Kate Woolley

Kate Eliza Woolley 

Born: 20 August 1867, Stamford 

Father: Thomas Woolley (b. 1825) 

Mother: Jane Woolley (b. 1827)

Brothers: Thomas Woolley (b. 1851), Martin Woolley (b. 1855), Beniston Woolley (b. 1859), George Woolley (b. 1861), Edward Woolley (b. 1863), Samuel Woolley (b. 1866)

Sisters: Mary Jane Woolley (b. 1852) [LDTC 1873], Martha Ann Woolley (b. 1857), Georgiana Woolley (b. 1864)  

Niece: Phyllis Oldham (b. 1896) [LDTC 1917]

In 1871 –

She is at St Mary’s Street, Stamford. Her father is listed as ‘Saddler Employing 2 Men’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Saddler’. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her sister, Martha, is listed as ‘Monitor’. Kate and her siblings (Beniston, Edward, Georgiana, and Samuel) are unlisted.     

In 1881 –

She is at 4 St. Mary’s Street, Stamford. Her father is listed as ‘Saddlemaker’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Assistant Harness Maker’. Her sister, Georgiana, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, Samuel, is listed as ‘Chemists Assistant’. Mary is listed as ‘Teacher’. Kate and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 7 Willoughby Road, Kingston on Thames as a boarder. Frederick Buckenham (b. 1871) is listed as ‘Grocer’s Traveller’. His wife, Elizabeth J Buckenham (b. 1874), and children, Dorothy M Buckenham (b. 1897) and Winifred E Buckenham (b. 1898), are unlisted. Kate is listed as boarder and Assistant Mistress in Secondary School’. 

In 04/01 – 

Address is 19 Rutland Terrace, Stamford.

In 1911 – 

She is at 34 Queen Walk, Stamford. Kate is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 19 Rutland Terrace, Stamford. Kate and her sister, Georgiana, are listed as ‘Teacher Retired’. 

d.         28 January 1952, Stamford 

WOOLLEY, Kate Eliza of 19 Rutland Terrace, Stamford, Lincolnshire, spinster died 28 January 1952. Probate London 25 March to Herbert Kelham, solicitor. Effects £8603, 9s, 9d.