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Wooley Factory Hockley Hill

The Baron

The Baron

master brummie
Any one any back ground to the Wooleys factory in HOCKLEY, I think the founder may have been my Mothers Cousin?
ASTON
 
Thanks John & Postie, I have a conflict on the spelling as on the househoid records for 1881.I have , The Husband ,Wife & Sons all spelt WOOLEY but the Daughters spelt WOOLLEY.
My Mom always spelt it Wooley,but told of Frederick Woolley as BEING her cousin.
Thomas Wooley is down as being Fredericks Father.Thomas Wooley was My Grandad Albert Wooley's twin.
This I donot understand how can a family at the same Address have differing names?
Is this a common error?
Thanks again ASTON
 
:angel: When you've read as many and browsed as many census' as I have and I dare say a few others on 'The Forum' Aston, you soon relize that slight variations in spelling of any kind on such recoerd are often not important and either the person giving the info' (sometime this was the Children as Mom or Dad could not read or write), the enumerator, or the transcriber have just done it that way and in most cases it has no concequnce to the relationship of the whole family. (I have females put down as males in one of my records and a father and son who change places in another LOL).
 
Just to say that weve even had a completely different surname which sent us off in the wrong direction completely on my wifes side of the family, the problem in our case began with whoever transcribed the information from a marriage certificate to the index that you see when reading the fiches. Weve seen problems on lots of census pages weve viewed caused by spelling of either the census taker or those family members supplying the info. Never trust anything, or any information until you have checked it out carefully. I know a few people who think they have compiled a genealogy when in fact they have no more than a mythology.
 
Thank you all for the advice, it do put you off when you think you have cracked it! ???
Thanks again
ASTON
 
Seeing the name Woolley reminds me that my mum was quite pleased when a distant relative Bert Woolley moved to 39 Warren Hill Road, Perry Barr, not far from us, in about 1941. I believe he also came originally from the Burbury Street / Lozells area, but I'm not sure.
Incidentally I have noticed that there were 61 Wooleys and only 3 Wooleys in the 1943 Kelly's. In the 1940 edition there were only 52 Woolleys, and still 3 Wooleys.
That's excluding Woolie's stores of course.
Peter
 
Reading your posts on the Frederick Woolley factory makes me think of my grandparents Rene & Bunny (Bernard) Wallace, they worked there for years & took their retirement from there in 1981 and 1982. I wonder if anyone remembers them. :)
 
Aston I'm sure the factory name was spelt with double L ie Woolley. We lived just a few yards away.

ChrisB
 
harborn ,you are correct, but thats the crunch I have found the family name to be spelt with two LL & with one L "ON THE SAME DOCUNENT"
 
Take no notice they cooldnt spel in them days! With a name like that, they're almost bound to be the same family. :D

Chris
 
Well thats that now all the WOOLLEY'S HAVE GONE,from my family any way as Albert & Lydia Woolley my Grandad & Nan had three girls, all passed on now sadly.
A "car park" well that another factory go from our history.
Thanks for the Info Gary.
 
My great grandfather, Richard Poole of Newhall Street had a stepson Edward Wooley/Woolley aged 19 who was a Goldsmith at the time of the 1851 census and also a stepdaughter Sophia aged 16.

I wonder if there is any connection?
 
Frederick Wooley's was taken over by Sertec Presslite a couple of years or so ago' operations were moved to theirh Holburn Hill plant, I did briefley meet a Shirley Wooley about 6 years ago, who I believe was running the place at the time, she may be still with us as i think she was probably only in her early 50's at the time, you may find out something if you contact Sertec.
 
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