When Thomas Andrew Woolsey Sr. was born on 14 March 1838, in Brownstown, Fayette, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Woolsey, was 31 and his mother, Mary Burrell, was 24. He married Sarah Ann Motley on 11 May 1860, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Cardston Alberta Temple, Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada in 1906. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 11 May 1911, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wulsy (Old English Wulfsige, from wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’). The personal name was common in Suffolk, where it gave rise to the surname of Henry VIII's minister Cardinal Wolsey.
History: George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from England via the Netherlands in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThomas Andrew Wolsey & Sarah Ann Motley,. When first married were called as missionary colonizers to Dixie, Utah, along with twelve other families: Great Grandfather Thomas Woolsey and at least one of …
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