WOOF(E) Cardington

[janmac]

Old family letters to my Gt grandfather WOOFE in Australia tell about his 2nd cousin Richard WOOF of the Cardington family.
I am looking for the Birth and parents of William WOOF b 1780. He is not the William b 1780 son of Phillip and Ann Woofe.
Would be grateful to hear from anyone with WOOF connections.!!

[Corsharn]

Old family letters to my Gt grandfather WOOFE in Australia tell about his 2nd cousin Richard WOOF of the Cardington family.
I am looking for the Birth and parents of William WOOF b 1780. He is not the William b 1780 son of Phillip and Ann Woofe.
Would be grateful to hear from anyone with WOOF connections.!!

Hi Janmac,
I don't know if we could be connected But my gg-grandfather was a William Woof, but he was born around 1853 in Newcastle -On-Tyne, Northumberland.... he was christened in Gateshead. Durham.

William's father's name was Peter Woof & mother Ann Wilson.....Peter's second wife was Ann Cochrane.

William came to Australia in the 1870's and was in Townsville, Queensland were he married Adelaide Bowen in 1878. They moved down to Gympie, then on to Sydney where they raised their 8 children.

I would be really interested to know if our families are connected.

Hope to hear from you.
Cheers,
Corsharn

[janmac]

Thanks for your reply
I have noticed that there are WOOF's in Durham etc but have not found a connection as yet.
On the census for Montgomeryshire where he farmed my 2x Gt Grandfather William WOOF states that he was born in Bitterley Shropshire. (1780) His son John WOOFE went to Ballarat c 1851.I have never found a baptism in Bitterley so have no idea who William's parents were.Have you seen a William around 1780 in your research.? Would be good to connect. Not many of us in NZ.
Jan

[Corsharn]

Hi Jan,
If you can give me a couple of days to go through my files I'll see if I can find anything for Woof's in Victoria.

But in the mean time you might want to check out the Nation Archives, I found this entry....

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=1&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=28


WOOF Richard : Service number 5112 : Place of birth - Preston England : Place of enlistment - Melbourne VIC : Next of kin - (Uncle) WOOF James Nelson
Series number
B2455 Control symbol
WOOF RICHARD Contents date range
circa 1914 - circa 1920
 
Access status
Not yet examined Location
Canberra Barcode
8334156 
   

Cheers,
Corsharn

[Corsharn]

Hi Jan,
Heres another one.


WOOF PERCY ROWLAND : Service Number - V15224 : Date of birth - 29 Sep 1899 : Place of birth - LONDON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - WOOF CLARE
Series number
B884 Control symbol
V15224 Contents date range
1939 - 1948
 
Access status
Not yet examined Location
Canberra Barcode
6263966 
 
Corsharn

[janmac]

Thanks again
I think I have most of the Victoria data.
My father Thomas John WOOFE was born in Chiltern 1906 and emigrated with his family to NZ 1908.
His father was William WOOFE b1880 Vic.
The only family member I haven't found in Aus.is Percy Herbert WOOFE b 1875 Ballarat.  F John WOOFE m Elizabeth BOWKER
Last heard of in Gooramadda 1903.
Would welcome any sighting of his death etc.
I think the Preston family are another WOOF . The Percy from London looks interesting !
WOOFS everywhere !!!
Thanks
Jan

[Kait]

Bit late but any use?  I have a William Woof of Cardington whose parents were Philip (c1741) and MARY PERRY (c1758)

His brothers were Philip (1782) and Richard(1786) and he married Cecily Milner then Ann Cox.

There's more but no point going on if this isn't the one you're after
Kait

[janmac]

Thanks Kait
I have looked at this possibility but my William WOOFE married Eleanor SMALLMAN in Munslow 1818.
However I'm sure we are connected to the Cardington families somehow.Old letters talk about "Richard Woof our 2nd cousin."
Do you fit in here somewhere ?
Jan