Absalom Woolf

4 February 1832–16 February 1910 (Age 78)
Pelham, Westchester, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Absalom

When Absalom Woolf was born on 4 February 1832, in Pelham, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, John Anthony Woolf, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Devoe, was 17. He married Lucy Ann Hambleton on 19 March 1857, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1860 and Benson, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 16 February 1910, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Absalom Woolf
1832–1910
Lucy Ann Hambleton
1840–1920
Marriage: 19 March 1857
Chelnecha Woolf
1858–1940
Lucy Ann Woolf
1860–1926
John Anthony Woolf
1861–1865
Phebe Almira Woolf
1865–1932
Emma Sylvania Woolf
1867–1943
Orletta Woolf
1869–1941
George Madison Woolf
1871–1949
Zina Woolf
1872–1872
Chester Hambleton Woolf
1873–1930
James Woolf
1875–1875
Susie Orilla Woolf
1876–1951
Ida Lucina Woolf
1878–1955

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 March 1857Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1833
    Age 1
    Santa Anna elected president. Dictatorship established in 1834. End of first liberal reforms. Tithes abolished.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 4
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1853
    Age 21
    Santa Anna returns to Mexico and becomes president. Sells additional territory to United States under Gadsden Purchase.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Wolf or Wolfe .Americanized form of North German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wulf or Wulff .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Wolf

    Story Highlight

    Orlette Woolf Hyde Life History

    Orlette Woolf Hyde (1869-1941) Orlette Woolf was born February 27, 1869, in Hyde Park, Cache County …

    Sources (93)

    • Absalom Woolf in entry for Susie Orilla Nuttall, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Absalom Woolf, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Appy Woolf in entry for Thomas Edward Nuttall and Susie Orilla Morton, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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