Brief Life History of William Robert
When William Robert Wooley was born on 22 August 1859, in Dunbar, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, his father, David Miller Wooley, was 23 and his mother, Jane Harris, was 18. He married Jennie Evans on 25 December 1878, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 November 1933, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
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- Wm R Wiley, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Wooley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William Robert Wooley, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867
Nebraska is the 37th state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Woolley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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