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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 268 Send Message	Marmite	Report	26 Oct 2008 15:26
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 268 Send Message	Does anyone know the origins of this name? Im not the brightest but it maybe linked to Wool and a house for keeping wool? 1. JOSEPH1 WOOLHOUSE He married SARAH. Joseph Woolhouse was born 1778, Lincolnshire, England, d. circa Sept 1856 Occupation: Annuitant Children of JOSEPH WOOLHOUSE and SARAH are: 2. i. HENRY2 WOOLHOUSE, b. 1808, Ingham, Lincolnshire. ii. JOSEPH WOOLHOUSE, b. 1801. iii. JOHN WOOLHOUSE, b. 1803. iv. MARY WOOLHOUSE, b. 1805. v. EDWARD WOOLHOUSE, b. 1806. vi. FREDERIC WOOLHOUSE, b. 1811. vii. EDMUND WOOLHOUSE, b. 1813. Generation No. 2 2. HENRY2 WOOLHOUSE (JOSEPH1) was born 1808 in Ingham, Lincolnshire. He married ELIZABETH TOYN-BOOTH 26 Jun 1834 in Broxholme, Lincs. Occupation: Carpenter/Joiner Children of HENRY WOOLHOUSE and ELIZABETH BOOTH are: 3. i. HENRY3 WOOLHOUSE, b. 1841, Saxilby, Lincolnshire. ii. MARY WOOLHOUSE, b. 1835. iii. ANN WOOLHOUSE, b. 1835. iv. CHARLES WOOLHOUSE. v. JOSEPH WOOLHOUSE. Generation No. 3 3. HENRY3 WOOLHOUSE (HENRY2, JOSEPH1) was born 1841 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire. He married SUSAN BUNTING. She was born 1839 in Saffron Waldon. Children of HENRY WOOLHOUSE and SUSAN BUNTING are: i. FRANK4, b. 1875, Kensington. ii. FRED, b. 1872, Kensington. iii. ALICE, b. 1871, Kensington. iv. HENRY, b. 1873, Kensington.