RootsChat.Com
Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: chrissue on Friday 27 November 09 19:07 GMT (UK)
-
has anyone got any info on this gentlemen. He is my grandfather.
Thanks
Chrissue
-
Hi Chrissue....
What is his first name and what info do you already have to save a repeat.
Tazzie
-
Hi
There were there were three Woolnough male births registered in the London area in 1877
Births Sep 1877
Woolnough Charles William A Kensington 1a 104
Woolnough Edwin Algar Marylebone 1a 511
Births Dec 1877
WOOLNOUGH Frederick Mile End 1c 572
another eight in 1876 and another four in 1878.
London had a population of over 3 million in 1871 and growing fast so there will always be quite a few people with the same surname found in such a large city.
Regards
Valda
-
I think he was a Charles Woolnough and was a milkman. His first wife died and he married a lady with the surname Weale. He had children during his first marriage and one child by his second. She was Gwendoline Woolnough and was my birth mother.
Chrissue
-
Hi Chrissue
There is a Charles showing in the London area in the 1901 census that might fit, but not London born. Family living in Camberwell:
Chas Wm Woolnough 23, milk carrier b. Broom, Suffolk
Louisa Woolnough 24 b. Peckham, London
Charles Woolnough 3 months b. Dulwich, London
RG13; Piece: 503; Folio: 35; Page: 15
Monica :)
-
I think at least one of Charles' marriages show on the parish registers:
There is a parish register entry for a Charles William Woolnough marrying an Eliza Wheal on 2 May 1920 at Saint Paul, Kensington, where he shows as a widower, aged 48. Occupation is that of a milk carrier. Father William is down as deceased. Eliza, aged 37, a spinster. Father down as Cornelius, a butcher by trade. Father does not show as deceased (although this is not always something to be relied on!)
On FreeBmd, there is possible entry for first marriage:
Marriages 4th Qrt 1899
Rushton Louisa Elizabeth M and on the same page, Woolnough Charles William - Camberwell 1d 1570
Monica
-
Possible death for first wife Louisa:
Deaths 1st 1919
Woolnough Louisa E M, age 42 in Hackney 1b/ 657
Monica
-
Possible entry for Charles with family in 1891 (The family show in Mitcham in 1881):
William Woolnough 46, gardener b. Cratfield, Suffolk
Maria Woolnough 39 b. Somerleyton, Suffolk
Charles Woolnough 13, b. Broom Suffolk
Ada Woolnough 10, b. Mitcham, Surrey
Hertzibah Woolnough 2 b. Mitcham, Surrey
The family show in Camberwell - RG12; Piece: 472; Folio 66; Page 65
Possible entry for Charles' birth:
Births 2nd Qrt 1877
Woolnough Charles William - Hartismere 4a 617
And likely entry for parents' marriage:
Marriages 3rd Qrt 1876
Woolnough, William Henry and Duncan, Maria Rebecca - Hartismere 4a 847
-
A little bit on Eliza Wheal :)
Her parents' marriage shows on 16 May 1880 at Saint Thomas, Stepney:
Corneall Wheal, 33, butcher. Father James, a Farm labourer.
Eliza Powis, 31. Father Thomas, a coal whipper
Eliza's birth I think is this one:
Births 1st Qrt 1883
WHEAL Eliza - St. Saviour 1d 158
Eliza's baptism shows on 1 Mar 1885 at Saint Stephen, Walworth Common, Southwark.
Failing miserably to find them on the censuses though :-\
-
It will probably help in finding entries later. This looks like Cornelius in 1871 in Mile End Old Town:
Corneal Wheal, 23, boarder, pork butcher assist., born Essex, Stondon Massey
Class: RG10; Piece: 561; Folio: 146; Page: 17
Possible birth entry for him:
Births 4th 1847
WHEAL Cornell - Ongar 12 156
From IGI, confirming parents:
Cornel Wheal Christening: 02 JAN 1848 Stondon-Massey, Essex
Parents: James Wheal and Mary Wheal
Monica
-
:) Found 1901, in Forest Gate, West Ham:
Corneal Wheal 53, widower, butcher's assist., b. Stondon Massey, Essex
Mary Page 81, mother, b. High Ongar, Essex
Sarah Chambers 42, sister, b. Stondon Massey, Essex
RG13; Piece: 1592; Folio: 42; Page: 21
Monica
-
Hi folks
Thanks to all of you for the info on Charles Woolnough. It seems he might be the milk carrier. I'm also looking for a lady called gwendoline Woolnough circa 1920. I have looked at the births for that year and am struggling to find her. I have found her getting married to someone called Russell in 1960. Can anyone enlighten me.
Thanks
Chrissue ;D
-
Hi
As she married aged around 40 in 1960 could it be this wasn't her first marriage so Woolnough wasn't her maiden name? The marriage certificate itself will of course give further information. She might of course have been born a Woolnough but not in England or Wales. She might be adjusting her age down on her marriage.
Regards
Valda
-
This looks to be the birth entry for Charles and Eliza's daughter:
Births 4th Qrt 1924
WOOLNOUGH (name as you have) WHEAL in Hackney 1b 541
The Russell/Woolnough marriage shows the same name including middle initials so looks likely :)
-
Hi
or slightly more unusual then, if you have her age correct on marriage, adjusting her age up!
Regards
Valda
-
Thanks for the info. I think she might have told one or two fibbies. Now I have something to work on.
Chrissue
-
Possible death entry for her in Jan 1994 in Enfield, Middlesex (with a birth date of 6 Dec. 1924).
Hope you find what you need chrissue :)
Monica
-
With the info I had about her marriage I think I found that she died in 2002 in Cornwall. Need to find the obituary in cornwall. How do I find these?
Chrissue :(
-
Chrissue, sent you a PM :)