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Ernest Albert Woolley 1888 – 1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 JUL 1888

Birth Location: Lismore, New Zealand

Death Date: 18 JUL 1962

Death Location: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Thomas Woolley

Mother: Augusta Jordan

Spouse(s): Reta Holmes

Children(s): Natalie Woolley, Ivon Woolley, Audrey Woolley

Ernest Albert Woolley was born in 1888 in Lismore, New Zealand, the child of Thomas Woolley and Augusta Jordan. Ernest Albert Woolley married Reta Myrtle Holmes, and had children including Natalie Reta Woolley, Ivon Ernest Woolley, Audrey Myrtle Woolley. Ernest Albert Woolley passed away in 1962 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Ernest Albert Woolley was born in 1888 in Lismore, New Zealand, the child of Thomas Woolley and Augusta Jordan.
  • Ernest Albert Woolley married Reta Myrtle Holmes, and had children including Natalie Reta Woolley, Ivon Ernest Woolley, Audrey Myrtle Woolley.
  • Ernest Albert Woolley passed away in 1962 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Woolley
1833 – 1916
Birth Location: Throapham, Yorkshire, England
TW
Augusta Jordan
1842 – 1927
Birth Location: Pencombe, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
AJ

Spouses(s)

Reta Holmes
1896 – 1974
Birth Location: (New Zealand)
RH

Children(s)

Natalie Woolley
1920 – 2007
Birth Location: (New Zealand)
NW
Ivon Woolley
1923 – 1994
Birth Location: (New Zealand)
IW
Audrey Woolley
1931 – 2007
Birth Location: (New Zealand)
AW

Ernest Woolley's Ancestors

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Ernest Woolley
1888 – 1962
Birth Place: Lismore, New Zealand
Parents
Thomas Woolley
1833 – 1916
Throapham, Yorkshire, England
Augusta Jordan
1842 – 1927
Pencombe, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
William Jordan
1804 – 1875
Pencombe, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
Elizabeth (Ann) Parker
1805 – 1870
Staunton-on-Arrow, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Parker
1784 – 1849
Anne Farmer
1785 – 1885
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Parker
1753 – 1830
Elizabeth Weaver
1762 – 1789

Ernest Woolley's Descendants

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Ernest (Albert) Woolley (22 JUL 1888 – 18 JUL 1962) m. Reta (Myrtle) Holmes (ABT 1896 – 11 JAN 1974)
  1. 1. Natalie (Reta) Woolley (1920 – 6 JUL 2007) m. David (Graham) Brooker (ABT 1920 – BEF 2020)
  2. 2. Ivon (Ernest) Woolley (27 MAR 1923 – 24 JUL 1994) m. Margaret (Melissa) Watts (ABT 1923 – )
  3. 3. Audrey (Myrtle) Woolley (1931 – 15 JAN 2007) m. Frederick (John) Arker (ABT 1931 – )

Ernest Woolley's Timeline

3 Records

1885
22 JUL 1885
Birth of Ernest Albert Woolley in Hinds, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Hinds, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
1888
22 JUL 1888
Birth of Ernest Albert Woolley in Lismore, New Zealand
Lismore, New Zealand
1962
18 JUL 1962
Age 74
Death of Ernest Albert Woolley in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 JUL 1885
    Event Place: Hinds, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 JUL 1888
    Event Place: Lismore, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 JUL 1962
    Event Place: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
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