Henry Alberto Woolley

Brief Life History of Henry Alberto

When Henry Alberto Woolley was born on 11 August 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Edwin Dilworth Woolley, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ann Olpin, was 27. He married Julia Stringham on 3 December 1884, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 22 October 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Alberto Woolley
1851–1894
Julia Stringham
1860–1932
Marriage: 3 December 1884
Claude Alberto Woolley
1885–1957
Mark Stringham Woolley
1887–1952
Jessie Woolley
1890–1950
Lucille Stringham Woolley
1892–1961

Sources (22)

  • Henry A Woolley in household of Edwin D Woolley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Henry A Woolley, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Henry A Woolley in entry for Claude A Woolley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (6)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).

Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Henry Alberto Woolley

A short sketch on the life of Henry Alberto Woolley Henry Alberto Woolley, eldest son of Bishop Edwin Dilworth Woolley and Mary Ann Olpin, was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, August 11, 1851, and resid …

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