Thomas Joseph Woolley, Penge

[don woolley]

Hi, just want to ask if there is anyone who has information on Joseph Thomas Woolley born February 1893 from the Penge, Lewisham who was a watch maker.  His father was Joseph William Woolley and his mother was Caroline Susan Woolley formally Baldwin. Apparently he got married in Australia but his wife died and then he relocated to New Zealand and remarried in 1930.  He had two sisters that lived in Auckland, NZ.  Any help would be great.  Thank you for your time.

[majm]

Hi Don Woolley,

Welcome to RootsChat. 

I can see two marriages listed at the New Zealand BDM online index.  One in 1923 and one in 1930.  I have not looked for any marriage for your chap in Australia, .... do you know which Australian state he was married in?  You see, in Australia each jurisdiction has their own BDM registration process.

Do you know when your chap migrated to Australia?   That will help restrict the search for his Australian marriage.

I will ask a volunteer moderator to move your quest to the Australian Board.

Cheers,   JM

[don woolley]

Thank You.
I am trying more to find out if there are any family left in England as we already have a copy Josephy Thomas Woolley's birth certificate and his register of marriage in NZ.
Do you know if there is anywhere I can get more info on living relatives?
Thanks again. Don

[carol8353]

Thomas/Joseph was probably the first born as his parents didn't marry till 1892.

Marriages Jun 1892   

Baldwin    Caroline Susan        Bromley    2a   686    
Woolley    Joseph William         Bromley    2a   686   

[rosie17]

Hi
 Don and welcome to Rootschat here are some of the family on the 1901 census Penge Kent England
Joseph William Woolley b 1863 Beckenham Kent age 38 Light worker /Lamp
Caroline Susan Woolley age 35 born Beckenham
Joseph Thomas Woolley age 8
James Henry Woolley age 5
Alfred Charles Woolley 4
Walter Herbert Woolley 2
Albert Edward Woolley 1
All born Penge Kent
I can't post details of the 1911 census but there are other family ...You could try looking at the BMD
Rosie

[dawnsh]

Hi Don

Welcome from me too!

We have a 'no living people' policy here at Rootschat, please see our guidelines for posting

http://www.rootschat.com/help/posting_guide.php

which has a couple of lines for doing more 'recent' research.

My suggestion would be to look for the wider family in the 1901 and 1911 censuses, then look at the 1939 register and try to find people in the electoral registers. Ancestry has the London collection of registers upto 1965 which can be very helpful post WW2.

However, all these avenues will require a subscription and due to the terms and conditions of the likes of Ancestry and FindMyPast we cannot do look-ups for you on the 1911 and 1939 databases.

You will find limited 1911 transcriptions at www.familysearch.org but if you don't have a subscription then check your local library to see if they offer free access in house.

If you are new to doing research in England & Wales, www.freebmd.org.uk is a volunteer project transcribing the official General Register Office indexes which is very easy to use but only good upto the 1970's. Later transcriptions can be found at www.familysearch.org and you don't need a subscription.

Hope this helps.

Dawn