Elizabeth (Pratt) Woolford (abt. 1815 - 1902)

Born about 1815 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Woolford — married 1837 in Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1902 at about age 87 in Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

Elizabeth Unknown was born England 1814-1816. ^[1][2]

Her parents are unknown.

She married Thomas Woolford. ^[2]

Aged 39 in 1855 she emigrated via Australia to New Zealand with her husband and daughter Elizabeth. ^[1]

Elizabeth died aged 87 at Nelson, New Zealand, 14 June 1902. ^[2]

Research Notes

Unsourced:

• She was the daughter of Sampson Pratt. ^{[citation needed]}
• She was born Lancashire. ^{[citation needed]}
• She married Oxford 1837. ^{[citation needed]}

FamilySearch.org has no matching birth or marriage record.

Elizabeth's daughter Elizabeth Woolford was born 1843 according to her grave. An Elizabeth Woolford was baptised two years earlier in Lancashire 1841, daughter of Elizabeth & Thomas Woolford. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Australia, Victoria, Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMP-PQYQ-N?cc=2527519&wc=QBFT-C6F%3A1589704161 : 7 February 2017), 1855-Jan-May > image 500 of 1086; citing Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143466920/elizabeth-woolford: accessed 23 February 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Woolford (unknown–14 Jun 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143466920, citing Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand; Maintained by MystikNZ (contributor 48009964).
3. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HK8P-PMW2 : 6 April 2022), Elizabeth Woolford, 1841.