Family of Alfred Woolley &

Elizabeth Mabbott

                                                                       

 

 

Alfred Woolley was born c1803 in St. Pancras, Middlesex and died 22 February 1880 at the Union Workhouse, Grays Inn Road, Holborn, Middlesex.  

 

Wife Elizabeth Mabbott was born c1802 and died 8 March 1851 at 18 Cumberland Street, St. Pancras, Tottenham, Middlesex.  They were married 2 December 1824 at St. Mary, Hornsey, Middlesex, London.

 

 

Their children were:

1- Thomas Woolley  b: 12 September 1834  St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex, London; d: Aft. 1901  London.

        +Catherine Elizabeth Pearce  b: Abt. 1832  Malton, Cornwall; m: 5 July 1856  St. Pancras, Middlesex, London [Francis William/---]; d: 1872  Pancras, London

    *2nd wife of Thomas Woolley:

        +Amelia Jane Wymer (Rodgers)  b: 7 May 1837  Ingham, Norfolk; m: 1885  Strand, London; d: 1911  St. George Hanover Square, London

 

Notes for Thomas Woolley:

- Baptism:  St. Mary Islington, Middlesex Parish Register, bap. 30 August 1835 - Thomas Woolley, s/o Alfred (printer) & Elizabeth, res. Copenhagen Street, b. 12 September 1834

- Marriage:  St. Pancras Chapel, Middlesex - 5 July  1856: Thomas Woolley compositor, father Alfred Woolley compositor, to Catherine Elizabeth Pearce, father Francis William Pearce (deceased); both parties signed; wit; T.W. Merchant & Mary March Pearce.

- 1861 Tottenham Court, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex (67 Warren Street):  Thomas Woolley 27 (Islington) printer/compositor, wife Catherine E. 30 (Cornwall) mantle maker, Ellen 11 (Lambeth) scholar, nephew Frances Shiers 3 (St. Pancras).  [Ellen is Ellen Newland - 1849, Q2, 4-347, Lambeth]
- 1871 Somers Town, St. Pancras, London (51 George Street):  Thomas Woolley 37 printer/compositor (St. Pancras, Middlesex), wife Catherine E. 39 (Cornwall), Ellen N. 20 sewing machinist (Lambeth, Surrey).

- Death Registration:  Catherine Elizabeth Woolley, 1872, Q2, 1b-70, Pancras, age 40 years

- 1881 Paddington, London, Middlesex (71 Walterton Road):  Widower Thomas Wooley 47 (Islington, Middlesex) compositor; Margurete M. Kenna, unm lodger, 36 (Belfast, Ireland) dressmaker.

- Marriage Registration:  Thomas Woolley & Amelia Rodgers, 1885, Q1, 1b-692, Strand
- 1891 St. Margaret & St. John the Evangelist, Westminster:  Thomas Woolley 60 compositor (London), Amelia J. 46 (Ingham, Norfolk).

- 1901 Belgrave, St. George Hanover Square, London (33 Denbigh Place SW):  Thomas Woolley 71 (Marylebone, London) printer compositor, wife Amelia J. 58 (Norfolk) piano forte music teacher, stepson Bertram A. Rodgers 33 (Marylebone, London) professional musician clarinet, lodger Annie Oakley 28 cook & domestic, general servant Eliza Clark 29, housemaid Ethel Wollen 15.

- Death Registration:  Amelia J. Woolley, 1911, Q1, 1a-320, St. Geo. H. Sq., age 70 years

 

2- Charles Woolley  b: 6 November 1837  St. Pancras, London; d: Aft. 1885

        + Caroline Baker (Beech)  b: Abt. 1834  Uckfield, Sussex; m: 2 November 1868  St. John the Evangelist, Penge, Surrey; d: 1887  St. Saviour, Newington, Surrey

 

Notes for Charles Woolley:

- Birth Registration:  Charles Woolley, 1837, Q4, 1-150, St. Pancras (no mother's maiden name given)

- Baptism, All Souls Church, Marylebone, Middlesex, bap. 31 July 1842 - Charles Wolley, s/o Alfred (printer) & Elizabeth, res. 38 Ogle Street, b. 6 November 1837

- Marriage Certificate:  St. John the Evangelist, Penge, Surrey, 2 November 1868 - Charles Woolley, full age, printer, res. Penge, father Alfred Woolley (printer), & Caroline Beech, full age, widow, res. Penge, father John Baker (labourer), both parties signed; wit: James Foster & Elizabeth Woolley

- 1871 St. Peter Walworth, St. Mary Newington, Lambeth, London:  Charles Woolley 34 (Mdsx) greengrocer, wife Caroline 36 (Uckfield, SX), Fanny 9 (Mdsx), Elizabeth 7 (Mdsx), Mary A. 5 (Mdsx)

- 1881 St. Peter Walworth, St. Mary Newington, Lambeth, London (79 Westmorland Road):  Charles Woolley 44 (London) greengrocer, wife C. 46 (Uckfield, SX), dau. F. 20 (London), dau. A. (Ada Elizabeth) 8 (London), son C. (Charles Alfred) 6 (London)

South London Press, Saturday, 19 September 1885:  Under a lengthy listing for 'Unjust Weights & Measures': Charles Woolley, greengrocer and fruiterer, 43, Westmoreland-road, Walworth; a measure, two weights, and a scale.  Fined £2.

- Death Registration:  Caroline Woolley, 1887, Q1, 1d-108, St. Saviour, age 46 years

 

3- Alfred Woolley  b: 20 March 1840  17 Drummond Crescent, Somers Town, St. Pancras, Middlesex; d: 9 February 1907  Camberwell, London

        + Clemmon Elizabeth Herriott  b. 4 December 1842  Lewes, Sussex; m: 21 May 1864 at St. John Parish Church, Lewes, Sussex; d: 1874-1881

 

Notes for Alfred Woolley:

- Birth Certificate:  Somers Town, St. Pancras, Middlesex:  20 March 1840 17 Drummond Crescent, Alfred Woolley, father Alfred Wolley (compositor), mother Elizabeth Woolley formerly Mabbatt; informant E. Woolley mother

- Baptism, All Souls Church, Marylebone, Middlesex, bap. 31 July 1842 - Alfred Wooley s/o Alfred (printer) & Elizabeth, res. 38 Ogle Street, b. 20 March 1840

             

 

Second Wife Joanna Walker was born c1810 in Chipstead, Surrey, and died 27 December 1885 in Islington, London.  They were married 26 August 1851 at St. Michael's, Highgate, Camden, Middlesex.

 

4- Barnabas Walker (Woolley)  b: Abt. 1835  St. Margaret, Chipstead, Surrey; d: Aft. 1851

 

Notes for Barnabas Walker:

- Baptism:  St. Margaret, Chipstead, Surrey Parish Register, bap. 29 October 1837 - Barnabas, s/o Johanna Walker, servant, res. Chipstead

- 1841 Chipstead, Surrey (Harmony Cottages):  Josh. Walker 50 wheelwright, wife Hester 50, Patience 15, Hester 15, Barnabas 6.

 

5- Joanna Walker (Woolley)  b: 4 August 1842  St. Andrews, Middlesex

       + Henry William Cave  b: 18 May 1828  St. James, Westminster, Middlesex; m: 1868  Islington; d: 1874  Sussex

 

Notes for Joanna Walker:

- Baptism:  St. Pancras, Middlesex Parish Register, bap. 25 April 1858 - Joanna, d/o Alfred & Joanna Woolley, Prospect Terrace, b. 4 August 1842

- Marriage Registration:  Henry William Cave & Joanna Walker, 1868, Q4, 1b-462, Islington

- 1871 Islington St. Mary, London:  Henry W. Cave 42 (St. James, Mdsx) collector for ins. compy., wife Joanna 26 (St. Andrews, Mdsx), Henry 16 (Clerkenwell) bookbinder, Elizabeth 10 (Clerkenwell), Florence 6 (Clerkenwell), John C. 4 (St. Andrews), Julia A. 1 (Islington), widowed mother-in-law Alice Walker 49 (Mickleham, Surrey) retired dressmaker.

- Death Registration:  Henry William Cave, 1874, Q4, 2b-21, Sussex, age 46 years

- 1881 St. Andrew Eastern, St. Andrew, London:  Widow Alice Walker 61 (Mickleham, Surrey) seamstress, Frederick Walker 46 (Clerkenwell) fitter/engineer, Widow Joanne Cave 35 (Holborn, Mdsx) stenographer, grandson John Cave 14 (Holborn, Mdsx)

 

6- (girl) Walker (Woolley)  b: 1846  St. Pancras, Middlesex, London

 

Notes for --- Walker:

- Birth Registration:  Walker, 1846, Q3, 1-563, St. Pancras, (no mother's maiden name)

- Death Registration:  Jane Walker, 1847, Q2, 1-225, St. Pancras, age 1 year

- Death Registration:  Katharine Alice Walker, 1847, Q2, 1-289, St. Pancras,  infant

 

7- Mary Hester Walker (Woolley)  b: 1847  St. Pancras, Middlesex, London; d: 1927  Woolwich, London

 

Notes for Mary Hester Woolley:

- Birth Registration:  --- Walker, 1847, Q4, 1-315, St. Pancras, (no mother's maiden name)

- Death Registration:  Mary Woolley, 1927, Q4, 1d-1152, Woolwich, age 81 years

 

7- Joseph Woolley  b: 1851  St. Pancras, Middlesex, London; d: 1891  Islington, London

         +Blenda Blisset  b: Abt. 1855  Wantage, Berkshire; m: 21 July 1874  All Saints, Islington, Middlesex; d: 1923  Islington, London

 

Notes for Joseph Woolley:

- Birth Registration:  Joseph Woolley, 1851, Q4, 1-310, St. Pancras, (mother's maiden name Walker)

- 1871 St. Pancras, Marylebone, London:  lodger Joseph Wooley 26 (St. Pancras) printer

- Marriage, All Saints Church, Battle Bridge, Islington, Middlesex Parish Register, mar. 21 July 1874 - Joseph Woolley 23 comedian, res. 23 Upper Winchester Street, father Alfred Woolley (compositor) & Blenda Blisset 19, same res., father Charles Blisset (cab proprietor); both parties signed; wit: Richard Hancock & Mary Hester Woolley

- Marriage Registration:  Joseph Woolley & Blinda Blisset, 1874, Q3, 1b-399, Islington

- The Era, Sunday, 11 June 1876:  At 'The Metropolitan' - Mr. Joseph Woolley appears as a comic vocalist.

- 1881

- Death Registration:  Joseph Woolley, 1891, Q1, 1b-247, Islington, age 39 years

- 1891 Islington South West, Islington, London:  Charles Blisset 72 (Wantage, Berkshire) general shop dealer, wife Mary 73 (Wantage), Widowed son Charles 22 (Wantage) cabman/groom, widowed daughter Blenda Woolley 36 (Wantage) laundress, granddaughter Nelly Wood (Islington) fur sewer, granddaughter Sarah Wood (Islington) 14, grandson Herbert Blisset 5 (Islington)

 

 

 

Notes for Alfred Woolley:

- Marriage: Hornsey Rise, Islington, Middlesex Parish Register, mar. 2 December 1824 - Alfred Woolley & Elizabeth Mabbott, (both of this parish); wit: Thos. Grimes Jnr. & Thos. Grimes Snr.

- 1841 All Souls & Trinity, St. Marylebone, Middlesex (Ogle Street):  Mary Gibbons 25 (Ireland?), Elizabeth Wooley 35 (not born this county) Independent means, Thomas 5, Charles 4, Alfred 1.
- 1841 Finsbury, St Andrew Eastern, St Andrew Holborn (above the bars) Middlesex, Mt. Pleasant:  Alfred Woolley 35 compositor, Joanna 30, Alice Walker 20.  [Barnabas Walker living with his Walker grandparents in Chipstead, Surrey.]
- Possible business: June 1846 P.O. London Directory - Woolley & Cook, printers, 7 St. Benet's pl., Gracechurch St.

- Death Certificate:  Elizabeth Woolley, 8 March 1851 at 18 Cumberland Street, St. Pancras, Tottenham, Middlesex, age 49 years, wife of Alfred Woolley (compositor), tubercule ----pitissis; informant J. Brazier (present at the death)

- Marriage Banns:  St. Michael, Highgate, Camden - banns of marriage between Alfred Woolley, widower, & Joanna Walker, spinster, botp, August 1851, 3 postings

- Marriage Certificate, St. Michael, Highgate, Middlesex, mar. 26 August 1851Alfred Woolley, widower, compositor, father Thomas Woolley (compositor), & Joanna Walker, spinster, father Joseph Walker (wheelwright); both parties signed; wit: Henry Richard Stone & Susannah Stone
- 1851 St. George, Holborn St. Andrew, Middlesex; St. Andrew, Trinity, Finsbury:  Alfred Woolley 47 (St. Pancras) compositor, wife Joanna 40 (Surrey) needlewoman, Thos. 17 (Islington) apprentice compositor, Barnabas 16 (Shoreditch) apprentice engineer, Charles 13 (St. Pancras) out of situation, Alfred 11 (St. Pancras) scholar, Mary Hester 3 (St. George Martyr), relative Alice Walker 31 (Mickleham, Surrey) needlewoman, relative Joanna Walker 8 (St. Andrews).
- 1861 N. Pancras, Grays Inn Road, Marylebone, Regent Square (14 Prospect Terrace):  Alfred Woolley 57 (St. Pancras, Mdsx) printer/compositor, wife Johanna 50 (Chipstead, Surrey) needlewoman, Alfred 21 (Marlebone, Mdsx) lithographic printer, Mary H. 13 (St. Andrews, Mdsx), Joseph 9 (St. Pancras, Mdsx), sister-in-law Alice Walker 41 (Mickleham, Surrey) needlewoman (single), niece Joanna Walker 18 (Clerkenwell, Mdsx) artificial flower maker, lodger Henry Arnett 32 (Mdsx) widower, bookbinder finisher.
- 1871 St. Andrew Eastern, St. Andrew Holborn, London; Finsbury (186 Grays Inn Road):  Alfred Wooley 67 (St. Pancras) compositor, wife Joanna 60 (Chipstead, Surrey), Mary H. 23 (St. Pancras, Mdsx) artificial flower maker, Joseph 19 (St. Pancras) comic berliot?.
- 1881 Middlesex, London (22 Leigh Road):  Annie Warren 50 matron at home for invalids, widow Joanna Woolley 60 (Middlesex, London) patient. - ??

- Death Certificate:  St. Andrews Eastern Holborn, Middlesex - 22 February 1880 (Union Workhouse), Alfred Woolley, age 78 years, compositor; senile decay; informant Saml. Stanton (master Union workhouse, Grays Inn Road)

- Death Registration:  Joanna Woolley, 1885, Q4, 1b-288, Islington, age 82 years.


 

Parents of Alfred Woolley

Parents of Elizabeth Mabbott

 

Back to Roostan Line page

Back to Wendy’s Ancestral Tree

 

Last updated:  30 October 2020.