Ian Woolhouse

Male18 January 1928–20 January 1999

Brief Life History of Ian

When Ian Woolhouse was born on 18 January 1928, in Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand, his father, James Murel Woolhouse, was 34 and his mother, Dorothy Eloise Howat, was 22. He died on 20 January 1999, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

James Murel Woolhouse
1893–1970
Dorothy Eloise Howat
1905–1985
Dorothy June Woolhouse
1925–1961
Ian Woolhouse
1928–1999
James Phillip Woolhouse
1931–1965

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1939

    Age 11

    WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.

    1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War

    Age 15

    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband. 

    1947

    Age 19

    New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire): topographic or occupational name from Middle English wol hous ‘wool house’, denoting a person who lived or worked at a building where wool was stored or processed.

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

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