Absalom Woolf

Brief Life History of Absalom

When Absalom Woolf was born on 4 February 1832, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, his father, John Anthony Woolf Sr., 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 17 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 Anne 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

Sources (105)

  • Absalom Woolf, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Absalom Woolf - Church record: birth-name: Adam Woolf
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

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.

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

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