Wooles family, St Mary's, Perth, Ontario

[salt]

Hello.

I'm looking for information on the family of Charles and Sarah Wooles, who probably emigrated from England between 1851 and 1861. Their son Charles (of Usborne) married Jessie Galbraith at St Mary's, Perth, Ontario, in 1878. Sarah and several other children are recorded in the 1861 census of St Mary's.

Many thanks, Salt

[polarbear]

Hi there

To start you off ...

You can access the 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses for free at this link to the Canadian National Archives. Use 'Census of Ontario, 1871' and 'Census of Canada, 1881 and 1891'. All have images, even the 1881.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html

You can access the 1901 and 1911 censuses for free at this link. Click on 'split view' at the top to access images.

http://automatedgenealogy.com/

Polarbear

Added: some of the earlier censuses are 2 pages .... you need to either scroll down for the 2nd or to the right.

[polarbear]

Looks like Sarah remarried ....
 
William Muir 46, b. Scotland, f. James, m. Susan McMillan
Sarah Woods (as transcribed on A...try) 46, b. England, f. Rich Barrett, m. Chris A Barber
24 Jun 1863
St Mary's, Perth County, Ontario

You can follow the Muirs through the censuses at the links I gave you above. Christiana, who was born in the USA, remains with the family, unmarried, and is a good reference to the correct family. Father's name 'Barrett' for Sarah matches that on the marriage of (I think) Charles?

Polarbear

[vbain]

http://ocfa.islandnet.com/search.php
URL above will take you to the Ontario cemetery Finding aid.
You will see most of your names.
If you want obits, you might contact St. Mary's library or Perth county Genweb .
St Mary's historical society will very likely have them.

[vbain]

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/perth78.htm
This is vital statistics. I did not find Births of deaths, but found two marriges with Woole involved.

[polarbear]

Wooles seems a rather rare name. Only one turns up on Ontario in the White Pages at this link and might be worth contacting? I didn't look in the rest of Canada.

http://www.canada411.ca/

[salt]

Many thanks to Polarbear and Vbain for this info and the links. I have some of these  and will follow the others. This is my first foray into Canadian family history - and as usual Rootschat has delivered!
Salt

[polarbear]

William Muir died 22 Mar 1902 St Mary's aged 86

Sarah Muir (indexed as Muoi on A...try) died o4 May 1919 St Mary's aged 96
b. Bristol England
f. Richard Barrett
m. Christiana Wilson Barber

If your local library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition you would be able to view original images of these death records as well as the marriage of Sarah to William Muir and those of her children.

You can find burial locations at this link ...

http://ocfa.islandnet.com//

Polarbear

[vbain]

I am waiting for a colleague to check Obits if possible.