my 5th great-grandparents as Joseph Woolley & Elizabeth Smith, who married in August 1715. They were probably therefore the Joseph Wooley [sic] & Elizabeth Smith who married in August 1715 at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire — see below.

Joseph m1715 might have been the Joseph Woolley christened at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1679, parents Joseph Woolley & Ann — Uttoxeter being where our Samuel Woolley (one of Joseph’s & Elizabeth’s sons) married in 1748 (see below) and 17 miles from Lichfield.

Joseph & Ann:
If Joseph & Ann were the parents of our known Joseph Woolley, they would be my 6th great-grandparents. However, we do not appear to have any family or other records confirming this. It might be significant that males in the next five generations of our known Woolley family were christened ‘Joseph’. On the other hand, Joseph Woolleys/Wolleys were not uncommon in the Uttoxeter/Lichfield district at this time.

The earlier Joseph Woolley (i.e. my possible 6th great-grandfather) might have been the one born at Uttoxeter about 1653 whose spouse was Ann (surname not recorded).
There is no obvious IGI record of the marriage of Joseph & Ann.

The IGI batch listing the christening of Joseph Woolley at Uttoxeter in 1679 also recorded the christening there of a number of other Woolleys/Woollys/Wooleys in the 1670s-80s whose parents were Joseph & Ann. They were: John Woolley 1675, William Woolley 1680, Thomas Woolley 1681, Thomas Woolley/Woolly/Wooley 1683, Anne Woolley 1685, Ralph Woolley 1686 — possibly other children of Joseph & Ann and therefore siblings of Joseph Woolley b1679.

[Uttoxeter lies between Lichfield (17 miles to the south) and Matlock (20 miles to the north). The town, which dates back to Roman times, was described in the 19th century as “an ancient and well-built market town, pleasantly seated in the heart of a rich grazing district, upon a gentle eminence above the vale of the Dove … remarkable for the salubrity of its air and the longevity of its inhabitants” though it was “visited by the plague” in the 1640s. The town has many “handsome houses” and was “long noted for the manufacture of clock cases and movements” before cheap imports became available.]

JOSEPH WOOLLEY & ELIZABETH SMITH — MY 5TH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

As noted above, Woolley family records show my 5th great-grandparents as Joseph Wooley/Woolley & Elizabeth Smith, who married in August 1715 at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire.

Joseph’s & Elizabeth’s origins:
Joseph & Elizabeth would have been born in the late 1600s (to be able to marry in 1715), probably in Staffordshire, probably in or around Lichfield (where they married) or Uttoxeter (17 miles north of Lichfield).

As noted above, Joseph might have been the Joseph Woolley christened in 1679 at Uttoxeter, parents Joseph & Ann Woolley.

Elizabeth’s origins are not clear, the search not helped by “Smith” being a very common name. The IGI database lists 240 births & christenings of an Elizabeth Smith in Staffordshire in 1678-98, the period when our Elizabeth would probably have been born. She might have been the Elizabeth Smith christened at Uttoxeter in 1682, three years after Joseph Woolley b1679 was christened there, both christenings being listed on the same IGI batch, which suggests a possible affinity between their families. Or she might have been one of the Elizabeth Smiths christened at Lichfield in 1681, 1682 and 1687.

These Joseph & Elizabeth ‘candidates’, i.e. Joseph Woolley born 1679 and one of the Elizabeth Smiths born 1681/87, would have been relatively mature when our Joseph & Elizabeth married in 1715 (Joseph 36 and Elizabeth 28-34 respectively) — so we should be a little hesitant about claiming them as our ancestors. However, our Joseph was described on his first child’s christening record as a “seaman”, so a seafaring life could account for a late marriage. And Elizabeth Smith b1681/87 would have still been of child-bearing age (35-41) when the last-known child of our Joseph & Elizabeth was born (1722).

Our Joseph & Elizabeth Woolley christened four children at St. Olave’s church in Southwark, Surrey in 1716-22 — see below.

St. Olaves was also used by other Woolleys around this time. A William Woolley christened a child at St. Olave’s in 1710 and an Anna Wooley married there in 1716. William & Anna were probably siblings of Joseph Woolley b1679, probably the William Woolley b1680 and Anne Woolley b1685 christened at Uttoxeter with the same parents (Joseph & Ann Woolley) as Joseph Woolley b1679 and listed on the same IGI record. Joseph & Ann also appear to have borne four other children, a total of seven in all.

The evidence suggest that Joseph Woolley b1679 & Elizabeth Smith b1682 were probably our Joseph & Elizabeth. The arguments in favour: They were listed on the same IGI christening record in Uttoxeter, where one of our Joseph & Elizabeth’s sons later married; Uttoxeter is close to Lichfield where our Joseph & Elizabeth are known to have married, and two probable siblings of Joseph b1679 (William Woolley & Anna Wolley) used the same Southwark church as our Joseph & Elizabeth. On the other hand, Joseph Woolley b1679 & Elizabeth Smith b1682 of Uttoxeter were relatively mature to marry in 1715; there were other Joseph Woolleys and Elizabeth Smiths born in Staffordshire; it is unclear how someone born in inland Staffordshire would have become a seaman, and several earlier Woolleys/Wolleys had been christened at St. Olave’s in the mid-1600s. But these Woolleys might have been relatives, not necessarily our ancestors, who encouraged our ancestors to move to the Southwark district.

Joseph & Elizabeth’s family:
Our Joseph & Elizabeth Woolley had at least four sons, all christened at St. Olave’s, Southwark, Surrey:
- Joseph #1, born November 1716, died the following year.
- Samuel , born April 1718, our 4th great-grandfather (see below).
- Thomas , born July 1720.
- Joseph #2, born August 1722 (the parent’s second use of the name ‘Joseph’).

[St. Olave’s was an 11th century church in Tooley Street, Southwark, close to the wharves at the southern end of old London Bridge. It was damaged in the Southwark fire of 1843, extensively restored, then demolished to make way for an office building in 1926.]

Joseph’s occupations:
Joseph Woolley was described on his sons’ christening records as a “seaman” (1716) and a “leather seller” (1722). He had possibly been drawn initially to Southwark as a seaman because of its proximity to the Thames wharves, and subsequently became involved in the leather industry which developed in the district.

[Southwark, just across the Thames from the City of London, became an important river port in the 17th century as overseas & domestic trade expanded and landing places near the City commanded a premium. New wharves and warehouses were therefore built at Southwark to accommodate the growing trade and a licence was granted in 1662 to build houses near the river for letting to seamen.]

[The district also became a major centre for the leather industry, much of it fostered by immigrant German, Dutch and Flemish craftspeople who were excluded from the City of London because they were not members of a trade guild.]

[Southwark had earlier gained a reputation as London's entertainment and red-light district, complete with bear-baiting rings and theatres, including Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.]

Deaths:
There are no obvious records of the deaths of Joseph or Elizabeth Woolley, which would have occurred after the birth of their fourth child (1722).

SAMUEL WOOLLEY & HANNAH DRAYCOT — MY 4TH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

As noted above, Samuel Woolley, my 4th great-grandfather, was born in April 1718 and christened at St. Olave’s, Southwark, as were his three brothers.

Samuel’s marriage:
Our Woolley family records show Samuel Woolley b1718 married Hannah Draycot.
They were probably the Samuel Woolley & Hannah Draycot who married at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1748 — but there must be some doubt since our Samuel & Hannah Woolley’s first-known child was not born until 1757, nine years later — see below.

Hannah Draycot:
Hannah is believed to have been born in 1723/24, the birth date indicated by a memorial ring inscribed "Hannah Woolley died 14 March 1805 aged 81", now in the possession of Lewis Woolley. Hannah had probably been born in Staffordshire, or possibly Surrey or London, but we have not so far been able to find any obvious record.

Hannah b1734/24 would have been aged about 24-25 at the time of the 1748 marriage, Samuel Woolley 30.

Hannah’s parents were possibly the Anthony & Elizabeth Draycott who christened a daughter Sarah at Uttoxeter in 1725 — possibly the “sister Sarah” named as a beneficiary in Hannah’s 1805 will (see below). It might also be significant that our Samuel & Hannah’s first daughter was named ‘Elizabeth’ (perhaps after the possible maternal grandmother), but on the other hand our Woolley ancestors never used the name ‘Anthony’ (the possible maternal grandfather). There are no obvious IGI records of the marriage of Anthony Draycott.

Samuel & Hannah’s family:
Samuel & Hannah Woolley are known to have borne at least four children:
- Joseph, born 1757, my 3rd great-grandfather (see below).
- Elizabeth, born 1761, married William Freme; four children, died possibly 1833.
- Mary, born 1763, married Samuel Mortimer (1761-1808), four children, died by 1822.
- Hannah, born 1765, married William Fuller, died by 1822, possibly in 1822.

If Samuel & Hannah were the couple who had married at Uttoxeter in 1748, it had taken them nine years before the first of these children was born. And Hannah, born 1723/24, would have been aged 33-34 when the first child was born, 41-42 when the last-known child was born.

Samuel’s profession:
Samuel Woolley b1718, was described in 1773 as a “basket maker” of St. John’s parish, Southwark, Surrey.

[St. John’s Church, consecrated in 1733, was built in Tower Bridge Road, and destroyed in World War II.]

Samuel’s death & estate:
Samuel died in 1779. Basket-making must have proved a lucrative business because his estate was sufficient to allow for the following bequests:
- To “my dear wife Hannah” the interest on £2000 in 3% securities, an income of £60 per year.(The principal was equivalent to £126,000 in today’s money.)
- To the six children of his late cousin Samuel Knevitt, a total of £60.
- “All the rest of my estates real or personal, goods & chattels … to my four dear children, to be equally divided between them. … [The personal estate] is to be laid out in Government securities of some kind … [and] the interest shall be applied towards bringing my children up the age of 21”. The value of the “rest” of Samuel’s estate is not specified.

Hannah’s death & estate:
Hannah Woolley lived 25 years after Joseph’s death, dying in 1805, described as a “widow of Camberwell, Surrey”. [Camberwell is a suburb of Greater London, about 3 miles from the family’s previous address in Southwark.]

Hannah appointed two of her sons-in-law, William Freme & William Fuller, as executors. Hannah apparently preferred to rely on her sons-in-law, who were active in the finance industry, rather than her only son Joseph b1757.

Hannah’s estate comprised Imperial Securities with an estimated value of around £500 and an unspecified “rest residue and remainder”, which suggests the estate left by Samuel had diminished by the time of her death. Perhaps Hannah had distributed much of the estate to her children beforehand? Two of her children, Joseph b1757 & Hannah b1765, shared the interest income on the securities (£15 per year), and Hannah and a third child Elizabeth b1761 shared the residue. The will did not mention her other daughter, Mary Mortimore nee Woolley.

Hannah requested that she be “interred at the discretion of my Executors … but my will and trust is that no further sum be expended thereon than necessary for a devout funeral”. But she did bequeath £10 to her sister Sarah [Pow?] for “mourning”.

JOSEPH WOOLLEY b1757 & ELIZABETH LIDSTONE — MY 3RD GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

As noted above, Joseph Woolley, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in 1757, his parents Samuel & Hannah Woolley.

Joseph’s address in 1778 appears to have been Horsleydown, Southwark, which is close to the St. Olave's church used by his Woolley ancestors.

Marriage:
Joseph married Elizabeth Lidstone at St. Savior’s, Dartmouth, Devon on Christmas Day 1787. Joseph was aged 30 at this time.

The St. Saviour’s parish register records Joseph Woolley “of Camberwell in County of Surry” [sic] marrying Elizabeth Lidstone, “by licence T. Eales, Elizabeth Pillar”, at the church on 25 December 1787 (Christmas Day!). The register does not record the occupations of my two ancestors although most of the adjacent marriage entries show the males’ occupations, the majority being mariners, shipwrights, sojourners, etc.

[St. Saviour’s is a 13th century church described as “one of the best 1000 churches in England”.]

Joseph Woolley lived in south London and had no obvious relations in Devon, so it is not clear how the couple might have met, except through Lidstone relatives or close friends in London.

Elizabeth had a brother Thomas Lidstone, born 1748, also in Dartmouth.
Conjecture: He was possibly the Thomas Lidstone, wine merchant of Rotherhithe, who was co-trustee with Joseph Woolley b1757 in a third party agreement dated 1799. These two might have met many years previously, perhaps because of their relative proximity (Rotherhithe being only two miles downriver from Southwark) or perhaps through the Thomas Woolley father & son victuallers in Fenchurch Street and possibly relatives of Joseph. Thomas Lidstone might then have introduced his young sister to Joseph. Hmmm.

Elizabeth Lidstone and her family:
Elizabeth was born in 1763, the youngest of seven children of Thomas Lidstone & Mary Chrober, my 4th great-grandparents. Elizabeth was probably born in or around Dartmouth, where she married and where five of her six siblings (born 1746-61) were christened at St. Petrox or St. Saviour’s.

Thomas & Mary Lidstone (Elizabeth’s parents) married at St. Petrox, Dartmouth in 1744. Thomas Lidstone (Elizabeth’s father) was born in Dartmouth in 1720, the middle of seven children born to John Lidstone & Katherine Darte in 1715-1730.

Mary Chrober (Elizabeth’s mother) was probably born in the early 1720s in or around Dartmouth, but there is no obvious IGI record of her birth/christening.

John Lidstone (Thomas Lidstone’s father) was born 1688 in Dartmouth and married Katherine Darte at Townstal (just outside Dartmouth) or at St. Clement’s, Dartmouth in 1713.

Katherine Darte was possibly the Catherine Darte christened 1692 in Exeter, Devon (26 miles from Dartmouth), her father Henery Darte. And he was possibly the Henry Darte christened 1658 at Medbury, Devon (perhaps Modbury, 16 miles from Dartmouth).

Joseph & Elizabeth Lidstone’s children:
Joseph & Elizabeth had five children, who were probably born in Surrey, London and/or Berkshire:
- Samuel, born 1789, died 1805 aged only 16.
- Joseph William Woolley [“JWW”], born November 1797, my 2nd great-grandfather (see below).
- Mary, born 1800, died 1810.
- Sarah, born 1800, died 1809.
- Eliza, born …?, died before 1822.

My ancestor Joseph William Woolley was the only one of Joseph’s & Elizabeth’s five children to survive past age 16, his siblings having all died by 1822.

Joseph & the Paviors:
Joseph Woolley b1757 was made a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Paviors in London in 1778, when he would have been aged 21.

The Pavior Company’s record of Joseph Woolley’s admission of freedom held by the Guildhall Library: "17 February 1778: In consideration of my being this day admitted into the freedom of the Company of Paviors, London, I do hereby promise and agree to pay to the Wardens of the said Company for the time being or other person duly authorized to receive the same the sum of six pence every quarter of a year to commence from Lady day 1778, Joseph Woolley" [signed].

It had previously been assumed that Joseph had completed an apprenticeship with the Paviors, “a period of between 4 and 7 years during [which] he would be taught the trade” of road building and maintenance. This apprenticeship and subsequent membership of the Company was necessary to be able to practice as a pavior in London. However, further research of the Company’s court minutes by the Guildhall Library’s Keeper of Manuscripts showed: "Tuesday 17th February 1778, Joseph Woolley was this day made free by Redemption, Broker, Horsleydown". The Library’s Keeper suggested that “these last words are presumably his occupation and residence [which] means that he did not serve an apprenticeship, but merely paid to join the Company”. It seems that Joseph used the Paviour Company membership to become a entitled to trade in the City, as a broker, rather than being a road builder.

[City Livery Companies: A trader in the City of London was required to be a Freeman of the City and a Freeman of the Livery Company related to his craft. Until about 1800, an adult male practising a trade or craft in or around the City of London would almost certainly therefore have belonged to a City livery company. The completion of an apprenticeship was the usual means by which such persons could become members. However, from about 1750 a decreasing proportion of young people were apprenticed and an increasing proportion became members of the livery companies by other means, i.e. by virtue of their father's membership (patrimony) or by payment of a fee (redemption). If he was a merchant or a professional man or worked in a business firm, he may have become a member of almost any livery company though such people usually preferred a company connected with their occupation. However, merchants, professional men and persons in business firms are unlikely to have served apprenticeships in livery companies.]

[The Paviors: A freeman of the Paviors did not necessarily therefore complete an apprenticeship as a road builder. The Company’s Archivist commented: “if you completed your apprenticeship as a Pavior, this generally allowed you to trade in some other business in the City. The trick was to do a deal with the Clerk and get the cheapest possible deal for being made an apprentice. Hence one finds so-called apprentice Paviors becoming, say, apothecaries, once they obtained their freedom, which allowed them to carry out their trade in their own name.”]

[The Worshipful Company of Paviors, one of the City Livery Companies, dates from the 15th century when it was given formal authority over “the craft or mystery of paving” and made responsible for the construction, repair and cleaning of London’s streets and pavements. The Company flourished until the 19th century, but lapsed in 1845 before being revived in 1889 and then becoming a national organisation in the 20th century.]
The Paviors, “unlike the really wealthy Companies, such as the Goldsmiths, … was a simple trade organisation which had very little money and did not indulge in great feasts or even have its own hall. With one or two exceptions that we know of, they must have been a pretty rough bunch! Paviors were summoned to meet regularly and were fined for non-attendance at the quarterly meetings, which seem to have been moderately festive affairs … held usually at City pubs. Sometimes, the beer did the talking and there are records of liverymen being fined for unseemly behaviour. At the meetings, your ancestor would have paid his subscription … and also contributed to the poor box, which helped sick members or widows.”]

There is no suggestion from the Archivist that descendents of deceased members, such as ourselves, might be permitted to attend any of these “unseemly” pub meetings.

Joseph’s financial profession:
Joseph Woolley b1757 was described as a “broker” of Horsleydown when he was “made free” of the Pavior’s Company in 1778 (see above). He was probably therefore the Joseph Wooley [sic], occupation “stock broker financial/brokering services”, living in Gainsford Street, Horsleydown/Shad Thames [London SE1] listed in 1785 and 1790 directories.

Horsleydown is in, or close to, Southwark, where our Joseph's father was a "basket-maker, and close to the St. Olave's church used by his ancestors.
[Shad Thames runs along the river by Tower Bridge, parallel to Gainsford Street (Joseph’s address) which is one street back from the river.]

That Joseph Woolley might have been involved in the financial industry would also seem to be supported by the apparent involvement of his three brothers-in-law — William Freme, Samuel Mortimore and William Fuller — in financial & commercial broking professions in the City of London. Joseph’s second son, my ancestor Joseph William Woolley b1797, is believed to have worked for a period for Freme & Walker, merchants of 6 Catherine Court, Tower Hill, before emigrating to Hobart (see below).

Kent’s 1794 London directory has no record of Joseph Woolley/Wooley so he had possibly retired from broking by then, aged only in his late-30s.

A 1799 document in our Woolley family’s papers described Joseph Woolley as “Gentleman … of Catherine Court, Tower Hill in the City of London”. The location is directly across the Thames from their previous address in Southwark.

Interestingly, a Thomas Woolley — perhaps a relative of our family, perhaps even Joseph’s uncle Thomas Woolley b1720 — appears to have also used Paviour membership to enable him to trade as a victualler in the City: "Thomas Woolley, son of Thomas Woolley, Citizen and Pavior of London was this day [23 December 1772] bound to his said father, a victualler at 4 Northumberland Alley, Fenchurch Street for 7 years".

Berkshire years:
Joseph & Elizabeth appear to have moved from the City shortly afterwards, probably in the early-1800s, perhaps hoping the country air would be beneficial to their children’s health. They are described in our Woolley family’s notes as “of Newbury, Berkshire”, a market town about 55 miles west of London and a horse-racing centre from the 17th century. Newbury is, incidentally, about 7 miles from a Woolley hamlet, the Woolley Park estate and Woolley Down — but we do not know if our family had any connection with these sites.

Deaths:
Joseph died in 1817 (aged 59) and was buried in Newbury, his “parish of abode”, at the Lower Independent Meeting House.

Joseph died intestate and his “goods & chattels, rights & credits” were granted to his only surviving son, my ancestor Joseph William Woolley. Elizabeth had presumably died earlier, but no obvious record of her death or burial has so far been found.

JOSEPH WILLIAM WOOLLEY & FRANCES FACY — MY 2ND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

JWW’s birth:
As noted above, Joseph William Woolley [‘JWW’] — my 2nd great-grandfather — was born in 1797, one of five children of Joseph & Elizabeth Woolley nee Lidstone. He was probably born in Horsleydown or Southwark on the south bank of the Thames or across the river in the City of London, where his father was at Catherine Court in 1799.

Early years in Berkshire:
JWW appears to have grown up, or at least spent his late teens, in Newbury, Berkshire, close to the family of his aunt Mary Mortimer nee Woolley b1763, his father’s oldest sister.

JWW “served an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker”, probably in Berkshire or London, the apprenticeship probably ending about age 21, i.e. in 1818. There is a suggestion that he left Newbury for London in 1819, which would seem to imply that he had served his apprenticeship in Berkshire.

Many years later, in a letter dated 1872, JWW recalled attending the opening of an Independent Chapel at Thatcham, near Newbury, with one of his Mortimer cousins and others. “It was a beautiful evening when we returned, all walking and singing all the way to Newbury”.

JWW’s recollection suggests that the chapel opened in the period 1815-20. But other sources show the Independent (later Congregational) Chapel in Thatcham had been opened in 1804 and was formally constituted in 1811. JWW would have been aged 14 at this time, so might therefore have done his apprenticeship in London, commencing shortly after 1811.

[Thatcham’s Independent (later Congregational) Chapel, now demolished, was opened in 1804 and “was very unwelcome to some people. Worshippers going to it in the early days were pelted with stones and mud. Families were escorted there to the sound of ‘music’ on pots and kettles”. The chapel’s formal constitution was signed by sixteen covenanters in 1811, four of whom could not even write their names.]

The Woolley family in Tasmania maintained contact with the Mortimores for many years. William Woolley b1828 stayed with Phillip Mortimore at Newbury, Berkshire in 1852 (during a visit to England) and JWW corresponded with Mrs. Lay, a grand-daughter of Mary Mortimore nee Woolley b1763. Members of the Luke family later stayed with Mrs. Lay (or one of her offspring) on three separate visits to England.

JWW in London 1819-22:
JWW’s parents, Joseph b1757 & Elizabeth, and all his siblings died before 1821.
His immediate relatives were the families of his two paternal aunts — Mary Mortimer nee Woolley in Newbury (who died two years later) and Elizabeth Freme nee Woolley in London.

JWW appears to have moved from Newbury to London after 1811 and certainly by 1819 (see above). He is described in 1820 as “Joseph Woolley of Great Marlborough Street, cabinet maker”, an address in the West End, off Regent Street and only a few blocks from Piccadilly. JWW might therefore have been originally apprenticed to or employed for a time by George Outram Woolley, who had a “cabinet & upholstery manufactory” at 196 Piccadilly in 1811. There is, however, no mention of any such connection in our family papers.

JWW is also believed to have worked for a period for Freme & Walker, merchants of 6 Catherine Court, Tower Hill, presumably close to his father’s 1799 Catherine Court address. (William Freme was married to JWW’s aunt, Elizabeth Freme nee Woolley b1761, another of his father’s sisters.)

Emigration to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 1822:
JWW apparently soon came to feel there was little to keep him in England and decided to migrate to Australia, later writing “I had no mother, father, brothers and sisters to leave”.

He left England in 1822, a time when “the British government [had begun] to encourage the migration of men of capital and genteel birth to NSW and Van Diemen’s Land”.

Before departing, he paid a final visit in May 1822 “to Henley-on-Thames, also to Newbury, to take leave of the Mortimer family and other friends”.

JWW sailed from London Dock Basin to the Thames estuary port of Gravesend on 18 July 1822. His ship, the 'Venerable', had been due to sail in June but did not leave Gravesend until July 22, when squally weather then “made necessary things for which the captain did not allow” and they did not finally leave the English coast until August 2. The first port of call was Cape Town where the ship anchored in Table Bay on October 29, having been at sea over twelve weeks. After remaining at Table Bay four days, the ‘Venerable’ took a further eight weeks to reach Van Diemen's Land, arriving in Hobart Town on 30 December 1822 after a voyage totalling 150 days. The ‘Hobart Town Gazette’ records the arrival of the ‘Venerable’ in January 1823 with 19 passengers, including “Mr. J. Woolley”.

JWW had taken passage to Sydney, but “on landing at Hobart Town in Van Diemen' s Land and finding it a nice country he decided not to go any further if it were possible to earn a living there”. This would seem to have been a little speculative as the white population of Van Diemen’s Land in 1822 was only 8422, excluding military personnel and their families.

JWW cabinet-maker:
JWW brought with him to Van Diemen' s Land a large chest with 38 drawers containing a number of planes and other tools of his trade as a cabinet-maker.

He commenced business as a cabinet-maker the following year (1823). He firstly bought premises in Liverpool Street, then in Macquarie Street, where he was listed as a cabinetmaker in an 1831 directory.

In 1840 he received a grant of adjoining land on the corner of Macquarie & Harrington Streets which he already occupied, but this seems to conflict with an 1840 advertisement in the ‘Colonial Times’ saying he had moved to premises in Liverpool Street.

Eliza Luke nee Woolley: “[My father] arrived in Van Diemen's Land, and opened a cabinet-making-business … He represented one of that small band of freemen brave enough to pioneer a country that had been used as a dumping-ground for crime. In those days Britain made generous gifts of land to induce men to settle in this country, and … [he] refused to accept land which is now in the heart of the business area because it was too far out of the town, and he preferred to take up his trade of cabinet-making [in the town]. With this end in view he gathered together a band of British workmen and set up his sign in Macquarie Street … Our home was attached to the business.”

JWW was a highly-regarded cabinet-maker, described in “Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture” as “the most important figure” in the craft in Tasmania in the 1820s-1830s and “amongst the Tasmanian exhibitors at the Universal Exhibition of Industry at Paris in 1855, to which he sent a circular table, with a star top of Tasmanian myrtle”. He also made furniture for Sir John Franklin, an early Governor of Tasmania. The only recorded marked piece from JWW's workshop is a chiffonier stamped “J.W. Woolley”.

Eliza Luke nee Woolley: “My father would never employ the prisoners in his workshop, though many of these men had done little wrong. But everyone employed the women prisoners, they were the only domestics we could get and some of them were very grateful for good homes. If they did not behave they were reported and sent back to their prison at The Cascades”.

In 1841, JWW “employed 10 free men … and had two apprentices”. (Incidentally, transportation of convicts to Tasmania ceased in 1853.)

Marriage:
Joseph William Woolley married Frances Facy b1809 at St. David’s, Hobart Town in 1827.

Frances had emigrated with her parents and siblings to Van Diemen’s Land in 1824/25. See ‘THE FACY FAMILY’.

Family:
JWW & Frances had seven children born 1828-1841 in Hobart. Four died before the age of five — a very high infant mortality rate even for those times, when the average was around 25%. Perhaps conditions in Hobart were especially bad? Or perhaps it was genetic, JWW’s four siblings having died before age 16?

The three surviving children were:
- William Woolley (1828-1907). He never married, despite the interest shown by his cousin Frances ‘Fanny’ Luke b1844 [see letters], who subsequently married Robert Cochrane. William worked in the family business, managing it after his father’s retirement in 1878.
- Charles Alfred Woolley (1834-1922). He became a well-known photographer, with a studio/portrait gallery adjoining his father’s business premises in Macquarie Street, which he ran from about 1860 to 1880. He married twice: #1 Ada lsabel Huxtable (1846-1874); in 1866; five children, and #2 Harriett Elizabeth Burn (1845-1922) in 1876, no children.
- Eliza Ann Woolley (1837-1925), my great-grandmother Eliza Ann Luke. See separate biography.

The children of JWW & Frances Facy who died as infants were: Eliza Freme Woolley (1830-1834); Mary Mortimore Woolley (1833-1834); Mary Facy Woolley (1839-1843), and Joseph Lidstone Woolley (1841-1844).

Frances’ death & JWW’s second marriage:
Frances died in January 1843, aged only 34, and was buried at St. Andrew’s Scots Ground, Hobart. JWW was left to raise five children then aged 2-15, the youngest two of whom died within a year.

JWW married a second time, to Jane Caroline Ash, in January 1849. Eliza later recalled her “stepmother was like one of the family”.

Furniture & carpet retailing:
JWW’s cabinet-making business gradually evolved into Woolley’s Upholstery & Carpet Warehouse, apparently in the late 1840s-1850s, moving in 1855 to [42] Macquarie Street. It sold carpets, rugs, coir matting, bedspreads, pillows, curtains, leather cloth, damasks, laces, chintzes, etc. as well as iron & brass bedsteads, mattresses, tables & chairs. In 1852, the elder son William went to England in 1852 on what appeared to be a trip combining business (including buying tapestries) with exploration of the ‘old country’. The business must have moved again, its address shown as Liverpool Street in 1869 & 1877.

JWW retired from the business in 1878, due to ill health, and it was continued for a time by his eldest son William.

Religion:
JWW was a non-conformist. As noted above, he had recalled in an 1872 letter that he attended an “opening of a Chapel for the Independent body” in Thatcham, Berkshire, near Newbury, about 50-60 years previously.

He also indicated in the same letter that he supported many local Christian and charitable institutions in Hobart and was actively involved in an Independent church at that time. “[The church] is progressing but I do not suppose it will be finished before end of August. … I am Treasurer, the expense gives me great anxiety … for we are not a rich Congregation, there are three Churches of Independents in the City, two would be quite sufficient”.

JWW was friendly with Rev. and Mrs. J.P. Sutherland, who had been LMS missionaries in Samoa and stayed at his home in Hobart. It was through the Sutherlands that JWW’s daughter Eliza Woolley later met her husband-to-be Thomas Luke b1831 (my great-grandfather). Before their marriage, Eliza “helped her stepmother in various good works” including the Independent Sabbath School at Battery Point and a Ragged School.

JWW’s & Caroline’s deaths:
JWW died at his residence at 40 Macquarie Street, Hobart on 25 December 1880 and was buried at Cornelian Bay cemetery. Caroline died 10 years later in 1890.
JWW’s personal estate was valued at £17,200.

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

tmurray45 — 2011-08-09 14:19:44Z

Thanks David, any information you could share would be most appreciated.
-Terri Ann

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

davidluke1937 — 2011-08-09 12:31:33Z

Thanks. I would very much appreciate a copy of the photo - I'm assuming you can send it via this post, or if not can email it??
Where do you fit in the family?

David Luke

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

davidluke1937 — 2011-08-09 12:26:32Z

Sorry for the delay in responding. I must have missed your post while we away for 6 weeks in Feb-April.
Yes, there is a connection.
My records show: Mary Mortimer nee Woolley born 1763, married Samuel Mortimer (1761-1808), 4 children, died by 1822. Newbury featured in their lives.
Mary was one of 4 children of Samuel & Hannah Woolley, the others being my ancestor Joseph Woolley b1757 (the eldest), Elizabeth, married William Freme, and Hannah, married William Fuller, died by 1822.
I will have to contact my distant cousin in Tasmania to see if he has more information.
Thanks for making contact, David Luke

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

nwoolley01 — 2011-08-09 11:31:19Z

Just stumbled across this. Joseph William Woolley is my GGG Grandfather. I do have a photo of Eliza Ann Woolley (not great quality - photocopy) Not sure of the year.

Re: Levi Wooley and Margaret Turnbaugh were born in Ohio Co

unkanorman29 — 2011-08-01 19:53:13Z

I have been collecting info on the desc. of Levi Wooley down to 1900 and would appreciate having the desc. of Dicey, dau. of Levi. I will share what I have, too.
Norman Smith

Re: Ohio & Michigan Wooleys

stot4321 — 2011-07-14 00:56:21Z

I am doing headstone photo's for findagrave, and have found the following buried @ South Vienna Cemetery, Clark County, Ohio.
Adaline Wooley 1859 - 1928 inscription of "MOTHER"
Rosa Wooley Clemans 1889 - 1962

These 2 are side by side. Photos are on findagrave.com.

There is also supposed to be a William H. Wooley 1879 - 1962 buried there, but have not came across his headstone there.

Reply to saw2575@yahoo.com

Re: Levi Wooley and Margaret Turnbaugh were born in Ohio Co

freddyj19 — 2011-07-02 01:21:04Z

Thanks

Re: Levi Wooley and Margaret Turnbaugh were born in Ohio Co

unkanorman29 — 2011-07-01 03:24:36Z

Margaret turnbaugh must have continued to be married to Levi acc/to Taney Co. in 1840, a book by Ms. Weber. It could be that Sophia Campbell married a different man by the name of Levi Wooley from Barren Co., KY, but I have no documentation for that.
My email now is unkanorman@gmail.com.
Norman Smith

Re: Levi Wooley and Margaret Turnbaugh were born in Ohio Co

unkanorman29 — 2011-07-01 03:20:11Z

Change my email to unkanorman@gmail.com.

Re: Levi Wooley and Margaret Turnbaugh were born in Ohio Co

unkanorman29 — 2011-07-01 03:19:12Z

I have Dicey married in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky acc/to
Kentucky Ohio Co. Marriages 1799-1880, vol A, p 153 #801. Her mother is Margaret "Peggy" Turnbaugh and her father is Levi Wooley who married 3 Feb 1807 in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky. Apparently her father is John Andrew Turnbaugh who died in Lincoln Co., MO in 1825.
I hope this helps.
Norman Smith

Re: Carroll C Wooley/Nancy Jane House

unkanorman29 — 2011-07-01 02:21:38Z

Even though I have no photos (I'm sorry), there is a website kept by Carroll descendants:
http://www.iowatelecom.net/~billrath/index.html
Good luck.
Norman Smith

Re: Wooley info-west TN, Fannie Belle (Wooley) Smith.

dmreynol1980 — 2011-06-24 23:53:30Z

I have been off Ancestry.com for years but decided to come back on. I do not have any more info on the Wooley line but what I posted. Have you found anything since posting in January?

Re: does anyone have any info on Amelia Wooley

Davidcase16 — 2011-05-22 00:07:08Z

I have an Amelia Wooley b:1878 d:1964 (Manitoba) married to a McMillan. Father James Wooley mother Elizabeth. If you still need information on her let me know.

WOOLEY Donald W 1938-2001

t42DFWNat — 2011-05-11 11:36:43Z

WOOLEY Donald W 1938-2001 section 11

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WOOLEY J B Jr 1923-2001

t42DFWNat — 2011-05-11 11:36:10Z

WOOLEY J B Jr 1923-2001 section 11

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WOOLEY Henry E

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-11 11:35:32Z

WOOLEY Henry E honor our hero who died in Vietnam - Wall section 57W

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Re: Christopher/Christley Wooley 1742-1801?

16christine — 2011-04-30 21:20:16Z

Hello Jimmy Wooley

I have heard so much about you. Please contact me regarding the Wooley family at floridajessy16@hotmail.com

My cousins have talked so much about you and say I should talk to you about the family.

-Jessica

Re: Christopher/Christley Wooley 1742-1801?

16christine — 2011-04-30 21:17:19Z

What information do you have on Christopher Wooley? Was libbie really a Carpenter?

Please email me at floridajessy16@hotmail.com

thank you!

-jessica

Re: Henry Wooley b. 1742 d. 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky

16christine — 2011-04-30 20:48:25Z

Do you guys have any information about Henry and Mary Baughman Wooley who moved from VA to KY? I am a direct ancestor of their son Michael Wooley. I'm stumped I'm not sure how or why they moved, where they moved or even if hte old house I've found is their house. Did Mary indeed marry William Hamiliton or was he a neighbor?

Please email me at floridajessy16@hotmail.com if you can. If not message me on here is just as good. Thank you!

-Jessica

Re: Wooley or Woolley from Staffordshire around 1700

tmurray45 — 2011-03-30 09:29:26Z

I saw your post while researching my husband's family. I am trying to find information on Samuel W Mortimer, it may be Samuel Wolley Mortimer, born in the 1790s. I found a Christening record that shows a baptism on 9/18/1797 in Newbury, Berkshire with parents named Samuel and Mary Mortimer.

Samuel W. Mortimer moved to the U.S. and first settled in Massachusetts, then New York.

Do you think there is any connection?

Yng son (Howard) of Mr./Mrs. George Wooley died 1909 Longmont, CO (buried in Erie, CO)

annageis76 — 2011-03-27 21:18:45Z

I am not related to this family…

Longmont Ledger (Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado)
Aug 13, 1909 Page 5

DIED

WOOLEY--In Longmont, Friday, August 6, 1909, of gastritis, Howard Wooley, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wooley, aged 2 years.
The residence of the parents is near the Whitehouse mine. The remains of the little one were taken to Erie for interment.

Re: 14 Names - Born in either Alabama, Texas, or Oklahoma

tjmokc — 2011-03-18 20:39:23Z

I know a lot about david belton wooley. This was my grandfather(believe it or not i'm still alive) What can I help you with?You may call me anytime 405-275-7775

Lehoma Gallagher

PS I am anna mae's daughter and Jennie was my grandmother. I also knew all the boys.
Anxious to hear from you.

Carroll C Wooley/Nancy Jane House

gaylejerry1 — 2011-03-16 16:48:11Z

I am trying to determine if there are any photographs out there of one of my ancestors. Carroll C Wooley was married to Nancy Jane House. I have a photo of Nancy Jane House Wooley after she married Joseph Poland, but am looking for her with her first husband.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Wooley Family

s_stewart40 — 2011-03-05 21:50:41Z

Please do. Like I said my family has been trying to find info on Rebecca Wooley for years, with no success. She married a green. Think she was born about 1817.

Re: Wooley

buckeyu2 — 2011-02-26 05:41:33Z

Hi,Im'looking for Wooleys too.My gggrandmother was Betty Wooley from Moutain Homes ,Ark.She married Albert H. Lester,Thy had lived in Prege,Ok.,Hugo,Ok. S.Semionle,Lincole,Ok. So if you or i can help each other on this family ,thats great thanks .Sincerly Yvonne

Re: Wooley Family

buckeyu2 — 2011-02-26 05:21:52Z

MY, name is Yvonne Hammons,Buckey,and yes im interistaed in what you have on the Wooley family.My gggrandmother was Betty Wooley from Mountain Homes ,Ark.She married ,Albert H. Lester.So what ever you may have on this family great and thank you very much .Sincerly Yvonne

Re: Rites of Matrimomy

buckeyu2 — 2011-02-26 05:14:35Z

Hi,MY name is Yvonne Hammons, Buckey.And im a gggranddaugther of Betty Wooley ,I was told her dads name was Henry C. Wooley ,Sarah Wooley,and a sister I guess to be Maud Wooley,my gggrand mother was born in Mountain Homes ,Ark.If you can be of help please ,get ahold of . Thank you so much,Yvonne

Re: Joe Wooley Oregon, married to Beulah

luannhays — 2011-02-07 21:56:15Z

I believe this Joe was my grandfather. You can reach me at luannhays@hotmail.com

Re: Wooley''s

ebag24 — 2011-02-06 20:12:11Z

My family owns land where an old graveyard resides, one of the headstones is that of Joel Wooley with a death date of 11/1/1860, it is in limestone county alabama.

Photo of Daffy & Ernie Woolie (or Woalie?)

rockapop — 2011-01-21 07:18:57Z

Have no info. Looking for anything

Carolina Austin Wooley b. 1814

AnneWigginsSmith — 2011-01-17 09:26:28Z

Married Samuel John Montgomery of Williamsburg Co., South Carolina. I'm looking for information on Caroline's family background.
Thank you.
Anne Wiggins Smith

Re: Henry Wooley b. 1742 d. 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky

Jameswooley2209 — 2011-01-09 20:34:00Z

I've been stuck for years. I've researched the Wooley line for over 30 years myself. William & Barbara was in Staunton, VA with family during the birth of son David in 1758.
Jimmy

Re: Henry Wooley b. 1742 d. 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky

johnson4529 — 2011-01-08 16:18:19Z

Hello cousin!
My line goes from Henry/Mary to James/Sarah Leavell to Henry G./Elizabeth McWilliams to James Harvey/Allie Hungate to their daughter Cora/Ernest Wright to their daughter Thelma/William R Hubka (My grandparents) to their son William to me.

My dad worked on this family line for over thirty years. He always liked to work on ALL of the descendants of a line, so I have quite a bit of information on all of William and Barbara's children and their descendants.

I am, unfortunately, not at home and a lot of my information is there. I've posted quite a bit of it here at ancestry in my tree.

Have you made any headway into the mystery of William Wooley and Barbara's origins? My dad only researched back to them and then (like everyone else) got stuck.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Laurice

Re: Henry Wooley b. 1742 d. 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky

Jameswooley2209 — 2011-01-08 04:09:57Z

I am a descendant of Wm. Wooley and wife Barbara. Henry is one of there sons. I'm sure you know that. Would like to talk to you about the Wooley/Owley/Ooley family.
James

jacob wooley

granne2mene — 2010-07-13 01:17:28Z

looking for jacob wooley b1825 ohio m.marah(mariah)p. mary tomlinson(tomblinson0 children lucinda caroline b1850, mary, flavious, william t. b.1857 mo. martha, mariah would like help with either jacob or marahs ancestors, siblings etc lucinda married a willoughby. thanks

WOOLEY John T and Bernice

t42MountOlivet — 2010-05-25 15:49:32Z

WOOLEY John T and Bernice

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WOOLEY Morris F 1928-1999

t42MountOlivet — 2010-05-25 15:49:20Z

WOOLEY Morris F 1928-1999

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Ohio & Michigan Wooleys

SaraWooley1 — 2010-04-04 02:36:32Z

I searched the census records and ended up at a dead end. I traced the Wooley men from my father ( William R. Wooley Birth:1950 Death:1997 ) to my Great Grandfather ( William H. Wooley Born 1879 ) He married Bernice and had 6 childrem Ruby (1907) William R. (1909) Mary A. (1918) Catherine N. (1919) Wesley W. (1927) <--my grandfather Besse H. (1929) and Minnie G. (1926) I found William H Wooley's Mom; Addy born:1859 but on the Census it said she was widowed does anyone know who her husband was, William H. Wooley's father? It appears they were all born in Ohio and then moved to Michigan when Minnie G. was born. Please reply to Sara_Wooley@yahoo.com

Re: Wooley

jwooley195 — 2010-03-23 20:23:07Z

My dad is Henry Rayburn Wooley, correct spelling should be Woolly according to our ancestors. According to my dad when he and his brothers enlisted in the service they misspelled their names. My grandfather's name is Mac Woolly, and I think his father was Martin Alfred and his brother was William Riley Woolly. William lived in Tennesse and Mac lived in Arkansas. I did meet some relatives from Oklahoma, decendents of Martin Woolly, I believe.

William Wooley from Ireland in Civil War

Heidi1413 — 2010-03-19 02:45:28Z

Looking for info on William Wooley m.Elizabeth Neal father of Nancy Wooley. May have lived in Indiana or KY. Born in Ireland to Peter Wooley. I understand he was in the Civil War.

Researching Dunaway family including connectios to Witt, Wooley,Stroud families. My greatgrandparents were Clay Dunaway and Fern Stroud.

Any tips or pointers are appreciated.