Decipher Surname

[sami]

Hi cfbrown459:

Just happened to see this posting and the name Woolley along with Burton upon Trent caught my eye.

I have a distant connection with the Woolley name in the Burton on Trent/Winshill area:

Harry Woolley b 1864 - d 1938?
married in 1886 to
Mary Ann Stone b 1868 - d 1933?

Wondering if you also have this couple in your family tree?

sami

[Bonza]

Hi cfbrown459

There could be various potential scenarios for this problem. It seems the family identified on the 1871 Census may be correct, so to get more information or clarity on the maiden name of Harriett it would be a good idea to obtain the birth certificates of the earliest known child of William and Harriett. Then if that hasn't provided the answer consider getting all children's birth certificates.

It's possible Harriett could have been married beforehand once or more often, so when she married William her surname would be different to her maiden name as well, if they married at all.

I can't positively identify Ann's birth, but son Abraham's birth seems to be this one:
Name: WOOLLEY, Abraham       District: Burton    Ref: 6b 333

Good luck, cheers for now, Neil

[Gadget]

I can't positively identify Ann's birth

Hi

I think Ann might have been Eliza Ann.....

1861
Collingwood, Tatenhall, Burton on Trent
RG9/1967/80a/18
William Wooley, 33, ag lab, b. Dunstall
Harriet, 34, b. B on  T
Henry, s, 6, b. Collingwood
Eliza A, d, 3, b. B on T
William, s, 5 mths, b. Collingwood
Rebecca Baker, brder, 3, b. B on T

....and this could be her birth reg:

Eliza Ann Woolley Mar q, 1858, Burton upon Trent v. 6b p. 292




Gadget

[Gadget]

And going back to the Simnett possibility:

1841
Station Street, Burton upon Trent
HO107/975/7/10/12
Sarah Simnett, 20, weaver
Harriett, 20
Joseph, 15, brickmaker
The Simnetts all b. County

Gadget

[cfbrown459]

In reply to Harry Woolley I haven't found him on any census records with William and Harriet for 1871 which you would have thought he would be there.  I would suggest you order Harry's birth certificate to see what the Mother and Father's names are on there to help with your research.

As for Ann or Elizabeth I am coming to the same conclusion that they are in fact the same person.  Eliza is on the 1861 census but Ann is on the 1871 census both about the same age.  I am currently ensuring I have some further details before I finalise my findings for Louisa and her family as there is so much to resolve. 

Simnett family it would seem have a number of different spellings so will start to research this once I have clarified a few more things for Louisa and her family.  Just locating her father's death which I know is before 1886 (from Louisa's marriage certificate) and I think it is even before the 1881 census as I think I have found Harriet living with one of her children but haven't had chance to go much further as really busy at work currently but enjoying the time I do get to spend on it.  I will look at the family connection of Simnett's hopefully over the weekend.