Woolfords in Sussex

[Phoenix]

There ARE Woolfords in Sussex.

James and Mary have children baptised there:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Awoolford~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Asu ssex~

James 1811 Woolbeding
John 1814 Woolbeding
Mary 1816 Woolbeding
hannah 1819 Oving
Jane 1829 Stedham
and Henry, George, Thomas Wolford b Stedham

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Awolford~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Asus sex~


Given that the name is spelled Wo(o)lford in three different parishes, why can I only find Thomas - who stayed in Stedham - in the 1841/51/61 censuses?



Was there a plague?
Did the others all emigrate?
Help!

[ElizabethHerts]

Phoenix, you can browse the PRs.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=23545&query=%2Bplace%3A%22England%2C%20Sussex%2C%20Woolb eding%22%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline&subjectsOpen=376235-50

[kiterunner]

FamilySearch says George was buried 13 Dec 1823 at Stedham.

[kiterunner]

And James jr was buried 6 Jun 1822 at Stedham age 10.

[kiterunner]

Presumably Mary sr is the one who died Jul-Sep 1837 Midhurst district, age 50. Henry died Jul-Sep 1840 Midhurst district, age 16. There is also a William Woolford death Apr-Jun 1838 age 28 (though it could be 28 days as this is from the online GRO death index.)

[Phoenix]

Thanks, Elizabeth.
That might provve a clue. Henry was buriied in Heyshott - from Midhurst Union. So possibly they are under initials.

[kiterunner]

Hmm, FreeREG has Mary buried 7 Aug 1837 St James, Stedham, age 19! So the 1837 death could be either Mary sr or Mary jr, depending on who is right.

[Phoenix]

I am feeling decidely out of charity with Stedham's rector.

Jane, the youngest, was baptised in 1829. But the Rose's register was clearly no longer considered important. There is just a list of baptisms, and no note for Jane as to who officiated.

However, a James Woolford, aged 73, was buried in Nov 1828.
Was Jane postumous? Was this James her grandfather? Steam is coming out of my ears!

[Phoenix]

Thanks, Kite.

This is the image:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6FXQ-HJQ?i=655


So freereg is clearly right. The only question is, was Collier, the rector, right?

[Phoenix]

For the record, this is James and Mary's marriage:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1L9-WR2


I suspect Mary was a Strotton, rather than a Stratton: Thomas Woolford married Emma Strotton: possibly a cousin.


As both James and Mary made their mark, I'm not convinced they would be accurate about their ages - but Mary could have died as 50 and been buried as 47, mis-copied as 17.

[Phoenix]

In fact, a Mary Strotton was baptised in Easebourne (where she married) in 1787, which would have made her exactly 50 at death. Hmm.