Hyrum Smith Woolley Sr

Brief Life History of Hyrum Smith

When Hyrum Smith Woolley Sr was born on 16 July 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Edwin Dilworth Woolley, was 45 and his mother, Ellen Wilding, was 33. He married Minerva Marium Rich on 5 October 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 23 October 1936, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Smith Woolley Sr
1852–1936
Minerva Marium Rich
1854–1939
Marriage: 5 October 1873
Hyrum Smith Woolley II
1874–1922
Clara Woolley
1877–1878
Mary Ellen Woolley
1879–1954
Ernest Rich Woolley
1881–1952
Cora Woolley
1884–1959
Kenneth Rich Woolley
1886–1932
Minerva Woolley
1888–1977
Roland Rich Woolley
1891–1979
Veda Woolley
1895–1920

Sources (51)

  • Hyrum Woolley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Hyrum Smith Wooley, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Hyrum S Woolley, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863

Historical Boundaries 1863: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1863: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho, Territory, United States 1875: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

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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