woolnough 1877 London

[chrissue]

has anyone got any info on this gentlemen. He is my grandfather.
Thanks
Chrissue

[tazzie]

   Hi Chrissue....

  What is his first name and what info do you already have to save a repeat.

     Tazzie

[Valda]

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

[chrissue]

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

[MonicaL]

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 

[MonicaL]

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     

[MonicaL]

Possible death for first wife Louisa:

Deaths 1st 1919 
Woolnough Louisa E M, age 42 in Hackney    1b/ 657

Monica

[MonicaL]

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
   

[MonicaL]

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