Woolleys of Liverpool or Broxton, Cheshire

[idyia14]

David, Thanks for all of your research so far, it's been very helpful. You posted information about Mary Woolley, nee Jones, which included a possible baptism and marriage of her parents. It all fits together to my mind. However, it's not conclusive. You also found James Jones in the 1861 and 1871 census with his previous wife and children from that marriage. Have you been able to find the family in the 1881 or 1891 census as I can't locate them? I was hoping to find a record that included a Mary - she would have been about 5 in 1881 - and maybe one of the older children so that I could be more sure that we have the right family.

[DCB]

Unfortunately, I can't find any of the family in 1881

A summary of the evidence:-

Mary Jones, daughter of James, a shoemaker, and Mary, baptised in Burwardsley, on 29th December 1875.
GRO index mmn Price
She is the only Mary baptised in, or near, Burwardsley at that time

On her marriage, she was the daughter of James Jones (deceased).

In 1901 she gave her birth place as Burwardsley.

In 1891, I think she is a servant, b Burwardsley, with Thomas Brereton, a farmer, in Broxton.

David

[idyia14]

I did wonder if she was a servant somewhere at age 15. Thanks for all your help.

[idyia14]

An update: I finally have a copy of the Woolley-Trimarco marriage certificate from 1926. John Woolley was 23 when he married, which puts his birth year as 1903. So, the Woolley family we found is the correct one - and the information up on Ancestry.com is incorrect. Does anyone know how to go about getting it corrected? I have tried contacting the person who entered the information in the first place but have had no response, probably an old email address.

[heywood]

An update: I finally have a copy of the Woolley-Trimarco marriage certificate from 1926. John Woolley was 23 when he married, which puts his birth year as 1903. So, the Woolley family we found is the correct one - and the information up on Ancestry.com is incorrect. Does anyone know how to go about getting it corrected? I have tried contacting the person who entered the information in the first place but have had no response, probably an old email address.

Ancestry has correct information re John Woolley - birth, census etc.
It is the published tree/s which has wrong information as so often happens.
If you have contacted the owner and there is no response, I don’t think there is much else. At one time, it was possible to add a comment but I am not sure if that facility is still available.

[DCB]

There is an article on changing records here but, as mentioned, it doesn't seem to apply to trees by other people: https://familyhistorydaily.com/genealogy-help-and-how-to/fix-incorrect-records-on-ancestry/

The only way may be to publish a tree with the correct information and see if others change or respond, but this would need a subscription.

David

[idyia14]

You're right, of course. The records on Ancestry are correct, it's just the tree that is wrong. I have already put the correct information up into FamilySearch (and I will attach a copy of the certificate) so I can only hope that someone else looking for the family checks all possible sources.

[DCB]

There is a tree on Ancestry which has the correct John Woolley, but not by a relative and no further details of marriage etc.

His sister, Mabel, married his relative,William George Wilson, in 1917. Sadly, he was killed in the war in 1918, but they had a daughter, Edna May, also in 1917.

I can only see the index for 1921, but Edna May Wilson is living with Mabel Wolley (her mother but not as Wilson), John Wolley (b 1857) and Stanley Warburton (b 1898), in Huntington, Harthill, Broxton Parish.

David

[idyia14]

Thanks, that is good to know. That ties up with what I have found out. In fact, everything I found ties in with the known details (names of aunts and cousins, age at death) but there was still one family member in Australia who was inclined to believe the Ancestry tree. I needed the certificate to prove my case.