WOOSTER ANNEX
Harriett Calfurnia
(Wooster) Biles Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
Special
Thanks to: James Lloyd Biles for his interest in his family's
history.
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 9 December 2020
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Origin of
the surname “Wooster:”
Generation
11
10 Henry Worcester
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1601 at Reglan
Castle, Wales. Died 1667 in England.
2. Wife: Margaret Sawtell
Born 1600 at Stratford, Manawatu-Wanganui,
New Zealand. Died 1670 at Hatfield,
Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
3. Child:
a. Edward Worcester/Wooster: See generation
9, below.
9 Edward
Wooster/Worcester (photos)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1622 at Cheddington,
Buckinghamshire, England. Died 8 April 1689 at Derby,
New Haven County, Connecticut. In
1651 became the first permanent settler of Derby, New Haven County,
Connecticut.
2. Wife #1: Elizabeth French
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1615. Died about 1668. Married Edward Wooster about 1626.
3. Wife #2: Dorothy Langdon
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1626. Died about 1691 at Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. Married Edward Wooster on
27 December 1669 at Stratford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
4. Wife #3: Tabitha
Tomlinson
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1648. Died 1691.
b. Children:
(1. Thomas Wooster: Born 1656. Died 9 January 1712 at
Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
(2. Edward Wooster: Born 1658 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut .
(3. Henry Wooster: Born 18 August 1666 at Milford,
New Haven County, Connecticut. Died 9 February 1709 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
(Also seen: Henry Tomlinson: Born 16 August 1666 at Milford, New Haven County,
Connecticut. Died 1709
at Warwickshire, England.)
(4. Ruth Wooster: Born 1668 at Milford, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died
1691.
(5. Timothy Wooster: Born 1670 in Connecticut. Died 1770 at Quaker City,
Guernsey County, Ohio.
(6. Abraham Wooster: Born 1672 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died
1743 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
(7. Jonas Wooster: Born 1675 in Connecticut. Died there January 1765.
(8. Hannah Wooster: Born 31 October 1675 at Milford,
New Haven County, Connecticut. Died 1743 at Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
(9. Sylvester Wooster: See generation 8,
below.
(10. Ebenezer Wooster: Born 1688 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died
1765 at Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
8 Sylvester Wooster
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1678 at Milford, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died 16 November 1712 at
Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
2. Wife: Susanna
Walker
Born 1681. Married Sylvester Wooster in 1701 at Derby, New Haven County,
Connecticut.
3. Children:
a. Moses Wooster: Born 1701 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died
there 5 October 1741.
b. Tabitha Wooster: Born 3 May 1701 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut.
c. Abraham Wooster: Born 1702 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut.
d. Samuel Wooster: Born 1706 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died
1748.
e. Nathaniel Wooster: See generation 7,
below.
f. Sylvester Wooster: Born 1711 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut.
g. Susanna Wooster: Born 23 July 1713 at Derby, New
Haven County, Connecticut.
7 Nathaniel Wooster
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1709 at Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut. Died 13 January 1779 at
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
2. Wife: Margaret
Kirby
Born 2 September 1709 at
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Died 1780 at
Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Married Nathaniel Wooster in 1736.
3. Child:
a. Abel Wooster: See generation 6, below.
6 Abel Wooster
1. Biographical notes:
Born 19 May 1744 at Derby, New
Haven County, Connecticut. Died about 1828 at Boston,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts. In
1651 became the first permanent settler of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1790 US Census: Derby, New Haven County,
Massachusetts.
1820 US Census: Dukes County, Massachusetts.
2. Wife: Phebe Twitchell
Born 19 May 1744 at Derby, New
Haven County, Connecticut. Married Abel Wooster about
1760 at Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
3. Children:
a. Isaac Wooster: See generation 5, below.
b. Josiah Wooster: Born 16 October 1769 at Derby, New
Haven County, Connecitcut.
c. David Wooster: Born 1775 at Canton (west of
LeRoy), Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Polly Church in 1797.
d. Joel Wooster: Born 18 April/3 August 1783 at
Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. Died 9 March 1848.
Perhaps the Joel Wooster mentioned as an earl school teacher. Married Ann Cypher
(b. 12 Sep 1788 in Westchester Co., NY, d. 30 Mar
1875) on 21 January 1819 and had the following children:
(1. Rhoda Ann Wooster: Born 13 September 1820.
(2. Abraham Wooster: Born 10 December/12 October
1821.
(3. Isaac Wooster: Born 5 July/7 May 1823.
(4. Mary E. Wooster: Born 8 November/11 August 1824.
(5. Francis Asbury Wooster: Born 14 April 1826 at
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Died there 3 December/12 March 1899.
(6. Robert B. Wooster: Born 14 November 1828.
(7. William Wooster: Born 20 December 1830.
5 Isaac Wooster
1. Biographical notes:
Born 9 July 1767 at Derby, New
Haven County, Connecticut. Died 11/1 January 1815 in LeRoy Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania (also seen: d. 24 Feb 1820 in LeRoy Twp). Moved from Connecticut to LeRoy Township
about 1798/99 with a Connecticut title for land in Pennsylvania. Located on the A. E. Kelly
farm. Was a man of considerable
prominence in the early days of LeRoy.
2. Wife: Mary Ann
Perry
Born 4 June 1760 in Derby
Township, New Haven County, Connecticut. Died 24
February 1820/26 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Isaac Wooster on 30 March 1791 at
Oxford (NW of New Haven), New Haven County, Connecticut.
3. Children:
a. G. Enos Wooster “Enos”: Born 17/18 November 1791/94 at Oxford, New Haven
County, Connecticut (by one account was the twin brother of Philo). Died 1 August/8 January 1823 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there in LeRoy Cemetery. Married, as her 1st husband, Lura Crofut (b. 25/29 Jun 1797 in
LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 6 Apr 1876, age
78 yrs, 9 mos, 8 days; interred with Enos), daughter
of Seelye and Hannah (Holcomb) Crofut, and had the
following children:
(1. Lemuel Wooster: Born
17 March 1817 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 30 January 1837, age 19 years, 10
months, and 13 days, in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred
there in LeRoy Cemetery.
(2. Lucy Wooster: Born 11 October 1820 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died there 18 January 1860, age 39 years, 9 months, and 21 days;
interred there in LeRoy Cemetery. Married, as his 1st wife, John Rickey (b. 1815 in PA, d. 2 Mar 1890
in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. John married (2nd) Maylinda
(?) (b. 11 Oct 1822 in PA, d. 21 Jan 1899 in LeRoy
Twp, Bradford Co., PA; interred there in LeRoy Cem.).
(3. Malvin Wooster: Born
22 January 1822 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died there on 11 October 1854 from
complications of typhoid fever; interred there in LeRoy Cemetery.
1850 US Census: Malvin
Wooster, age 28 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $1,200.
The household also included his wife, Fidelia
Wooster, age 27 (b. PA); son, Lowell Wooster, age 4 (b. PA); daughter, Maria
Wooster, age 2 (b. PA); son, Aften Wooster, age 1 (b.
PA); and Walace Holcomb, age 10 (b. PA).
Malvin Wooster married Fidelia
Holcomb (b. 11 Mar 1823, d. 28 Nov 1854 from complications of typhoid fever;
interred with Malvin) and had the following children:
(a. Lowell A. Wooster: Born about 1846 in
Pennsylvania.
(b. Maria Holcomb
Wooster: Born 7 September 1847 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 9 June 1934, age 86, at Marion, Marion County, Kansas; interred
there in Marion Cemetery. Married, as
his 2nd wife, Alexander Ephraim Case (b. 1 Oct 1838 at Canton, Bradford Co.,
PA, d. 3 Jan 1929 at Marion, Marion Co., KS). Alexander had married (1st) Mary Margaret
Moulton (b. 30 Mar 1849, d. 24 Apr 1880, age 31; interred Marion Cem.).
(c. Afton M. Wooster: Born 5 February 1849 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 11 July 1904; interred Oak Hill Cemetery, Troy, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Married Philena Shepard (b. 20 Jan 1850
in PA, d. 21 Apr 1906, age 56; interred with Afton) in 1873 and had children.
(d. Lillie J. Wooster: Born
August 1852 in Pennsylvania. Died 1929
at Candor, Tioga County, New York; interred there in Maple Grove Cemetery. Married Seth S. Surdam
(b. 1849 at Richford, Tioga Co., NY, d. 1907 at Morristown, Morris Co., NJ;
interred with Lillie) and had children.
(e. Seymour M. Wooster: Born 1854. Died 28 July 1931; interred Elmira, Chemung
County, New York. Married
Katherine R. (?) (b. 1852, d. 1917).
Lura (Crofut) Wooster married
(2nd) Chauncey Chaapel (b. 1796 in Berkshire Co., MA,
d. 4 Sep 1882 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA; interred there in LeRoy Cem.) in
1825.
b. Philo Wooster: See generation 4, below.
c. Phebe Wooster: Born
about 1793/95 in Connecticut. Married
James Seelye Crofut (b. 11
Mar 1791 in CT, d. 10 Feb 1823 at LeRoy, Bradford Co., PA), son of Seeley and
Hannah (Holcomb) Crofut, on 25 June 1812 and had the following children:
(1. Sarah Crofut: Born about 1829 in
Pennsylvania. Married Josiah F. Stone
(b. abt 1810 in MA), son of Reuben and Sarah (Wilcox) Stone, on 4 April 1838
and had the following children:
(a. Rosela
S. Stone: Born about 1840.
(b. Benjamin B. Stone: Born
about 1843.
(c. Bliss Stone: Born 1845 (also seen: b. Feb
1847). Died February 1924 in
Pennsylvania; interred LeRoy Cemetery, LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married
(1st) Asenath Ann (?) (b.
5 Mar 1844, d. 2 Jul 1877) and had the following children:
(1) Charles J. Stone: Born December 1880. Died 1928 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Leslie/Pearl M. (?) (b. 1890, d. 1918 in LeRoy
Twp, Bradford Co., PA).
(2) Margaret Stone: Born August 1882 in
Pennsylvania. Died
before 1910.
(3. Edward/Edwin B. Stone: Born August 1884/89 in
Pennsylvania. Died 1941 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania; interred Franklindale
Cemetery. Married
Emily H. (?) (b. 1892, d. 1979 in Bradford Co., PA; interred with
Edward).
(4. William Bliss Stone: Born 19 July 1886 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(5. Leslie L. Stone: Born November 1889 in Franklin
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Pearl (?) (b. 1900) and had the following
children:
(a. Harry Stone: Born March
1897 in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(b. Ethel Stone: Born
January 1899 in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(c. John L. Stone: Born
about 1901 in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(d. Henry Stone: Born about
1903 in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(6. Wilbur H. Stone: Born March 1900.
Bliss Stone married (2nd) Nancy A. Wilbur (b. May
1859/5 Mar 1844, d. 2 Jul 1909 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA; interred LeRoy
Cem., Bradford Co., PA) about 1879.
(d. Angaline
Stone: Born March 1843/47. Died 6 November 1860 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(e. Matilda A. Stone: Born
about 1849. Died March 1856; interred
LeRoy Cemetery, LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(2. Minerva Crofut: Married John H. Webber.
(3. Isaac S. Crofut: Born 22 May 1814. Died 24 August 1854 in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(4. Lovica Crofut: Married (?) Trout.
(5. James Crofut: Born 10 February 1823 in
Pennsylvania. Died 15
January 1889 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Seba
(?) (b. 3 Sep 1820, d. 15 Jun 1883 in LeRoy
Twp, Bradford Co., PA) and had the following children:
(a. Oceana Crofut: Born
about 1849.
(b. O. S. Crofut: Born
about 1854.
(c. Rosetta Crofut: Born
about 1859.
(d. Alberta Crofut: Born about 1862.
(6. Mary Ann Crofut: Born 28 July 1816. Died 25 March 1834 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
4 Philo Wooster
1. Biographical notes:
Born 15/17 November 1794 in Oxford Township, New
Haven County, Connecticut (by one account was the twin brother of Enos). Died 18 April 1837 in Waterford Township, Erie County,
Pennsylvania. Moved
from Connecticut to Bradford County, Pennsylvania before 1820.
1820 US Census: Philo Worster
was heading a household in Franklin Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household included 3
males under age 10; age l male age 26 to 45; 1 female under age 10; and 1
female age 16 to 26.
1830 US Census: Philo Wooster was heading a
household in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household included 1 male under age 5; 1
male age 10 to 15; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 30 to 40; 1 female under age
5; 1 female age 10 to 15; and 1 female age 20 to 30.
2. Wife #1: Sibyl Morse.
a. Biographical notes:
Born 27 July/August 1797 in Dudley Township,
Worcester County, Massachusetts; daughter of Jessie and Persis (Stone) Morse (also seen: dau of Jacob
and Ruth (Currier) Morse), who moved to LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania in 1805. Died
12 October 1822 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Philo Wooster on 13
April 1814 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
b. Children:
(1. Isaac M. Wooster: (more info) Born 21 July 1815, perhaps in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania, where his parents resided and were married (though the 1850 US
Census records his birth in CT; subsequent censuses record his birth in
PA). Died Wednesday, 5 September 1883, age 63, at home in the
City of New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut from complications of
alcoholism, having fallen, while intoxicated, in the street 2 days before,
suffering a concussion and associated brain trauma. Employed as a brick maker. It appears 2 of his young children died
before 1860, and in 1866 he lost to disease his wife and several children. Isaac quickly remarried and had more
children.
1850 US
Census: Isaac Worster, age 32 (b. [abt 1818] in CT)
and employed as a brick maker, resided, with his family, in a boarding house in
Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New
York. His household also included his
wife, Martha J. Worster, age 25 (b. NYS); daughter, Margaretta Worster, age 7 (b.
NYS); daughter, Rachel L. Worster, age 4 (b. NYS);
and son, Dewit C. Worster,
age 6 months (b. abt Feb 1850 in NYS).
Apart from his own family, 37 residents were enumerated in the
house. Of interest, the household headed
by Alex H. Doty, age 23 (b. NYS) and employed as a brick maker, was enumerated
directly before him on the previous census page [Isaac's wife: Martha Jane
(Doty) Wooster, was the sister of Alexander "Alex" Hamilton Doty].
1860 US
Census: Isaac W.? Wooster, age 46 (b. [abt 1814] in PA) and employed as a brick
maker, was heading a household in Brookfield Township (Brookfield Post Office),
Worcester County, Massachusetts [just West of Boston]. Several of his neighbors were also employed
as brick makers. The household also
included his wife, Martha Wooster, age 35 (b. NYS); daughter, Maggie Wooster,
age 17 (b. NYS); daughter, Mary E. Wooster, age 8 (b. NYS); daughter, Martha
Wooster, age 6 (b. NYS); Ella Wooster, age 3 (b. NYS); and son, Isaac M.
Wooster, age 1 (b. MA).
1870 US
Census: No clear record found for Isaac Wooster, his 2nd wife, Elizabeth
(Terhune) Wooster, or their daughter, Hattie.
It appears Isaac's 12-year old daughter, Ella Wooster, may have resided
in the household headed by Orrin Bragg in the City of Hartford, Hartford
County, Connecticut.
1870 US Census: A.
Nicholas Terhune, age 57 (b. NJ) and employed as a wood carver, was heading a
household in Branford Township (Branford Post Office); New Haven County,
Connecticut. His real estate was valued
at $3,000, and his personal property was valued at $500. The household also included his wife, Sophia
Terhune, age 55 (b. NYS); son, R. Nicholas Terhune, age 27 (b. CT) and employed
as a wood carver, whose real estate was valued at $1,000; daughter, Jeanette
Terhune, age 21 (b. NYS) and employed as a mould maker; son, W. Charles
Terhune, age 17 (b. NYS) [perhaps b. 14 Mar 1856 in Manhattan, NYC, NY] and in
school; son, B. Augustus Terhune, age 14 (b. NYS) and in school; and son, F.
William Terhune, age 11 (b. CT) and in school.
1880 US Census: Isaac
M. Wooster, age 54 [very legible] (b. abt 1826 in PA; parents b. CT) and
employed in a brick kiln, was heading a household in Burlington Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Elisabeth Wooster, age 44 (b. NYS; parents b.
NYS); daughter, Hattie Bell Wooster, age 10 (b. CT); son, George L. Wooster,
age 7 (b. CT); and son, Frank I./J. Wooster, age 5 (b.
CT).
1880 US Census: Sophia
Terhune, age 65 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ), widowed, and employed keeping house,
was heading a household in Branford Township, New Haven County,
Connecticut. The household also included
her daughter, Jeanette Terhune, age 25 (b. NYS; father b. NJ; mother b. NYS),
single, and at home with consumption; son, Augustus B. Terhune, age 22 (b. NYS;
father b. NJ; mother b. NYS), single, and employed in an iron works; and son,
William F. Terhune, age 21 (b. CT; father b. NJ; mother b. NYS), single, and employed
in an iron works.
Isaac Wooster
married (1st) Martha Jane Doty (see Pilgrim
Edward Doty Society) (b. abt 1825 at Clinton Corners, Clinton Twp, Dutchess Co., NY (a
little NW of New Haven, CT), d. 14 Aug 1866, from complications of dysentery,
in New Haven Co., CT), daughter of Charles (b. 1789 at Clinton, Dutchess Co.,
NY) and Margaret (Montross) Doty (b. 1791 at
Woodstock, Ulster Co., NY), perhaps about 1842 in New York and had at least the
following children:
a. Margaretta/Margaret "Maggie" Ann Wooster: (see: Pilgrim
Edward Doty Society) Born about 1843 (also seen: b. abt 1835) in Dutchess County, New York.
1860
US Census: Maggie Wooster, age 17, resided in the household headed by her
father, Isaac W. Wooster, in Brookfield Township (Brookfield Post Office), Worcester
County, Massachusetts
1870
US Census: No clear record found for John or Margaret Deacon, or their son,
George Deacon.
1880
US Census: Margret Deacon, age 35 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), widowed, and
employed as a washer woman, was heading a household at 29 Sanford Street in the
City of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
The household also included her son, George Deacon, age 12 (b. CT;
father b. England; mother b. NYS) and in school.
Margaret
A. Wooster married (1st) Albert M.
Hills (d. 7 Sep
1862 (gravestone: d. 17 Sep 1862); interred Old
North Cem.,
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT) on 9 August 1862 (license issued 24 Jul 1862) in
Hartford County, Connecticut. On 1
November 1862 Margaret A.
(Wooster) Hill,
his widow, was awarded a pension for his military service
during the American Civil War; Albert served as a Private in Company A of the
16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment.
At
about age 21 Maggie A. (Wooster) Hills married (2nd) John George Deacon (b. abt
1842 in England; arrived in the US 6 Nov 1863; became a naturalized citizen 17
Oct 1868; d. before 1880) on 9 April 1864 (license issued 30 Mar 1864) in
Connecticut (also seen: m. abt 1856 at New York City, NY) and had the following
children:
(1.
Frank Deacon: Born 30 August 1866 at Hartford, Hartford County,
Connecticut. Perhaps died young; did not
reside with his mother in 1880 (abt age 14), but her younger son, George, did.
(2.
George W. Deacon: Born 29 September 1867/66 at Hartford, Hartford County,
Connecticut.
1900
US Census: George W. Deacon, age 33 (b. Sep 1866 in CT; parents b. CT), widowed, and employed as a railroad
engineer, resided as a boarder in the household headed by Annette E. Minor, age
31 (b. Aug 1868 in CT; parents b. CT), married for 7 years (no record of her
husband in the household), and employed as privatir? of a boarding house, at 22 Hopkins Street in the City of
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Annette had had no children.
Among others, the household also included Annette's cousin, Lena M. Hills, age 23 (b. Mar 1877 in
CT; father b. CT; mother b. MA), single, and employed as a retoucher
for a photograph gallery [note: George's mother was Maggie A. (Wooster)(Hills) Deacon].
1910
US Census: George W. Deacon, age 42 (b. CT; parents b. CT) and employed as a
railroad engineer, was heading a household at 22 Hopkins Street in the City of
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He had been married once [doesn't appear correct]. The household also included his wife of 9
years, Annette Deacon, age 40 (b. CT; parents b. CT), who had been married once
[doesn't appear correct] and had had no children.
1917
WWI CT Questionnaire: George W. Deacon, age 49 and employed as a locomotive
engineer, resided with his wife (his only dependent) at 28 Central Avenue, East
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
1920
US Census: George W. Deacon, age 52 (b. CT; father b. England; mother b. NYS)
and employed as a locomotive engineer for the NYNH&H
Railroad Company, was heading a household at 28 Central Avenue in East Hartford
Township, Hartford County, Connecticut.
The household also included his wife, Annette Deacon, age 51 (b. CT; parents b. CT).
1930
US Census: George W. Deacon, age 62 (b. CT; father b. England; mother b. NYS)
and employed as an engineer in the steam railroad industry, was heading a
household at 28 Springside Avenue in East Hartford Township,
Hartford County, Connecticut. He married
1st at age 33, and his residence was valued at $78,000. The household also included his wife, Annette
Deacon, age 61 (b. CT; parents b. CT), who married 1st at age 31.
1940
US Census: George Deacon, age 72 (b. CT) and widowed, with no record of
employment, was heading a single-person household on Smith Neck Street in the
Village of South Lyme, Old Lyme Township, New London County, Connecticut. He had completed 8th grade, and his residence
was valued at $1,860. On 1 April 1935 he
resided in the same house.
George
Deacon married (1st) (?) (d. before 1900).
George
Deacon married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Annette I. (Dealing) Miner (b. Aug
1868 in Plainville Twp, Hartford Co., CT, d. 28 Feb 1935, age 67, from
complications of heart disease, at Hollywood, Broward Co., FL; interred
Hartford, CT), daughter of Edward Bailey and Isabelle (Hills) Dealing. At age 23, while a resident of Hartford,
Connecticut, Annette had married (1st) Josiah L. Miner (b. Richfield, VT), age
29 and also a resident of Hartford, son of William and Mary M. (Asseltein) Miner, about 15 October 1892 at Springfield,
Hampden County, Massachusetts.
b.
Rachel L. Wooster: Born about 1846. Perhaps died young, before 1860.
c.
Dewitt/Lewis C. Wooster: Born about February 1850 in New York. Perhaps died young, before
1860.
d.
Mary E. Wooster: Born about 1852 in New York.
Perhaps died young.
e.
Martha Wooster: Born about 1854 in New York.
Perhaps died young.
f.
Rosella "Ella" Wooster: (see: Pilgrim
Edward Doty Society) Born 15 August 1857 on Long Island (in Boston Harbor), Suffolk County,
Massachusetts.
1860
US Census: Daniel Griswold, age 38 (b. CT) and employed as a teamster, was
heading a household at Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut. His real estate was valued at $1,000, and his
personal property was valued at $400.
The household also included his wife, Emlet
Griswold, age 36 (b. CT); daughter, Emeret Griswold,
age 15 (b. CT); son, Edward Griswold, age 13 (b. CT); son, Frank Griswold, age
9 (b. CT); and daughter, Ellen Griswold [Frank Fuller's 1st wife], age 7 (b. CT).
1870
US Census: Ella Wooster, age 12 (b. CT) and in school, resided in the household
headed by Orrin Bragg, age 65 (b. CT) and employed as a joiner, at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut. Orrin's
real estate was valued at $10,000, and his personal property was valued at
$500. The household also included Orrin's
wife, Julia Bragg, age 63 (b. CT).
1870
US Census: George W. Fuller, age 46 (b. CT) and employed as a trunk
manufacturer, was heading a household at Hartford, Hartford County,
Connecticut. His real estate was valued
at $10,000, and his personal property was valued at $10,000. The household also included his wife, Cynthia
M. Fuller, age 30 (b. CT); son, Frank W. Fuller, age 20 (b. CT) and employed as a clerk;
daughter, Nellie G. Fuller, age 9 (b. CT); daughter, Minnie B. Fuller, age 5
(b. CT); son, George W. Fuller, age 1 (b. CT); mechanic, William Walker, age 21
(b. CT); tailoress, Harriet Barnes, age 21 (b. MA);
dressmaker, Jane A. Dresser, age 45 (b. CT); and servant, Carrie Davis, age 19
(b. MD).
1870
US Census: D. W. Griswold, age 48 (b. CT) and employed as a teamster, was
heading a household at Manchester (S. Manchester Post Office), Hartford County,
Connecticut. His real estate was valued
at $3,000, and his personal property was valued at $500. The household also included his wife, Emerett Griswold, age 46 (b. CT); son, Edward Griswold, age
23 (b. CT) and employed as a teamster; Ellen Griswold [Frank Fuller's 1st
wife], age 17 (b. CT) and employed in a paper mill; and Sarah Fletcher, age 10
(b. CT).
1880
US Census: White D. Griswold, age 58 (b. CT; parents b. CT) and employed as a
car man, was heading a household at Manchester, Hartford County,
Connecticut. The household also included
his wife, Ement?/Ernent? Griswold, age 56 (b. CT; parents b. CT);
son-in-law, Frank Fuller, age 30 (b. CT; parents b. CT), married, and employed as a trunk
manufacturer; and daughter-in-law, Ella Fuller, age 22 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and
married.
Ella
Wooster married, as his 2nd wife, Frank W. Fuller (b. 30 May 1850 at Hartford,
Hartford Co., CT, d. Jan 1894 at Lebanon, New London Co., CT), son of George
Wells (b. 10 May 1823 at Lebanon, New London Co., CT, d. Feb 1904) and
Catharine N. (Wells) Fuller (b. abt 1827 in CT, d. Dec 1854), by 1880 (also
seen: m. Jun 1881 in Denver Co., CO). In
1883 Frank and Ella resided at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Frank and Ella (Wooster) Fuller had at least
one pregnancy:
[1.
Son: Still born 6 April 1881 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, when
his father, Frank W. Fuller (b. CT) and employed as a merchant, and mother,
Ella Wooster (b. NYS; this was her 1st pregnancy), were, respectively, ages 30
and 22.
Frank
W. Fuller had married (1st) Ellen Elizabeth Griswold (b. abt 1853 in CT, d. 5
Jan 1879 in CT), daughter of Daniel White Griswold (b. 1822, d. 1905) and Emerette/Emlet (Braman) Griswold (b. 1823, d. 1904), in May 1873; no record
found of children between Frank and Ellen.
g.
Isaac M. Wooster, Jr.: Born 6 April 1859 in Brookfield Township, Worcester
County, Massachusetts. Died 14 August 1866 from complications of the measles and
dysentery, at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
h.
Adelbert Wooster: Perhaps born 20 September 1861 at
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 12 August 1866, from complications of the measles and
dysentery, at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
i. Lillie Wooster: Died as an infant about 15
August 1866, from complications of the measles and dysentery, at New Haven, New
Haven County, Connecticut.
In late 1866
or early 1867 Isaac Wooster married (2nd) Elizabeth Terhune (b. 31 Jan 1834 in
NY; baptized 17 Jan 1845 at the Madison Ave Dutch Reformed Church, New York
City, NY), daughter of Nicholas A. and Sophia (Wortendyke)
Terhune (b. 1814, d. 1882), who also had son, George Dewight Terhune (b. 24 Jun 1844, Bapt 18 Oct 1844 at Madison Ave Dutch Reformed Church);
daughter, Margaret Terhune (b. 23 Feb 1837, bapt. 17
Jan 1845 at Madison Ave Dutch Reformed Church); son, Nicholas R. Terhune (b. 7
Jan 1842, Bapt 18 Oct 1844 in Madison Ave Dutch
Reformed Church, NYC, NY, d. 1908; interred Banford,
CT); daughter, Ann Jennet Terhune (b. 30 Sep 1848, Bapt
13 Apr 1849); son, Stephen Henry Terhune (b. 9 Nov 1845, Bapt
17 Apr 1846).
Isaac and
Elizabeth (Terhune) Wooster had the following children:
j.
Harriet "Hattie" Bell Wooster: Born December 1867 in
Connecticut. No record of employment
until late in life. Apparently
never married.
1900
US Census: Hattie Wooster, age 33 (b. Dec 1867 in CT) and single, with no
occupation recorded, resided in the household headed by her uncle, Augustus
Terhune, age 42 (b. Mar 1858 in NYS; parents b. NYS), single, and employed as
an iron molder, in Branford Borough, Branford Township, New Haven County,
Connecticut. The household also included
Augustus's sister, Nettie Terhune, age 46 (b. Sep 1853 in NYS; parents b. NYS)
and single, with no occupation recorded.
1910
US Census: Hattie B. Wooster, age 42 (b. CT; father b. US; mother b. NYS),
single, and not employed, resided in the household headed by her uncle, Agustus B. Terhune, age 53 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ), single,
and employed as a moulder for an iron works, on
Rogers Street in Branford Borough, Branford Township, New Haven County,
Connecticut. The household also included
Agustus's sister, Anna J. Terhune, age 59 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ); and brother, Stephen H.
Terhune, age 64 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ) and employed as a pattern maker for an
iron works.
1920
US Census: Hattie Wooster, age 52 (b. CT; father b. US; mother b. NYS), single,
and not employed, resided in the household headed by her uncle, Augustus B.
Terhune, age 63 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ), single, and employed as a laborer in
an iron foundry, at 206 Harbor Street in Branford Township, New Haven County,
Connecticut. The household also included
Augustus's sister [and Hattie's aunt], Anna J. Terhune, age 70 (b. NYS; parents
b. NJ), single, and not employed.
1930
US Census: Hattie Wooster, age 64 (b. CT; parents b. CT), single, and employed
as a housekeeper for a private family, resided as a boarder in the household
headed by Anna J. Terhune, age 79 (b. NYS; parents b. NJ), single, and not
employed, on Harbor Street in Branford Township, New Haven County, Connecticut.
k.
George Lafayette Wooster: Born 6 February/January 1873 in Connecticut.
1900
US Census: George Wooster, age 33 (b. Jan 1867 in CT; parents b. CT) and
employed as a hostler [looks after horses], was heading a household on George
Street in New Haven City, New Haven Township, New Haven County, Connecticut. He had been married once. The household also included his wife, Kate
Wooster, age 35 (b. Mar 1865 in CT; parents b. Ireland), who had been married
once and had had 2 children, both still alive; son, George Wooster, Jr., age 4
(b. CT); and daughter, Ellen Wooster, age 2 (b. CT).
1910
US Census: No record found.
1918
WWI Draft Registration: George Lafayette Wooster, age 45 (b. 6 Feb 1873) and
employed as a machinist for Taylor and Fenn of
Hartford, Connecticut, resided with his wife, Catherine R. Wooster, at 279 Asylum
Street, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
His right kidney had been removed.
1920
US Census: George L. Wooster, age 47 (b. CT; parents b. CT) and employed as a
machinist in a machine shop, was heading a household at 1415 Mane Street in
Hartford City, Hartford County, Connecticut.
The household also included his wife, Katherine R. Wooster, age 53 (b.
CT; parents b. Ireland); daughter, Ellen Wooster, age 21 (b. CT; parents b.
CT), single, and; and nephew, Walter H. Smith, age 14 (b. CT; parents b. CT).
1930
US Census: Kate Wooster, age 61 (b. CT; father b. Irish Free State; mother b.
MA), widowed, and employed as a practical nurse for a private family, rented
her residence in the household headed by Frank A. Gamble, age 39, at 277 Main
Street in Hanford City, Hartford County, Connecticut.
George
L. Wooster married Catherine R. Smith (b. abt 1867 in CT), perhaps daughter of
J. James (b. England) and Sarah (?) Smith (b. Ireland) of Hartford County,
Connecticut, and had at least the following children:
(1.
George Lafayette Wooster, Jr.: Born June 1895 in Connecticut. Died 1 December 1905, age 10 years, 6 months,
and 27 days; interred Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County,
Connecticut.
(2.
Ellen Wooster: Born August 1897 in Connecticut.
Perhaps the Ellen W. Ryan who died 24 December 1962 at
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut and was interred there in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
1930 US Census: Charles Ryan, age 29 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and
employed as a laborer, was heading a household at 76 Green Street in the City
of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He married 1st at age 20. The
household also included his wife, Ellen Ryan, age 30 (b. CT; parents b. CT),
who married 1st at age 21; daughter, Audrey Ryan, age 8 (b. CT); daughter,
Margery Ryan, age 5 (b. CT); daughter, Katherine Ryan, age 3 years and 5 months
(b. CT); daughter, Ellen Ryan, age 2 years and 3 months (b. CT); and daughter,
Dorothy Ryan, age 3 months (b. CT).
1940 US Census: Charles Ryan, age 40 (b. Waterville, NYS) and employed as
a laborer, was heading a household at 25 Walnut Street in the City of Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut. He had
completed 3 years of high school. The
household also included his wife, Ellen Ryan, age 40 (b. CT), who had completed
8th grade; daughter, Audrey Ryan, age 18 (b. CT) and single, with no record of
employment, who had completed 9th grade; daughter, Marjorie Ryan, age 15 (b.
CT), who had completed 1 year of high school; daughter, Kate Ryan, age 13 (b.
CT); daughter, Ellen Ryan, age 12 (b. CT); and daughter, Dorothy Ryan, age 10 (b.
CT). On 1 April 1935 they resided in the
same city.
Ellen Wooster married Charles Ryan (b. abt 1900 in NYS) and had the
following children:
(a. Audrey Ryan: Born about 1922 at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut.
(b. Marjorie Ryan: Born about 1925 at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut. Married (?) Heise.
(c. Kate Ryan: Born about 1927 at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut.
(d. Ellen Ryan: Born about 1928 at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut.
(e. Dorothy Ryan: Born about 1930 at Hartford,
Hartford County, Connecticut.
l.
Frank Benjamin Wooster: (photos) Born 17 June 1875 in
Shelton/Huntington Township, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Died 23 October 1955 at Los Angeles County
General Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
California; interred Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County,
California. Moved west to California for
work during the depression years preceding World War II; resided last at 305 ˝
North Norwalk Boulevard, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, where he was
employed as a machinist in the tool maker industry.
1900
US Census: Frank Wooster, age 24 (b. Jun 1875 in CT; parents b. CT), single,
and employed as a machinist, was boarding in the household headed by William A.
Hurburt, age 36 (b. Apr 1864 in CT; parents b. CT)
and employed as a fish dealer, at 89 Plymouth Street in New Haven City, New
Haven Township, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1910
US Census: Frank B. Wooster, age 34 (b. CT; parents b. NYS) and employed as a
machinist in an automobile factory, was heading a household on Celia Avenue in
Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
He had been married once. The
household also included his wife of 6 year, Lizzie B. Wooster, age 37 (b. IN;
parents b. IN), who had been married once and
had had 3 children, 2 of whom were still alive; son, George V. Wooster,
age 4 (b. IN); and daughter, Elsie E. Wooster, age 10 months (b. IN).
1918
WWI Draft Registration: Frank Benjamin Wooster, age 43 (b. 17 Jun 1875) and
employed as a tool maker for the Muncie Gear Works, Muncie, Indiana,
resided with his wife, Lizzie B.
Wooster, at RFD #1 Eaton, Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
1920
US Census: Frank B. Wooster, age 44 (b. CT; parents b. NYS) and employed as a
machinist in the automobile industry, was heading a household at 930 Palm
Avenue in South Pasadena City, Los Angeles County, California. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth B. Wooster, age 46 (b. IN; parents b. IN); son, George V. Wooster,
age 14 (b. IN); daughter, Elsie E. Wooster, age 10 (b. IN); son, Arthur L.
Wooster, age 8 (b. IN); and daughter, Elvina B.
Wooster, age 5 (b. IN).
1930
US Census: Frank B. Wooster, age 54 (b. CT; parents b. NYS) and employed as a
machinist for a liquid meter factory, was heading a household at 897 Sunset
Avenue in Santa Anita Precinct, Pasadena Township, Los Angeles County,
California. He married 1st at age 28,
and his residence was valued at $5,000.
The household also included his wife, Lizzie B. Wooster, age 57 (b. IN;
parents b. IN), who married 1st at age 31; son, George B. Wooster, age 24 (b.
IN), single, and employed as a tile setter helper; daughter, Elsie E. Wooster,
age 20 (b. IN), single, and employed as a stenographer for a mail order company;
son, Arthur L. Wooster, age 19 (b. IN), single, and employed as a helper for an
apairy [should be apiary or apiarist; beekeeper]; and
daughter, Elvina B. Wooster, age 15 (b. IN).
1940
US Census: Frank B. Wooster, age 64 (b. CT) and employed as a machinist for a
meter manufacturing company, was heading a household at Monterey Park City, San
Gabriel Township, Los Angeles County, California. He had completed 7th grade, and his residence
was valued at 1,500. The household also
included his wife, Lizzie B. Wooster, age 67 (b. IN), who had completed 8th
grade. They resided in the same house on
1 April 1935.
Frank
B. Wooster married (1st) Elizabeth "Lizzie" Belle Vinson (photos) (b. 23 Mar 1875/73 in IN, d. 12 Jul 1950 in Los Angeles Co., CA), daughter of
William Creek (b. 25 May 1843 in Jennings Co., IN, d. there 2 Dec 1931) and Elvina J. (Windsor) Vinson (b. 14 Feb 1843 in Jennings Co.,
IN, d. there 17 Dec 1906) and had the following children:
(1)
George Vinson Wooster: Born 27 September 1905 at Muncie, Delaware County,
Indiana. Died 23 March 1978 at San
Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California; interred Rose Hills Memorial Park,
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.
1940
US Census: George V. Wooster, age 34 (b. IN) and employed as a tile setter for
a tile contractor, was heading a household at 116 (rear), South Almanoor Street in the City of Alhambra, San Gabriel
Township, Los Angeles County, California.
He had completed 4 years of high school.
The household also included his wife, Adeline H. Wooster, age 32 (b. WA)
and employed as office secretary for a church, who had completed 4 years of
high school. On 1 April 1935 they
resided in the same city.
1940
WWII Draft Registration: George Vinson Wooster, age 35 (b. 27 Sep 1905 at
Muncie, IN) and employed by F. J. Balthaser of
Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, resided at 1727 E. Hermosa Drive,
Temple City, Los Angeles County, California.
He designated his wife, Adelene H. Wooster, as
someone who will always know his address.
At
age 25, while a resident of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, George
Wooster married Adelene King Matson (b. abt 1908),
age 23 and a resident of Alhambra, California, daughter of Louis and Bertha M.
(Neels) Matson (b. abt 1908), on 23 August 1931
(license issued 22 Aug 1931) at Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California.
(2)
Bessie Bell Wooster: Born 22 October 1907 at Muncie, Delaware County,
Indiana. Died near
there on 26 October 1907.
(3)
Elsie Elizabeth Wooster: Born 20 May 1909 at Normal City/Center Township (City
of Muncie), Delaware County, Indiana.
Died 18 September 1988, age 79, in Orange County, California; interred
Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.
1930
US Census: Ellis R. Kelly, age 55 (b. IA; parents b. PA) and employed as a
chauffeur for an auto service, was heading a household at 920 West Olive Street
in the City of Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California. He married 1st at age 34, and his residence
was valued at $3,800. The household also
included his wife, Lena T. Kelly, age 52 (b. IA; father b. NYS; mother b. IA),
who married 1st at age 31; son, John M. Kelly, age 20 (b. CO), single, and employed as a
chauffeur for an auto service; son, Ralph E. Kelly, age 19 (b. CO), single, and
employed as a chauffeur for an auto service; son, Dwight M. Kelly, age 14 (b.
CO); nephew, Paul R. Greeg, age 23 (b. CO; father b.
NYS; mother b. MO), single, and employed as a salesman for a newspaper; and
niece, Florence L. Bradley, age 9 (b. WA; father b. MI; mother b. CO).
1940
US Census: J. Milton Kelly, age 30 (b. CO) and employed as supervisor of a
reform school for boys, was heading a household at 305 North Norwalk Boulevard
in the City of Whittier, Whittier Township, Los Angeles County,
California. He had completed 1 year of
college, and his residence was valued at $4,500. The household also included his wife, Elsie
E. Kelly, age 30 (b. IN) and employed as a bookkeeper for a retail mail order
store, who had completed 4 years of high school. On 1 April 1935 Milton resided at Monrovia,
Los Angeles County, California, and Elsie resided in rural Los Angeles County,
California.
1940
WWII Draft Registration: John Milton Kelly, age 31 (b. 24 Apr 1909 at Florence,
CO) and employed by the State of California at the Whittier State School,
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.
He resided at 305 North Norwalk Street in the City of Whittier, and he
designated his wife, Elsie Elizabeth Kelly, as someone who would always know
his address.
At
age 27, while resident of Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, Elsie
Wooster married John Milton Kelly "Milt" (b. 24 Apr 1909 at Florence,
Fremont Co., CO, d. 29 Nov 1979 in Los Angeles Co., CA; interred with Elsie),
age 27 and a resident of Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, son of Ellis
Ray and Leona "Lena" T. (Young) Kelly, on 8 March 1937 (license
issued 15 Feb 1937) at Glendale, Los Angeles County, California; perhaps
subsequently divorced. John and Elsie
(Wooster) Kelly had the following son:
(a)
Gary Kelly.
(4)
Arthur "Art" LeRoy Wooster: Born 7 February
1911 at Normal City/Center Township (City of Muncie), Delaware County,
Indiana. Died 7 July 1996
at Montebello, Los Angeles County, California.
1940
US Census: Arthur LeRoy Wooster, age 29 (b. IN) and employed as an automatic
lathe machinist in the aircraft manufacturing industry, was heading a household
at 119 ľ North Avenue 51 in the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
California. He had completed 2 years of
high school. The household also included
his wife, Shirley F. Wooster, age 22 (b. CA), who had completed 3 years of high
school; and son, Arthur Ronald Wooster, age 2 (b. CA). On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same
city.
1940
WWII Draft Registration: Arthur LeRoy Wooster, age 29 (b. 7 Feb 1911 at Muncie,
IN) and employed by the Public Service Brass Company of Los Angeles,
California, resided at 465 Via Vista, Montebello, Los Angeles County,
California. He designated his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bell Wooster, as someone who would always know his residence.
At
age 25 Arthur Wooster married Shirley Faye Baldwin (b. abt 1918), age 18,
daughter of Judson Dudley and Alice (Houtz) Baldwin,
on 6 July 1936 (license issued 30 Jun 1936) at Glendale, Los Angeles County,
California and had at least the following son:
(a)
Arthur Ronald Wooster: Born about 1938 in California.
(5) Elvina Bertha Wooster: Born 19 August 1914 at Normal City,
Delaware County, Indiana. Died 18 April
2006 at Grass Valley, Nevada County, California; interred Live Oak Memorial
Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California.
1930
US Census: Elchard Calkins, age 41 (b. MN; parents
birth location unknown) and employed as a printer in a print shop, was heading
a household at 720 East Foothill Boulevard in the City of Monrovia, Monrovia
Township, Los Angeles County, California.
He married 1st at age 19, and his residence was valued at $4,800. The household also included his wife, Eva
Calkins, age 40 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married 1st at age 18; son, Elchard Calkins, age 21 (b. PA); son, Kenneth Calkins, age
17 (b. PA); son, Gilbert Calkins, age 14 (b. NYS); daughter, Alice Calkins, age
12 (b. NYS); and son, Leon Calkins, age 9 (b. NYS).
1940
US Census: Elchard S. Calkins, age 31 (b. PA) and
employed as a post office clerk, was heading a household at 704 S. Magnolia
Avenue in the City of Monrovia Monrovia Township, Los
Angeles County, California. He had
completed 4 years of high school, and his residence was valued at $2,100. The household also included his wife, Elvina B. Calkins, age 25 (b. IN), who had completed 4
years of high school; and son, Richard I. Calkins, age 3 (b. CA). On 1 April 1935 Elchard
and Elvina resided in the same city.
1940
WWII Draft Registration: Elchard Sherlock Calkins,
age 32 (b. 8 Oct 1908 in Johannesburg Borough, Elk Co., PA) and employed by the
US Post Office, resided at 704 S. Magnolia Avenue, Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, California. He designated his
wife, Elvina Bertha Calkins, as someone who would
always know his address.
Elvina Wooster married Elchard Sherlock Calkins (b. 8
Oct 1908 at Johannesburg, PA, d. 20 Nov 1996, age 88, at Monrovia, Los Angeles Co.,
CA; interred there with Elvina), son of Jessie Elchard (b. MN) and E. Eva Alfin
(Williams) Calkins (b. PA), and had the following children:
(a)
Richard Irvin Calkins: Born 1936 in the City of Monrovia, Los Angeles County,
California. Married Patricia Baldwin
Odell (b. 1938 in the City of Long Beach, LA Co., CA) in 1960 and had the
following children:
{1.
Mark Richard Calkins: Born San Bernardino County, California.
{2.
Ruth "Ruthie" Patricia Calkins: Born San Bernardino County,
California. Has an interest in
her family's history. Married Robert Beauchamp in
2001.
(b)
Carol Elizabeth Calkins: Born 1 June 1939 at Monrovia, Los Angeles County,
California. Died there
1 June 1939.
(c)
Arthur Bruce Calkins: Born 9 August 1940 in Los Angeles County, California. Died 18 February 1989 in
San Benito County, California. Married Glenda Staples.
(d)
James "Jim" Elchard Calkins: Born 5 June
1948 at San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. Died 25 September 1982 in Sandy Township,
Salt Lake City County, Utah; interred there in Mountain View Memorial Estates
Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights. Married
Arlene Marie Thomson (b. 18 Sep 1949 at Lynwood, Los Angeles Co., CA, d. 7 Dec 2016; interred with James), daughter of Robert and
Alice Marie (Blundell) Thomson on 10 October 1970 and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
{1.
Sally Calkins: Married Brian Jex.
{2.
Emily Calkins: Married Christopher "Chris" Kesten.
{3.
James "Jim" Calkins: Married Teresa (?).
At age 76 Frank Benjamin Wooster
married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Amelia "Millie" Ann (Heaton) Ewan
(b. 18 May 1873 in IN, d. 23 Dec 1959 in Los Angeles
Co., CA), age 78, daughter of Seth S. (b. IN) and Sarah (Landis) Heaton (b.
IN), on 24 July 1951 in Los Angeles County, California, witnessed by Frank's
daughter-in-law, Shirley (Baldwin) Wooster of Montebello, Los Angeles County,
California.
(2. Justus Perry Wooster I: Born 18 October 1816 in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died there 10 November 1853.
1840 US Census: Justus P. Wooster was heading a
household in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household included 2 males age 15 to 20;
1 male age 20 to 30; 1 female under age 5; 1 female age 5 to 10; and 1 female
age 20 to 30.
1850 US Census: No record found.
1860 US Census: Joana Anderson, age
67 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in St. Croix Falls
Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Her
real estate was valued at $450, and her personal property was valued at
$150. The household also included her
daughter, Melvina Woster, age 40 (b. IN); grandson, Allen Woster, age 18 (b. PA) and employed as a
farmer; granddaughter, Adell Woster, age 13 (b. PA); granddaughter, Mary Woster, age 9 (b. IL); grandson, Justus Woster, age 6 (b. NYS); and Malchi Coe (female), age 24 (b. NYS) and employed as a
laborer.
1870 US Census: Malvina
Wooster, age 50 (b. IN) and employed keeping house, was heading a household in
St. Croix Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Her personal property was valued at
$400. The household also included her
son, Justus Wooster, age 16 (b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer; Mary
Wooster, age 19 (b. IL); and Johannah Atherton, age
77 (b. PA), whose real estate was valued at $500.
1880 US Census: Melvina
Wooster, age 59 (b. IN; father b. NYS; mother b. PA) and widowed, was heading a
household in St. Croix Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. The household also included her son, Justin
Wooster, age 26 (b. PA; father b. PA; mother b. IN), single, and employed as a
farmer; granddaughter, Levina Robinson, age 15 (b.
WI; father b. ME; mother b. PA); and grandson, Layfette
Robinson, age 9 (b. WI; father b. ME; mother b. PA).
Justus Wooster I married Mary Melvina
Atherton (b. 19 Jun 1820 in IN, d. 29 Dec 1899, age 79,
at St. Croix Falls Twp, Polk Co., WI; interred there in St. Croix Falls Cem. (shares gravestone with her mother), daughter of Johanna (?)
Atherton, and had the following children:
(a. Allen Wooster: Born
about 1842 in Pennsylvania.
(b. Adell
Wooster: Born about 1847 in Pennsylvania.
(c. Mary Wooster: Born
about 1851 in Illinois. Perhaps married (?) Robinson (b. ME) and had the following
children:
(1) Mary Melvina Robinson:
Born 15 April 1865 in Saint Croix Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died 13 December 1944 at
Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.
1920 US Census: Robert Smith, age 56 (b. WI; parents
b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Lorain Township,
Polk County, Wisconsin. The household
also included his wife, Melvine Smith, age 54 (b. WI;
father b. Canada; mother b. IL); son, Warren Smith, age 26 (b. WI; parents b.
WI), single, and employed as a farm laborer; and boarder (brother-in-law), Layfayette Robinson, age 49 (b. WI; father b. Canada;
mother b. IL), single, and employed as a farm laborer.
1930 US Census: Robert B. Smith, age 66 (b. WI;
parents b. NYS) and not employed, was heading a household in Clam Falls
Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. He
married 1st at age 26. The household
also included his wife, Mary M. Smith, age 65 (b. WI; father b. New Brunswick,
Canada; mother b. IL) and not employed, who married 1st at age 25. Of interest, the household headed by his son,
Merion A. Smith, age 38 (b. WI) and employed as a rural mail carrier, was
enumerated above him on the same census page.
1940 US Census: Melvina
Smith, age 75 (b. WI) and widowed, was heading a household at Clam Falls, Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
She had completed 8th grade. The
household also included her brother, Lafayette Robinson, age 69 (b. WI) and
single, with no record of employment, who had completed 8th grade. On 1 April 1935 Melvina
resided in the same house; Lafayette resided in the same township. Of interest, the household headed by Marion
A. Smith, age 48 (b. WI) was enumerated directly before her on the same census
page.
Melvina Robinson married Robert Bruce Smith (b. 20 Dec 1863
in Byron Twp, Fond du Lac Co., WI), son of Benjamin and Orpha
J. (Wood) Smith, on 1 July 1890 in Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin
and had the following children:
(a) Marion Allen Smith: Born 11 June 1891 in
Wisconsin. Died 26
March 1980 in Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
1930 US Census: Merion A. Smith, age 38 (b. WI;
parents b. WI) and employed as a rural mail carrier, was heading a household in
Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
He married 1st at age 22. The
household also included his wife, Stella E. Smith, age 35 (b. WI; father b. PA;
mother b. WI), who married 1st at age 19; daughter, Melvina
J. Smith, age 14 (b. WI); daughter, Hazel Smith, age 13 (b. WI); son, John R.
Smith, age 10 (b. WI); daughter, Agnes S. Smith, age 7 (b. WI); and son, Allen
M. Smith, age 4 months (b. WI).
Merion Smith married Estella "Stella"
Elizabeth Albee (b. 1894 in WI, d. 26 Mar 1980 in WI) on 30 October 1913 and
had the following children:
[1. Melvina J. Smith: Born
9 August 1915 in Wisconsin. Died 19 January 2011 in Wisconsin. Married Leonard Wilfred Sorenson (b. 29 Nov
1911 in Polk Co., WI, d. 1 Sep 2001 in St. Paul Twp, Ramsey Co., MN).
[2. Hazel Mae Smith: Born 23 December 1916 in Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died 29 July 2005 in Luck Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Married Harvey Lewis Dueholm
(b. 29 Jan 1910 in WI, d. 29 May 1980 at Madison, Dane Co., WI) and had at
least the following son:
[a. William Harvey Dueholm: Born 14 September 1940 in Luck Township, Polk
County, Wisconsin. Died
26 March 2017 in Leesburg Township, Lake County, Florida.
[3. John Robert Smith: Born 16 November 1919 in Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died there 13 January 2002.
Married, as her 2nd husband, Iris LaVonne
Peterson (b. 26 Feb 1923 in Clam Falls Twp, Polk Co., WI, d. there 18 Feb 2014)
on 21 April 1945 in Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
[4. Agnes LuVerne Smith:
Born 5 May 1922 in Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died 16 October 2005 in Sirene Township, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Married Harold Wilfred Owens (b. 1 May 1918
in Cumberland Twp, Barron Co., WI, d. 27 Feb 2011 in Frederic Twp, Polk Co.,
WI) on 30 October 1941 in Polk County, Wisconsin and had at least the following
children:
[a. Doris Agnes Owens: Born
30 October 1945 in Frederic Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died there 15 November
1945.
[b. Marion Owens.
[5. Allen M. Smith: Born 22 November 1929 in
Wisconsin. Died 3
March 2015 in Minnesota. Married Adanell Lucille Johnson (b. 29
Aug 1928, d. 21 May 1997).
(b) Warren Earl Smith: Born 23 December 1893 in Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Died 15 May 1968 in Savage Township, Scott County, Minnesota.
1930 US Census: Warren E. Smith, age 36 (b. WI;
parents b. WI) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Lorain
Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. He
married 1st at age 26. The household
also included his wife, Leah C. Smith, age 39 (b. IA; father b. WI; mother b.
IA), who married 1st at age 29; son, Grover E. Smith, age 9 (b. MN); son,
Gordon A. Smith, age 1 year and 11 months (b. WI); uncle, Lafayette W.
Robinson, age 59 (b. WI; father b. New Brunswick, Canada; mother b. PA),
single, and employed as a farm laborer; and brother-in-law, Edward L. Combs,
age 33 (b. IA), single, and employed as a farm laborer.
Warren Smith married
Leah Cecelia Combs (b. 4 Nov 1890 at Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA, d. 19 Apr 1970 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN) on 18 May
1920 at St. Paul, Minnesota and had the following children:
[1. Grover Everett Smith: Born 29 March 1921 in
Minnesota. Died 15 August
1972 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Married Eva Marcelline Zak (b. 1919, d. 2004)
and had at least the following daughter:
[a. Carol Marie Smith: Born
30 April 1948 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
Died 26 October 2011 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County,
Minnesota. Married
Jimmy Bruce Hanson (b. 12 Oct 1948 in Hennepin Co., MN).
[2. Lyle Warren Smith: Born 11 August 1923 in Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died there 12 December 1923.
[3. Gordon Arthur Smith: Born 4 May 1928 in Clam
Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died 20 April 1977 in Spring Valley Township, Pierce County,
Wisconsin. Married
Rita Elaine Daeffler (b. 3 Dec 1929) on 13 November
1948 in Frederic Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
[4. Shirley Mary Smith: Born 4 January 1929. Died 3 February 2013 at
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Wisconsin.
Married John Ellsworth Kellogg, Jr. (b. 1926, d. 1988) on 11 January
1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota and had at least the following son:
[a. Donald "Don" John Kellogg: Born 27
December 1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Died there in 1997.
(c) James G. Smith: Born about 1894 in Wisconsin.
(2) LaFayette W. Robinson:
Born February 1871 in Wisconsin. Died
there 1951; interred Lorain Cemetery, Indian Creek Township, Polk County,
Wisconsin.
1900 US Census: Lafaleyette
Robinson, age 29 (b. Feb 1871 in WI; father b. PA; mother b. IL), single, and
employed as a laborer, resided with many others in a logging camp in Loraine
Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
1910 US Census:
1920 US Census: Layfayette
Robinson, age 49 (b. WI) and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the
household headed by his brother-in-law, Robert Smith, age 56 (b. WI) and
employed as a farmer, in Lorain Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
1930 US Census: Lafayette Robinson, age 59 (b. WI;
father b. New Brunswick, Canada; mother b. PA) resided in the household headed
by his nephew, Warren E. Smith, age 36 (b. WI) in Loraine Township, Polk
County, Wisconsin.
1940 US Census: Lafayette Robinson, age 69 (b. WI)
and single, with no record of employment, resided in the household headed by
his sister, Melvina Smith, age 75 (b. WI) in Clam
Falls, Clam Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.
(d. Justus Perry Wooster II:
Born 29 January 1854 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 12 September 1936, age
82 years, 7 months, and 13 days, from complications of pneumonia following a
fall and hip injury, in Chehalis Township, Lewis County, Washington. Employed as a farmer.
1900 US Census: No clear record
found.
1910 US Census: Justice P. Wooster,
age 56 (b. IN; parents b. US) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household
in Union Precinct, Lewis County, Washington.
He had been married once. The
household also included his wife of 19 years, Florence I. Wooster, age 39 (b.
English-speaking Canada; father b. English-speaking Canada; mother b. US), who
had been married once and had had 3 children, all still alive; son, D. Allen
Wooster, age 16 (b. WI); and daughter, M. Irene Wooster, age 15 (b. WI).
1920 US Census: Justus Wooster, age 66 (b. PA;
father b. PA; mother b. IN) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household
on Phillips Road in Union Precinct, Lewis County, Washington. The household also included his wife,
Florence Wooster, age 49 (b. English-speaking Canada; father b.
English-speaking Canada; mother b. ME), who immigrated to the US in 1884
(naturalized 1890); grandson, Rodney Wooster, age 5 (b. WA; father b. WI;
mother b. WA); brother-in-law, Douglas Towers, age 43 (b. Canada; father b.
English-speaking Canada; mother b. ME); sister-in-law, Allene
Towers, age 33 (b. US; parents b. US); niece, Gladys Towers, age 13 (b. WA;
father b. English-speaking Canada; mother b. US); nephew, Kenneth Towers, age
10 (b. WA; father b. English-speaking Canada; mother b. US); nephew, Leland
Towers, age 7 (b. WA; father b. English-speaking Canada; mother b. US); and
niece, Elizabeth Towers, age 1 year and 8 months (b. WA; father b.
English-speaking Canada; mother b. US).
1930 US Census: Justice P. Wooster, age 76 (b. PA),
widowed, and not employed, resided in the household headed by his son, Daniel
A. Wooster, age 36 (b. WI) on Crego Hill Road in Crego Precinct, Lewis County, Washington.
Justus Wooster, II married Florence Isabell Towers (b. 19 Jul 1871 at Tower Hill, Charlotte
Co., New Brunswick, Canada, d. 27 Jan 1922 at Chehalis, Lewis Co., WA; interred
Sticklin Cem.), daughter of Daniel M. and Georgie Ann (Morrison) Towers, on 1 October 1890 in St.
Croix Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin and had the following children:
(1) Walter Wooster: Born about 1891.
(2) Daniel Allen Wooster "Allen": Born 24
April 1893 in St. Croix Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died 30 June 1988 in Chehalis Township, Lewis
County, Washington.
1917 WWI Draft Registration: Daniel Allen Wooster
(signed D. A. Wooster), age 24 (b. 24 Apr 1893 in St. Croix Falls Twp, Polk
Co., WI) and employed in the logging industry, resided with his wife and child
at Forest, Lewis County, Washington.
1930 US Census: Daniel A. Wooster, age 36 (b. WI;
father b. PA; mother b. English-speaking Canada) and employed as a logger in
the woods, was heading a household on Crego Hill Road
in Crego Precinct, Lewis County, Washington. He married 1st at age 20. The household also included his wife, Ida R.
Wooster, age 26 (b. French-speaking Canada; parents b. French-speaking Canada),
who immigrated to the US in 1912 (subsequently naturalized) and married 1st at
age 23; son, Rodney A. Wooster, age 15 (b. WA) and single; daughter, Virginia
E. Wooster, age 3 years and 5 months (b. WA); daughter, Lillian R. Wooster, age
8 months (b. WA); and father, Justus P. Wooster, age 76 (b. PA; father b. PA;
mother b. IN), widowed, and not employed, who married 1st at age 36.
1940 US Census: Allen Wooster, age 46 (b. WI) and
employed climbing and hooking in the logging industry, was heading a household
on Meskill Dryad Road in Dryad Precinct, Lewis
County, Washington. He had completed 8th
grade, and his residence was valued at $150.
The household also included his wife, Ida Wooster, age 36 (b.
English-speaking Canada) and still an alien, who had completed 7th grade;
daughter, Virginia Wooster, age 13 (b. WA); daughter, Lillian Wooster, age 10
(b. WA); daughter, Lois Wooster, age 8 (b. WA); son, Perry Wooster, age 4 (b.
WA); and son, Rodney Wooster, age 25 (b. WA), single, and employed Basking in
the Logging industry, who had completed 8th grade. On 1 April 1935 all but Rodney resided in
rural Lewis County, Washington; Rodney resided at San Diego County, California.
At age 20, while a resident of
Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington, Daniel Allen Wooster married (1st) Miss
Nina M. Anderson (b. 1897 in Kearney Co., NE), age 16 and also a resident of Chehalis,
daughter of C. W. and Eva (Ogg) Anderson, on 2
September 1913 (license issued same day) at Centralia, Lewis County, Washington
(witnessed by Allen's mother) and had the following son:
(a) Rodney Allen
Wooster: Born 14 August 1914 in Chehalis Township, Lewis County, Washington. Died 3
April 2006 in Centralia Township, Lewis County, Washington. Married Lillian Eugenia (Stowell)
Hunsinger (b. 12 Aug 1911 in Lewis Co., WA) about 16
September 1947. Lillian had married
(1st) A. V. Hunsinger.
At age 32 D. Allen Wooster
married (2nd) Miss Ida Rose Schannett (b. 14 Mar 1904
at Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada, d. 3 Dec 1987 at Pe
Ell, Lewis Co., WA), daughter of Morgan and Ellen (Mtzaker)
Shannett, on 3 December 1925 (license issued 2 Dec
1925) in Chehalis Township, Lewis County, Washington and had the following
children:
(b) Virginia E. Wooster: Born about 1926 in
Washington.
(c) Lillian R. Wooster: Born 11 July 1929 in
Chehalis Township, Lewis County, Washington. Died 11 August 2018 in
Aberdeen Township, Grays Harbor County, Washington. At age 17 married William M. Howard (b. Highlandvill, MO), age 34, son of Jasper Franklin (b. Highlandvill, MO) and Cassie Geos?
(Haney) Howard (b. Huntington, IN), on 31 December 1946 (license issued 27 Dec
1946) in Lewis County, Washington.
(d) Lois Wooster: Born 1932 in Washington.
(e) Perry Wooster: Born about 1936 in Washington.
(3) Irene Wooster: Born 29 January 1895 at St. Croix
Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin. Died after 1985 in Lewis County, Washington. Married John Unterwegner (b. 1895, d. 1964) in November 1919.
(3. Julianna Morse
Wooster: Born 7 January/July 1818 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Ohio. Died 16 November
1887.
1850 US Census: Julia Holcomb, age 31 (b. OH), with
no record of employment, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Her real estate
was valued at $800. The household also
included her daughter, Selina Holcomb, age 10 (b.
PA); son, Hollis Holcomb, age 8 (b. PA); daughter, Harriet Holcomb, age 4 (b.
PA); and daughter, Martha Holcomb, age 2 (b. PA). Of interest, the household headed by Benjamin
Holcomb, age 40, was enumerated directly after her.
Julia Wooster married (?) Holcomb and had the
following children:
(a. Selina
Holcomb: Born about 1840 in Pennsylvania.
(b. Hollis A. Holcomb: Born
about 1842 in Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census: H. A. Holcomb, age 38 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a merchant, was heading a household in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Lutilda
Holcomb, age 39 (b. PA; father b. MA; mother b. PA); son, Charles S. Holcomb,
age 12 (b. PA); son, Dudley S. Holcomb, age 2 (b. PA); and daughter, Lula
Holcomb, age 5 months (b. Jan 1880 in PA).
Hollis Holcomb married Lutilda
(?) and had the following children:
(1) Charles S. Holcomb: Born about 1868 in
Pennsylvania.
(2) Dudley S.? Holcomb: Born about 1878 in
Pennsylvania.
(3) Lula Holcomb: Born January 1880 in Pennsylvania.
(c. Harriet Holcomb: Born
about 1846 in Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census: S. A. Wooster, age 34 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Harriet Wooster, age 33 (b. PA;
father b. PA; mother b. OH) and employed as a milliner, who was afflicted with
rheumatism; perhaps daughter, Nellie Wooster, age 11 (b. PA; parents b. PA);
and mother-in-law, J. A. Holcomb, age 62 (b. OH; parents' birth not recorded).
Harriet Holcomb married S. A. Wooster (b. abt 1846
in PA) and perhaps raised the following person:
(1) Nellie Wooster: Born about 1869 in Pennsylvania.
(d. Martha Holcomb: Born
about 1848 in Pennsylvania.
(4. Edward P. Wooster: Born 23 December 1814 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 3/4 October
1888 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: Edward Wooster, age 30 (b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $200. The household also
included his wife, Calesta Wooster, age 24 (b. PA);
son, Theodore Wooster, age 6 (b. PA); son, Alfred Wooster, age 3 (b. PA); and
son, Hyatt Wooster, age 2 (b. PA).
1860 US Census: E. P. Wooster, age 39 (b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $100, and his personal property was valued at $50. The household also included his wife, Calista Wooster, age 33 (b. PA); son, Alfred Wooster, age
12 (b. PA); son, Hyatt Wooster, age 10 (b. PA); son, Eli Wooster, age 8 (b.
PA); son, Clayton Wooster, age 7 (b. PA); and son, Harvey Wooster, age 3 months
(b. PA). (enumerated 30 Jun 1860)
1870 US Census: E. P. Wooster, age 50 (b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township (LeRoy Post
Office), Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Calista
Wooster, age 44 (b. PA); son, Marcus Wooster, age 10 (b. PA); son, Clayton Wooster,
age 16 (b. PA); and son, Eli Wooster, age 20 (b. PA). Of interest, the household headed by L. A.
Wooster, age 24 (b. PA) and employed as a sewing machine agent, was enumerated
next door. His real estate was valued at
$1,200, and his personal property was valued at $500. That household also included his wife H. M.
Wooster, age 25; daughter, Nellie Wooster, age 1; and housekeeper, Julia Cole…?, age 52 (b. OH).
1880 US Census: E. P. Woster,
age 59 (b. PA; parents b. MA) and employed as a laborer, was heading a
household in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Calista Woster, age 53 (b. PA;
parents b. CT); and son, M. E. Woster, age 19 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), single, and employed working on the farm.
Edward Wooster married Calista
"Clisti" Holcombe (b. 24 May 1826 in LeRoy
Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 17 Dec 1906), daughter of Eli and Harriet
(Bailey) Holcomb, on 16 March 1842 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(a. Theodore F. Wooster,
MD: Born 3 July 1844 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 June 1927 in
Blossburg Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Employed as a physician.
1900 US Census: Theadore
H. Wooster, age 55 (b. Jul 1844 in PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a
surgeon, was heading a household in Blossburg Borough, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 11 years, Nettie Wooster, age 45 (b. PA; father b. PA;
mother b. England), who had had no children.
1910 US Census: Theodore H. Wooster, age 65 (b. PA;
father b. OH; mother b. PA) and employed as a physician in general practice,
was heading a household on Main Street
in Blossburg Borough, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He had been married 3 times. The household also included his wife, Nettie
Wooster, age 56 (b. Nov 1854 in PA; father b. PA; mother b. England), who had
been married once for 20 years and had had no children.
1920 US Census: Theodore Wooster, age 75 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a retail candy store merchant, was heading a
household on Williamson Road in Blossburg Borough, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife, Ann Jeanette Wooster, age 64 (b. PA; father b. PA; mother b.
England).
Theodore Wooster married (1st) Hannah Haxton (b. 23 April 1855 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 9 Apr 1884 in Tioga Co., PA) and had the following
daughter:
(1) Ida Wooster: Born 1868 in PA. Married George Cortright (b. Dec 1862 in NYS)
and had the following son:
(a) Earl Cortright: Born 15 March 1888 in Blossburg
Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Died 28 February 1972 in Kissimmee Township, Osceola County,
Florida. Married Estella Maria
Caroline Eichorst (b. 25 Nov 1892 in Hamlin Twp,
Monroe Co., NY, d. 8 Jul 1948 in Brockport Twp, Monroe
Co., NY) and had the following children:
[1. Marion P. Cortright: Born about 1911 in Kendall
Township, Orleans County, New York. Married Laverne E. Hyde (b. abt 1913 in Monroe Co., NY) on 31 May
1933 in Monroe County, New York.
[2. Luella W. Cortright: Born about 1912 in Kendall
Township, Orleans County, New York.
[3. Velma J. Cortright: Born 1 June 1914 in Kendall
Township, . Died 9 September 1993 in Orange County, Florida. Married Harold Oldenburg
(b. 1911 in New York City, NY) on 15 May 1938 in Morton Township, Monroe
County, New York.
[4. George Charles Cortright: Born 25 September 1917
in Kendall Township, Orleans County, New York.
Died 29 July 2012 in Brockport Township, Monroe
County, New York.
[5. Walter Theodor Cortright: Born 12 March 1922 in
Hamlin Township, Monroe County, New York.
Died 17 July 2001 in Hilton Township, Monroe County,
New York. Married Catherine
Amelia Kearney (b. 20 Apr 1922 in Brockport Twp, Monroe Co., NY
, d. 23 May 2000 in Hilton Twp, Monroe Co., NY) and had at least the
following daughter:
[a. Regina K. Cortright: Born 1 March 1943 in Monroe
County, New York. Died
16 May 1990 in Monroe County, New York.
Married Charles Edward Norsworthy
(b. 9 Sep 1944, d. 30 Jan 2004 in Holley Twp, Orleans Co., NY).
At age 43, while a resident of
Ogdensburg, Union Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, widower Theodore
Wooster married (3rd) Miss Ann Jeanette "Nettie" Slocum, age 32 and a
resident of Covington, daughter of William and Sophia (?) Slocum, on 9 February
1889 (license issued 24 Jan 1889) at Blossburg, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
(b. Alfred H./Charles
Wooster: Born October 1846 in Clearfield Township, Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania (also
seen: b. 29 Nov 1844 in Bradford Co., PA).
Died 6
November 1902 in New Albany/LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1870 US Census: Alfred H. Wooster,
age 22 (b. PA) and employed as a huckster [person who sells small items, either
door to door or from a small stall], was heading a household in LeRoy Township
(LeRoy Post Office), Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His personal property was valued at
$200. The household also included his
wife, Diana Wooster, age 19 (b. PA); daughter, Ettie
Wooster, age 2 (b. PA); and son, Gibson Wooster, age 0 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: A. H. Wooster, age
33 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a huckster, was heading a household
in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Diania Wooster, age 30 (b. PA; parents b. PA); daughter,
Etta Wooster, age 12 (b. PA); son, John Wooster, age 10 (b. PA); son, Herba Wooster, age 8 (b. PA); and daughter, Flora Wooster,
age 1 (b. PA).
Alfred Wooster married Margaret Kathryn Appleton (b.
Jun 1853 in PA, d. 27 Feb 1937 at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY) and had the
following children:
(1) Tina Wooster: Born 1885. Married (1st) (?) Wheeler
(b. abt 1883, d. 1905). Married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Elmer Clark Foote (b. 1881, d.
1955) on 3 April 1916 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Elmer had married (1st) (?) (d. 14 Apr 1910 in Albany Twp, Bradford Co., PA).
(2) Orvis Charles Wooster: Born 27 June 1895 in
Pennsylvania. Died February 1983 in
Harvest Township, Madison County, Alabama. Married Margaret Louise Jenkins (b. 1901 in
Taylor Twp, Lackawanna Co., PA, d. 31 Mar 1988 in NYS)
on 6 November 1917 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
(c. Hyatt C. Wooster: Born 1848 in LeRoy Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1900 in Pennsylvania.
Hyatt Wooster married Olive J. Cole (b. 10 May 1845
in PA, d. 27 May 1910 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC (also seen: d. PA),
daughter of Dickenson and Sarah E. (Michaels) Cole, and had the following
children:
(1) Cole William Wooster: Born
1866.
(2) Lindsay Wooster: Born 1868.
(3) Jasper Wooster: Born 1869.
(4) Ella/Ellen Wooster: Born 1870 in West Keating
Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
(5) Emmett Wooster: Born 20 October 1874 in West
Keating Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
Married Lorena Schnars (b. 1876, d. 1942) on
31 October 1896 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and had the following
children:
(a) Bruce M. Wooster: Born January 1899 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married Theona Bell Lucas (b. 1902 in PA,
d. 1990 in PA).
(b) Boyce Wooster: Born 1903. Married Edna Proud (b. 1905, d. 1972) and had
at least the following son:
[1. Earl B. Wooster: Born 1922. Died July 2016.
(c) Mabel F. Wooster: Born 1905 in Pennsylvania.
(6) Lillian Sarah Wooster: Born 22 November 1877 in
Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 12 March 1964 in
Clearfield Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married Johnson Edward Brown (b. 18 Jun 1873
in Keewaydin Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 7 Aug 1951 in Clearfield Twp, Clearfield Co., PA) and had
the following children:
(a) William Jennings Brown:
Born 1898. Died 1959. Married Margaret Jane Davis (b. 1899, d.
1975) and had the following children:
[1. Rebekah Jane Brown:
Born 4 January 1920 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 8 August 2010 in
Curwensville Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married Franklin E. Varner (b. 24 Jan 1918 in
Woodland Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 27 Apr 1997 at
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA) on 19 August 1940 at Bethesda, Montgomery County,
Maryland.
[2. Caroline G. Brown: Born 1922 in Pennsylvania.
[3. John William Brown: Born 18 December 1923 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 20 November 1994.
Married Edith Jones (b. 25 Jul 1925, d. 21 Jan 1997).
[4. Frederick Davis Brown: Born 26 November 1928 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 14 May 2018. Married, as her 2nd husband, Rose F. Zellers (b. 9 Sep 1932 in PA,
d. 28 Mar 2019 at Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA). Rose had married (1st) John Mitchell LeRoy Whyne (b. 4 Aug 1930 in Aristes Twp, Columbiaco Co., PA, d. 24 Oct 1981 in Jersey Shore Twp, Lycoming Co., PA).
[5. Margaret Joanne Brown: Born 30 May 1935 in
Clearfield Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 28 September 2007 in
Hilton Township, Monroe County, New York. Married Allen Lee Griffith (b. 30 Aug 1932 at
Commodore, Green Twp, Indiana Co., PA, d. 24 Sep 1990
at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY).
[6. Kenneth Brown: Born Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania. Died
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
(b) Grace Brown: Born 1900 in Pennsylvania.
(c) Clair H. Brown: Born 16 July 1910 in Clearfield
Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Died June 1987 in Jamestown Township, Chautauqua
County, New York.
(7) Maude Calista Wooster:
Born August 1879(also seen: b. 1882) at Karthaus, Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania. Died 3 October 1929 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (also seen: d. Oppland,
Norway).
Maude Wooster married Fernando Julius Mignot
"Jules" (b. 10 Dec 1860 at Frenchville,
Covington Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 4 Apr 1926 at Wellsville, Franklin Co.,
KS), son of Ernest Francois and Nancy Jane (McGonigal)(Briel) Mignot, and had the
following children:
(a) Erma C. Mignot: Born 25 March 1901 in
Pennsylvania. Died 23
February 1918.
(b) Clyde E. Mignot: Born 25 August 1902 in
Pennsylvania. Died
December 1963. Married Margaret
Sarah Billotte (b. 28 Aug 1913 at Frenchville,
Clearfield Co., PA, d. 28 Oct 1993 at Neshanic
Station, Somerset Co., NJ) and had the following children:
[1. Clyde Mignot: Born 10 April 1934 in
Pennsylvania. Died 21
May 1996.
[2. Ruthann Mignot: Born 24 August 1939 at
Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Died 1 June 2018 at West Reading, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
(c) Leona Mignot: Born 1904 in Pennsylvania. Died 17 January 1952. Married Clark Baumgardner
(b. 1904 in Clearfield Co., PA, d. 25 Jun 1952 at
Rochester, Monroe Co., NY) on 4 November 1929 at Rochester, Monroe County, New
York and had at least the following son:
[1. Byron Baumgardner:
Born about 1931 in New York. Died 14 June 2006.
(d) Margret Ernestine Mignot: Born 15 June 1908 in
Pennsylvania. Died 9
June 1988. Married
(?) McGovern. Also
married (?) Culter. Also
married (?) Mauer.
(e) Olive Mignot: Born 17 August 1910 in Pennsylvania. Died 8 January 1997. Married Edgar G. Frankhouser (b. 18 Jun 1909, d. 28 Nov 1951.
(f) Ella Veronica Mignot: Born 6 June 1913 in
Pennsylvania. Died 16
September 1983. Married William
McCracken (b. 1 Jul 1909 at Boardman, Knox Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 15 Apr 1947) and had at least the following son:
[1. Robert William McCracken: Born 10 January
1933. Died 15 April
2002 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
(g) Agnes Mignot: Born 5 June 1914 in PA. Died 25 June 1964. Married, as his 1st wife,
Maurice D. Shaver (b. 5 Jun 1902 in NYS, d. 1 Aug 1968 at Rochester, Monroe
Co., NY). Maurice married (2nd)
Agnes Marie (b. 25 June 1914, d. 25 Apr 1995 in DuBois
Twp, Clearfield Co., PA).
(h) Robert Clair Mignot: Born 16 April 1916 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 1 December 1962 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married, as her 1st husband, Wava May Williams (b. 7 Jun 1921 in Clearfield Co., PA, d.
there 15 Jul 1991) in 1938. Wava (Williams) Mignot married
(2nd) Harding Turner (b. 10 Jun 1923 at West Decatur, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 23 Mar 1993 at Clearfield, Clearfield Co., PA).
(5) Wharton James Wooster: Born 7 January 1882 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married
Florence Goodrum (b. 1886) on 4 September 1905 at Marsteller, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and had the
following children:
(a) Ward W. Wooster: Born 1907 in Pennsylvania.
(b) Olive Wooster: Born 1909 in Pennsylvania.
(c) Mary Wooster: Born 1913 in Pennsylvania.
(d) Russell Wooster: Born 1916 in Pennsylvania.
(e) Annabel Wooster: Born 8 April 1917 in
Pennsylvania. Died 16
May 2001 at Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Married Dick Terrill (b. 25 Aug 1907 at
Clairton, Allegheny Co., PA, d. 4 Jan 1985 at Upland, San Bernardino Co., CA),
son of Wilbur A. and Verna (Dick) Terrill, on 15 November 1935 at Hancock,
Pennsylvania; subsequently divorced. At
age 39 Dick Terrill married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, widow Mary Beatrice (McCloy) Lafollette (b. 1910), age 37, daughter of Charles
and Mary Elizabeth (Turner) McCloy, on 30 May 1947 in
Frederick County, Virginia.
(f) Walter Wooster: Born 1920 in Pennsylvania.
(d. Alfred H. Wooster: Born about 1848 in
Pennsylvania. Died
1902. Married Diana Churchill (b.
Jul 1850 in Granville Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 1904 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford
Co., PA) about 1868 in Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(1) Etta F. Wooster: Born 1868 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married William S. Fuller
(b. 1852 in Springfield Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 24
Feb 1903 in Bainbridge Twp, Chenango Co., NY) on 4 June 1889 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania and had the following son:
(a) Carl Alanson Fuller: Born 1890 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Married
Edith Ellen Webster (b. 20 Mar 1884 at Lambs Creek, Tioga Co., PA) on 19
February 1915 in Mansfield Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Etta F. Wooster also married Francis W. Hazard (b.
1876 in Red Bank Twp, Monmouth Co., NJ); Frank L. Wood (b. 1877 at Waverly, New
York); and (?) Lee (b. PA).
William S. Fuller also married Lucinda A. (Page)
Stevens (b. Melbourne, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada).
(2) John L. Wooster: Born 21 January 1870 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died there 31 October 1834. Married Ella Blanche Stone (b. 9 May 1870 in
LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 25 Apr 1945 in Canton Twp, Bradford Co., PA) on 28 October 1891 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(a) Chester Carlyle Wooster: Born 1892. Died 1972. Married Ina Ethel Gregory (b. 1892, d. 1991)
on 2 April 1914 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following
children:
[1. Carleton G. Wooster: Born 19 May 1917 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 4 January 2017 in Roaring Branch Township,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
[2. Virginia Lee Wooster: Born 12 November 1917 in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 12 November 2000 in Grover Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
(b) Anna Mae Wooster: Born 21 November 1896 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 November 1978 at Luthers
Mills, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Frank Leslie Tiffany (b. 1892 at Athens, Bradford Co., PA, d. 1947) and had the following son:
[1. Frank Layton Tiffany: Born 24 January 1927 in
Pennsylvania. Died 29
April 1982.
Frank Tiffany also married Bessie Alice Rowe (b. 1
Feb 1889 at Overton, Bradford Co., PA, d. 5 Sep 1924 in Bradford Co., PA), as
well as Ada Katherine Clement (b. 28 Dec 1891 in NYS,
d. May 1969).
(c) Howard J. Wooster: Born 1898. Died 9 September 1963. Married Rena Margurite
Varney (b. 26 Sep 1900 at Franklin, Bradford Co., PA, d.
5 Apr 1999 at Bradford Co. Manor, West Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA) on 11
December 1920 and had the following children:
[1. Ann Eloise Wooster: Born 29 Apr 1921 at Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died there 26 November 2008.
Married Leon Anderson (b. 10 Feb 1920 in Franklin Twp, Bradford Co., PA,
d. 9 Mar 1984 in Troy Twp, Bradford Co., PA).
[2. Howard William Wooster: Born 4 December 1930 at
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died there 30 April 1999.
Married Viola Mae Miller (b. 23 Sep 1929 at New Albany, Bradford Co.,
PA, d. 22 Mar 2006) and had the following daughter:
[a. Daughter: Born and died 26 October 1957 at
Williamsport, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(d) Merle Albert Wooster: Born 14 April 1904 in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 31 October 1992 in Troy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Married
Lillian Mae Fairbanks (b. 28 Jan 1904 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 11 Oct 1958 in Canton Twp, Bradford Co., PA) and had the
following children:
[1. Robert Wooster: Born 2 Oct 1928 in Canton
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 15 June 2006 at Williamsport, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. Married Anna
Williams (b. 16 Aug 1930 in Somerset Twp, Niagara Co., NY, d. 29 Apr 2004 at
Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA)
[2. Janet Wooster: Born 1931 in Canton Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
[3. Jack Wooster: Born 1934 in Canton Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(e) Lillian A. Wooster: Born 4 Jun 1906 in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, New York. Died
4 May 1994 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Carl Leslie Youmans
(b. 8 Oct 1905 in Troy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 2 Jan
1954 in Bradford Co., PA) about 1926 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had
the following son:
[1. Carl Yeomans, Jr.:
Born 6 December 1927 at Elmira, Chemung County, New York. Died 8 April 1991 in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(3) Gibson Wooster: Born March 1870 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
(4) Hesha Wooster: Born
about 1872 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(5) Florence Marie Wooster: Born about 1879 in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Charles Valentine Murphy (b. 1872) on 6 September 1920 in
Steuben County, New York.
(6) Milo Miles Wooster: Born 15 May 1880 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 9 December 1946 at Erie, Erie County,
Pennsylvania. Married,
Orril Josephine Wood (b. 12 Sep 1873 in Girard Twp,
Erie Co., PA, d. 14 Apr 1953 in Fairview Twp, Erie Co., PA). Orril had also
married: Ernest Jacob Gottlieb Elsesser (b. 9 May
1873 at Munster, Mergentheim, Wurttemberg, Germany,
d. 23 May 1906 at Avonia, Erie Co., PA); George L.
Mattes (b. Germany, d. 1917 in Erie Co., PA); Samuel Edgar Sterrett
(b. 31 Mar 1857 in Erie Co., PA, d. Apr 1922 at Erie, Erie Co., PA); and Frank
R. Thomas (b. 1882 in New York City, NY).
(e. Eli Wooster: Born 1852 in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 1925 in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Married Rosanna Conaway (b. Jun 1855 in PA,
d. 1904 in Clinton Co., PA) and had the following children:
(1) Alex Elworth Wooster:
Born 30 July 1876 in Pottersdale Township, Clearfield
County, Pennsylvania. Died
18 November 1957 in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married Lydia Carrie McGonigal
(b. Apr 1880 in Karthaus Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, d.
11 May 1911 at Beaver Falls, Beaver Co., PA) on 1 January 1901 in Pottersdale Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
(2) George Samuel Wooster: Born 11 November 1878 in
Pennsylvania.
(3) Edward Roe Wooster: Born 6 January 1885 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married
Lulu Goldie Cole (b. Aug 1890 in Clearfield Co., PA, d.
6 Jun 1967) and had the following children:
(a) Belva J. Wooster: Born
1914 in Pennsylvania.
(b) Hope M. Wooster: Born 1917 in Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania. Married William Carl Moore
"Jim" (b. 26 Aug 1911 in Clearfield Co., PA, d.
7 Jul 1995 at State College, Centre Co., PA) and had the following son:
[1. Von Herbert Moore: Born 31 August 1933 in
Clearfield Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 12 October 1996. Married, as her 2nd husband
Betty Jean (Cowher) Flegal
(b. 30 Sep 1926 at Sandy Ridge, Rush Twp, Centre Co., PA, d. 8 Aug 1997 in
Duval Co., FL) on 1 October 1956 in Arlington County, Virginia. Betty had married (1st) LeRoy
Rodger Flegal (b. 1926, d. 1951).
Von and Betty (Cowher)
Moore had at least the following daughter:
[a. Anette
Marie Moore: Born 24 March 1960 in Pennsylvania. Died 24 November 2003 in
St. Johns County, Florida.
William Carl Moore also married Carmella E. Sadoti (b. 1912 in Clearfield Co., PA).
(4) Lydia M. Wooster: Born April 1888 in Pennsylvania. Married George Albert Dale
(b. abt 1889 in PA, d. 26 Apr 1969).
(5) Mary Ellen Wooster: Born November 1891 in
Pennsylvania. Married Stanley M. Raezer (b. 6 Sep 1892 at Reading, Berks Co., PA, d. 1962) on
21 September 1920 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
(a) Marion Raezer: Born
1921 in Pennsylvania.
(b) Stanley Raezer: Born
1923 in Pennsylvania.
(c) Shirley Ann Raezer:
Born 1932 in Pennsylvania.
(6) William Lafyette
Wooster: Born 26 December 1895 in West Keating Township, Clinton County,
Pennsylvania.
(f. Clayton Wooster: Born 3
December 1853 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 16 April 1939 at
Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Married Frances A. Harshbarger
(b. 23 Nov 1854 in Potter Twp, Center Co., PA, d. 25
Jun 1941 at Karthaus, Clearfield Co., PA) and had the following children:
(1) William A. Wooster: Born 1874. Died 31 July 1957 in Los
Angeles County, California.
Married Elizabeth R. (?) (b. 1873 in PA).
(2) James Edward Wooster: Born 1 May 1877 in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 19 April 1962 in Los Angeles County, California. Married (1st) Henrietta Maude Williams (b.
1879, d. 1917) on 25 July 1900 in Pearle Township, Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(a) Chester Earl Wooster: Born 5 April 1901 in
Pennsylvania. Died 17
July 1968 in Kern County, California.
Married Annie Katharyn Boyd (b. 30 Oct 1908 in
CA, d. 3 Jan 2003 at Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA) and had at least the following
son:
[1. James Edward Wooster: Born 10 September
1937. Died 29 October
2002 at Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Married (1st) Susan Lynn
Brown (b. 12 Jul 1944, d. 9 Jun 1969 in Ventura Co., CA). Married (2nd) Phyllis Geye
(b. 1942 at Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, d. 29 Oct 2012
at Oceano, San Luis Obispo Co., CA).
(b) Leona Wooster: Born 1903 in Pennsylvania.
(c) Marion Wooster: Born 1904 in Pennsylvania.
(d) James Wooster: Born 22 January 1909 at
Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
(e) Dorothy L. Wooster: Born about 1914 in
Pennsylvania.
James Edward Wooster married (2nd) Erie Elizabeth
Thorn (b. 17 Nov 1884 in Clearfield Co., PA, d. 12 Aug
1967 in Santee Twp, San Diego Co., CA).
(3) Mark Guy Wooster: Born 27 November 1881 at Karthaus,
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died there 17 May 1947.
Married Mary Elizabeth Hugar
(b. 3 Dec 1892 at Mulsonburg, Clearfield Co. PA, d.
12 May 1961 at Morrisdale, Clearfield Co., PA). on
3 November 1910 at Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and had the
following children:
(a) Lavere Marcus Wooster: Born 23 September
1911 at Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died there 29 September
1993. Married
Beatrice E. Walker (b. 8 May 1912 in Centre Co. PA, d. 16 Jul 1992 in
Clearfield Co., PA).
(b) Catherine Henrietta Wooster: Born 30 September
1912 at Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 24 March 1992 at
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Married Clyde LeRoy Goodyear (b. 1 Aug 1916 at
Clarence, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 24 Mar 1992 at Bellefonte, Centre Co., PA) on
2 November 1933 at Milesburg, Centre County,
Pennsylvania and had at least the following daughter:
[1. Mary Elizabeth Goodyear: Born 3 March 1934 in
Pennsylvania. Died
there 9 March 1934.
(c) Margaret A. Wooster: Born 5 November 1912 at
Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Died there 1983. Married DeLee Preston Reiter (b. 30 Nov 1907 at Karthaus,
Clearfield Co., PA, d. there 10 Jun 1979) on 7 June 1927 at Karthaus,
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
(d) Virginia F. Wooster: Born 1914 in Pennsylvania.
(e) Donald W. Wooster: Born 1918 at Karthaus,
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 1969.
(f) Chester Clayton Wooster: Born 18 March 1929 at
Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Died there 5 April 1974. Married, as her 1st husband, Beatrice Irene Coudriet (b. 8 May 1912 at Johnsonburg, Elk Co., PA, d. 16 Jul 1992 at Karthaus, Clearfield Co., PA). Beatrice (Coudriet)
Wooster married (2nd) Herman David Preston (b. 2 Apr 1913 in PA, d. 31 Oct 1988
in PA).
(4) Ethel Marion Wooster: Born June 1887 at
Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Married (1st) David W. Hodge (b. Jul 1887 in PA) on 5
September 1910 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
(a) Frances Hodge: Born 1913 in Pennsylvania.
Ethel (Wooster) Hodge married (2nd) Dudley George
Potter (b. 4 Nov 1896 at Karthaus, Clearfield Co., PA, d. there 15 Oct 1971).
(5) Alda Wooster: Born
September 1892 at Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died 1920 in Pennsylvania. Married, as his 1st wife, John Ernest Kester (b. 10 Feb 1888 at Belleville, Centre Co., PA, d.
1957 at Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA) and had the following children:
(a) David C. Kester: Born
1910. Died 1972. Married Margaret M. Kelly
(b. 1909.
(b) Evelyn A. Kester: Born
13 March 1913 in Pennsylvania. Died 6 June 1964 at Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Married James Lee Schultz (b. 24 Feb 1910 at
Karthaus, Clearfield Co., PA, d. 16 Feb 1980/79 at Wilburne, Cearfield Co., PA) and
had at least the following son:
[1. Robert Schultz: Born 29 June 1940 at Winburne, Cooper Township, Clearfield
County, Pennsylvania. Died 21 January
2014 at Kylertown, Cooper Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Married Veronica (?). Also seen: Veronica also
married Robert Shultz (b. 25 Jan 1948 at Altoona, PA, d. 1 Feb 2016 at Xenia,
OH).
John Kester married (2nd) Jannie Pearl Middleton (b. 3 Sep 1888 at Curwensville,
Clearfield Co., PA, d. May 1977 at Hyde, Clearfield
Co., PA).
(g. Harry
C. Wooster: Born about 1857.
At age 57, while employed as a
blacksmith at Pellsford, New York, widower Harry C.
Wooster married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, widow Tellie
A. (Hoffman) Andrus (b. Germany), age 44, daughter of Ernest and Emelia (Schmidt) Hoffman, on 7 June 1914 (license issued 6
Jun 1914) at Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
(h. Harvey
Marcus Wooster: Born about March 1860 in Pennsylvania.
(i.
Harvey Marcus Wooster: Born March 1860 in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(j. Maria Wooster: Born
about 1861 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
3. Wife #2: Julianne/Julianna Morse
(sister of Philo’s 1st wife, Sibyl)
Born 9 May 1805 in Connecticut (also seen: b. LeRoy
Twp, Bradford Co., PA); daughter of Jessie and Persis (Stone) Morse (also seen: dau of Jacob
and Ruth (Currier) Morse). Died 3 August 1884.
b. Children:
(1. Marcus Lafayette Wooster: See
generation 3, below.
(2. Sibyl Lusetta Wooster:
Born 9 October 1829. Died 25 March 1866
(this could be her husband’s date of death).
Married (?) Smith.
(3. Lemira Morse Wooster:
(female) Born 7 June 1831.
(4. Orin Perry Wooster: Born 8 February 1832/33 in
Ohio (also seen: b. Bradford Co., PA). Employed as a farmer in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
1870 US Census: O. P. Wooster, age 35 (b. OH) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township (LeRoy Post
Office), Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $1,000, and his personal property was
valued at $375. The household also
included his wife, Sybil Wooster, age 32 (b. PA); daughter, Orilla
Wooster, age 9 (b. PA); son, Charlie Wooster, age 7 (b. PA); and son, Pearley Wooster, age 2 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: Orin Wooster, age 49 (b. OH; parents
birth not recorded) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Sibel
Wooster, age 43 (b. PA; parents b. MA); son, Charles Wooster, age 17 (b. PA)
and employed as working on the farm; and son, Purley
Wooster, age 12 (b. PA).
Orin Wooster married Sybil (?) (b. Dec 1838 in PA)
about 1860 and had the following children:
(a. Orilla
Wooster: (female) Born about 1861 in Pennsylvania.
(b. Charles Wooster: Born
about 1863 in Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: Charles Wooster, age 37 (b. Apr 1863
in PA; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a coal miner, was heading a
household in Barclay Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife of 15
years, Helen Wooster, age 37 (b. Aug 1863 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 2
children, both still alive; son, Almon Wooster, age 7
(b. Sep 1893 in PA); and boarder, Joseph Stalford,
age 22 (b. Oct 1878 in PA; father b. PA; mother b. Ireland) and employed as a
teamster.
(c. Purley
Wooster: (male) Born about 1868 in Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: Purley
Wooster, age 32 (b. Jan 1868 in PA; father b. OH; mother b. PA) and employed as
a day laborer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 11 years, Lue Wooster, age 29
(b. Feb 1871 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 3 children, 2 of whom were
still alive; son, Ora Wooster, age 10 (b. May 1890 in
PA); and daughter, Ruth Wooster, age 6 (b. Mar 1894 in PA).
3 Marcus LaFayette
Wooster (photos)
"M.L."
1. Biographical notes:
Born 2/7 June 1828 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 1905/09 in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred LeRoy Cemetery, LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Resided in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Veteran
of the American Civil War.
1850 US Census: Lafayett
Wooster, age 21 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, resided in the household
headed by Maria Crofut, age 38 (b. NYS) in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Maria's real estate was
valued at $2,400. The household also
included Calferna Crofut,
age 15 (b. PA); Charles M. Crofut, age 12 (b. PA); and Alonzo D. Crofut, age 9
(b. PA).
1860 US Census: Lay Fayett
Wooster, age 32 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $6,000, and his personal property was
valued at $1,200. The household also
included Farman Lucas, age 25 (b. PA); Theadore
Wooster, age 15 (b. PA); Maria Crofut, age 49 (b. PA); Charles M. Crofut, age
22 (b. PA); and A. D. Crofut, age 19 (b. PA).
1860 US Census: Jason House, age 54 (b. PA) and
employed as a farm hand, was heading a household in Franklin Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Owned no real
estate; his personal property was valued at $100. The household also included his wife, Hannah
House, age 57 (b. PA); and daughter, Calphena House,
age 15 (b. PA).
1870 US Census: M. L. Wooster, age 42 (b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $5,000 and his personal property was valued at $2,000. The household also included Maria Crofut, age
60 (b. NYS) and employed keeping house, whose real estate was valued at $2,500
and personal property was valued at $800; domestic servant, Milford Bailey, age
13 (b. PA); Gibson Crofut, age 9 (b. PA); and
housekeeper, Eva Shoemaker, age 17 (b. PA).
1870 US Census: Calfernia
House, age 25 (b. PA) and employed as a house keeper, resided in the household
headed by Orin W. Fuller, age 40 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, in
Granville Township (Granville Center Post Office), Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included Orin's wife, Emily Fuller, age 37 (b. NYS); and Orin's daughter, Annie
Fuller, age 8 (b. PA).
1870 US Census: Jason House, age 67 (b. CT), a
retired farmer, and his wife, Hannah House, age 66 (b. CT) resided in the
household headed by Lemuel Rockwell, age 44 (b. PA)
and employed as a farm hand, in LeRoy Township (West Franklin Post Office),
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. No record
of real or personal property for Jason and Hannah. The household also included Lemuel's wife, H. M. Rockwell, age 37 (b. NYS); son, H. M.
Rockwell, age 16 (b. PA); and son, Edward Rockwell, age 8 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: M. L. Wooster, age 52 (b. PA;
parents b. CT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRoy
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Caroline [very legible] Wooster,
age 36 (b. PA; parents b. CT); son, Gorden F.
Wooster, age 1 (b. PA); unnamed infant son, age 14 days (b. May 1880 in PA); C.
G. Crofut, age 19 (b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer; and Nettie Wilcox,
age 16 (b. PA) and employed as a domestic servant.
1900 US Census: M. Lafayett
Wooster, age 71 (b. Jun 1828 in PA; parents b. CT), with no occupation
recorded, was heading a household in LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 23 years, Calphonia Wooster, age
55 (b. Nov 1844 in PA; parents b. NYS), with no occupation recorded, who had
had 4 children, all still alive; and son, Llewellyn Wooster, age 14 (b. Jan
1886 in PA; parents b. PA), with no occupation recorded.
2. Wife: Calfurnia
Harriett House (photos)
Born 9 November 1844 in
Pennsylvania; daughter of Jason (b. 9 May 1805, d. 25 Mar 1871, age 64) and Hannah (?) House (b, 29 Jun 1803, d. 28 Aug 1880, age 77) of
Granville. Died 1909; interred with
Marcus. Married
Marcus Lafayette Wooster on 19 September 1877.
3. Children:
a. Gordon Fulton Wooster: (photos) Born 12 September 1878 in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 20 May 1958
at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred Montoursville
Cemetery, Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: Gordon Wooster, age 21 (b. Dec 1878
in PA; father b. PA; mother b. NYS) and employed in a lumber yard , was heading
a household in the Village of Carbon Run, Barclay Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 1 year, Catherine Wooster, age 19 (b. Oct 1880 in PA;
parents b. PA), who had had 1 child, still alive; and son, Fredrick Wooster,
age 3 months (b. Mar 1900 in PA; parents b. PA).
1910 US Census: No record found.
1920 US Census: No record found.
1930 US Census: Chambers Casselberry, age 34 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a postal clerk, was heading a household at 330
Eldred Street in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He married 1st at age 24, and his residence
was valued at $7,000. The household also
included his wife, Ellen Casselberry, age 27 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who
married 1st at age 18; and father-in-law, Gordon Wooster, age 50 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), divorced, and employed as a millwright in a foundry, who married
1st at age 20.
1940 US Census: Chambers F. Castelberry,
age 44 (b. PA) and employed as a postal clerk, was heading a household in the
City of Williamsport, Williamsport Township, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. He had completed 2 years
of high school, and his residence was valued at $5,700. The household also included his wife, Ellen
Castleberry, age 38 (b. PA), who had completed 1 year of high school; and
father-in-law, Gordon Wooster, age 62 (b. PA), widowed, and employed as a
carpenter with his own business, who apparently had no formal schooling. They all resided in the same house on 1 April
1935.
1942 WWII Draft Registration: Gordon Fulton Wooster,
age 63 (b. 12 Sep 1878 in LeRoy Twp, Bradford Co., PA) and self employed,
resided with his son-in-law, C. F. Casselberry, at 330 Eldred Street in the
City of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Gordon Wooster married Katherine/Catherine Savacool (b. Oct 1880 in PA) and had the following
children:
(1. Frederick "Fred" E.
Wooster: Born 4 March 1900 in Pennsylvania. Died 12
October 1973, age 73, in Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, New
Haven County, Connecticut; interred Twin Hills Memorial Park, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Employed as a laboratory
technician for the footwear division of Uniroyal Company, Naugatuck Township,
New Haven County, Connecticut, and resided last at Naugatuck. Married Florence Grove (b.
abt 1904 in PA); apparently no children.
1930 US Census: Fred E. Wooster, age 30 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer in a rubber factory, was heading a
household at 1423 Memorial Drive in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. He married 1st at age
24. The household also included his
wife, Florence Wooster, age 26 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married 1st at age
20.
1940 US Census: Fred Wooster, age 40 (b. PA) and
employed as a cutter in a rubber plant, was heading a household at 121 Hill
Street in the City of Naugatuck, Naugatuck Township, New Haven County,
Connecticut. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife,
Florence Wooster, age 35 (b. PA) and employed as a fitter in a rubber plant,
who had completed 8th grade. They
resided in the same township on 1 April 1935.
(2. Ellen Wooster: Born about 1902 in
Pennsylvania. Married
Chambers F. Castelberry (b. abt 1896 in PA); perhaps
no children.
b. Henry Glenn Wooster: See
generation 2, below.
c. Lawrence/Laurence Justus Wooster: (photos) Born 19 May 1882 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 1 June 1971 in Canton
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred East Canton Cemetery, Canton
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census: Lawrence Wooster, age 27 (b. PA;
father b. CT; mother b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer on a dairy farm, was
heading a household in Canton Township (north district), Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 9
years, Ruth Wooster, age 27 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had had 3 children, 2
of whom were still alive; son, Elwin Wooster, age 2 (b. PA); and son, Ernest
Wooster, age 4 months (b. PA).
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Laurence Justus
Wooster, age 36 (b. 19 Mar 1882) and employed as a farmer, resided on RFD #1,
Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His wife, Ruth Wooster, was named as his nearest relative.
1920 US Census: Lawrence J. Wooster, age 37 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a shipping clerk in a box factory, was heading a
household on Towanda Creek Road in Canton Township (north of Towanda Creek),
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Ruth A. Wooster, age 36 (b. PA; parents b.
PA); son, Elwin Wooster, age 12 (b. PA); son, Maurice Wooster, age 7 (b. PA);
daughter, Clara Wooster, age 4 years and 2 months (b. PA); and father-in-law,
Columbus C. Tillotson, age 76 (b. PA; parents b. PA),
widowed, and not employed.
1930 US Census: Laurence Wooster, age 48 (b. PA;
father b. CT; mother b. PA) and employed as a miller in a feed store, was
heading a household on Minnequa Avenue in Canton
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
He married 1st at age 19, and his residence was valued at $4,000. The household also included his wife, Ruth Wooster,
age 47 (b. PA), who married 1st at age 18; son, Maurice Wooster, age 17 (b. PA)
and single; daughter, Clara Wooster, age 14 (b. PA); and son, Keith Wooster,
age 9 (b. PA).
1940 US Census: Laurance
Wooster, age 58 (b. PA) and employed as a laborer in a feed mill, was heading a
household at 61 Minnequa Avenue, Canton Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had
completed 8th grade, and his residence was valued at $3,000. The household also included his wife, Ruth
Wooster, age 57 (b. PA), who had completed 8th grade; son, Elwin Wooster, age
32 (b. PA) and employed as a truck driver, who had completed 1 years of high
school; son, Maurice Wooster, age 27 (b. PA) and employed as a truck driver for
a folding box factory, who had completed 4 years of high school; and son, Keith
W.? Wooster, age 19 (b. PA), who had completed 1 year of
college. They resided in the same
house on 1 April 1935.
1942 WWII Draft Registration: Lawrence Jestus Wooster, age 59 (b. 19 May 1882 in Bradford Co., PA)
resided at 61 Minnequa Avenue in Canton Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He named
his wife, Ruth A. Wooster of that residence as someone who will always know his
address. He was employed by Martin L.
Rockwell on Troy Street in Canton.
Lawrence Wooster married Ruth Ann Tillotson (b. 1883, d. 1958), daughter of Christopher
Columbus (b. 1843, d. 1926) and Laurissa (Holcomb) Tillotson (b. 1844, d. 1884), and had the following
children:
(1. Hazen D. Wooster: Born 1902 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died there 1904.
(2. Clarence Elwin Wooster "Elwin": Born 7
May 1907 in Pennsylvania. Died 20 April 1981 in Canton Borough, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(3. Ernestine M. Wooster: Born about 1910 in
Pennsylvania. Died there 1916.
(4. Maurice Leland Wooster: Born 27 June 1912 in
Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 7 June 1962 at Wilkes-Barrie, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania.
(5. Clara Wooster: Born 8 October 1915 in East
Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 August 2005 at Williamsport, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania.
(6. Gordon Keith Wooster: Born 1920 in
Pennsylvania. Died
1945.
d. Lewis Lewellen Wooster:
(photos) Born 10 January 1886 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Died November 1976, age 90, in the Village of
Burdett, Hector Township, Schuyler County, New York;
interred East Canton Cemetery, Canton Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census: Lewis Wooster, age 23 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer in a sawmill,
was heading a household in Barclay Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. He had been married
once. The household also included his
wife of 5 years, Jessie Wooster, age 23 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had been
married once and had had 1 child, still alive; and son, Stanley Wooster, age 4
(b. PA; parents b. PA).
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Lewis Llewellyn
Wooster, age 32 (b. 10 Jan 1886) and employed as a freight clerk for the
Pennsylvania Railway Company, resided with his wife, Jessie Wooster, in Canton
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1920 US Census: Lewis Wooster, age 34 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a freight handler for the railroad, was heading
a household at 140 Minequa Avenue in Canton Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Jessie Wooster, age 34 (b. PA; parents b.
PA); and son, Stanley Wooster, age 14 (b. PA; parents b. PA).
1930 US Census: Lewis L. Wooster, age 44 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a ticket agent at the [railroad?] Depot, was
heading a household at 203 8th Street in the Village of Watkins Glen Township,
Dix Township, Schuyler County, New York.
He married 1st at age 17. The
household also included his wife, Jessie Wooster, age 44 (b. PA; parents b.
PA), who married 1st at age 17; and son, Harley Wooster, age 7 (b. NY; parents
b. PA).
1940 US Census: Lewis L. Wooster, age 54 (b. PA) and
employed as a watchman for the International Salt Company, was heading a
household in the Village of Burdett, Hector Township, Schuyler County, New
York. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Jessie
Wooster, age 54 (b. PA), who had completed 8th grade; and son, Harley Wooster,
age 17 (b. NYS) and employed as a clerk in a retail store, who had completed 2
years of high school. They resided in
the same township on 1 April 1935.
Lewis Wooster married Jessie Lucinda Letts (b. 1885,
d. 1972; interred with Lewis) and had the following children:
(1. Stanley E. Wooster: Born 1905. Died 1933; shares a gravestone with his
parents in East Canton Cemetery, Canton Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
(2. Harley K. Wooster: Born 1922 in New York. Name and birth recorded on his parents'
gravestone in East Canton Cemetery, Canton Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
2 Henry Glenn Wooster (photos) (more info)
“Glenn”
(also seen:
Glenn Henry Wooster “Henry”)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 6 June 1880 (also seen: b. May 1880) in Pennsylvania. Died May/18 June 1958; interred LeRoy
Cemetery, LeRoy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: Glen Wooster, age 20 (b. May 1880 in
PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed by
Laverne C. Landon, age 34 (b. Aug 1866 in PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a
farmer, in Granville Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census: No record found.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Glen Henry Wooster, age
38 (b. 6 Jun 1880) and employed as a farmer, resided with Mrs. Minnie Clarissa
Wooster at RD! Granville Summit, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
1920 US Census: Glen H. Wooster, age 39 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Granville
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Minnie C. Wooster, age 31 (b. PA;
parents b. PA); son, Paul E. Wooster, age 8 (b. PA); son, Raymond A. Wooster,
age 5 (b. PA); and daughter, Harriet C. Wooster, age 2 months (b. PA).
1930 US Census: Glen Wooster, age 51 (b. PA; parents
b. PA), widowed, and employed as a laborer, resided in the household headed by
Harry L. Barner, age 51 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and
employed as a farm laborer, in Wysox Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. No date
recorded for when Glen married 1st.
1940 US Census: Glen Wooster, age 59 (b. PA),
widowed, and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed by
Ralls G. Williams, age 79 (b. PA) in Canton Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
1942 WWII Draft Registration: (2 records) (1) Glen
Henry Wooster, age 64 (b. 6 Jun 1880 in Bradford Co., PA) and not employed,
resided at RFD #1, Monroeton, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. He named his daughter,
Mrs. Harriet Biles of RFD #1, Monroeton,
Pennsylvania as someone who would always know his address. (2) Glen H. Wooster,
age 61 (b. 6 Jun 1880 in LeRoy Township, Bradford Co., PA) resided at Canton
RFD #1, East Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and named his
brother, Lawrence Wooster of Canton, Pennsylvania as a person who will always
know his address.
2. Wife: Minnie Clarissa Eddy (photos)
Born December 1888 in Pennsylvania; daughter of George Allen (b. 1855, d. 1921)and Henrietta "Etta"/"Ettie" M. (Larcom) Eddy (b. 1866, d. 1950).
Died 27 June 1928, age 39, at Granville Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
from complications of child birth (three days in labor; needed surgery (a
C-section), but there was no one available capable of performing it); interred
LeRoy Cemetery. At age 21 married Glen
Wooster, age 30, on 2 July 1910 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1930 US Census: Archie G. Wiggins, age 58 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a telephone operator on a switch board, was
heading a household in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He was married 1st at age 52 and his home was
valued at $500. The household also
included his wife, Ettie M. Wiggins, age 63 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), who was married 1st at age 19; and step-granddaughter, Harriett
C. Wooster, age 10 (b. PA; parents b. PA).
1940 US Census: Etta M. Wiggins, age 73 (b. PA),
widowed, and employed as a switch board operator in a telephone office, was
heading a household in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Her residence was valued at $900, and she had
completed 8th grade. The household also
included her grandson, Paul E. Wooster, age 28 (b. PA), single, and employed as
a laborer on the state highway, who had completed 8th grade; and granddaughter,
Harriet C. Wooster, age 20 (b. PA) and single, with no employment recorded, who
had completed 8th grade. Etta and
Harriet resided in the same house on 1 April 1935. Paul resided elsewhere in Bradford County on
1 April 1935.
3. Children: (by one acct only two older brothers.)
a. Paul Eddy Wooster: (photos) Born 19 January 1912. Died 11 September 1974, age 62; interred
LeRoy Cemetery, LeRoy Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
1930 US Census: Paul Wooster, age 18 (b. PA; parents
b. PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed
by Cleyde Mattocks, age 29 (b. PA) and employed as a
farmer, in Troy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1940 US Census: Paul E. Wooster, age 28 (b. PA),
single, and employed as a laborer on the state highway, resided in the
household headed by his grandmother, Etta M. Wiggins, age 73, in Franklin
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
He had completed 8th grade. The
household also included his sister, Harriet C. Wooster, age 20 (b. PA), single,
and not employed.
1942 WWII Draft Registration: Paul E. Wooster (b.
1912 in PA), single, and employed as a carpenter, registered at Binghamton,
Broome County, New York.
Paul Wooster married, as her 2nd husband, Ellen (Beechey) Burr, who married (1st) (?) Burr and had the
following children:
(1. James A. Burr: Born 11 December 1932 in Canton
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 26 October 2010, age 77, in Pennsylvania. In 1974 resided at Elmira, Chemung County,
New York. Married Joann (?) and had the
following son:
(a. Jeffrey Burr.
(2. Paul Eddy Burr, Jr.: In 1974 resided at Canton,
Pennsylvania.
Paul and Ellen (Beechey)(Burr) Wooster had the following daughter:
(3. Sandra "Sandy" Wooster: Married Edward
"Ed" Navone and in 1974 resided at Easton,
Pennsylvania.
b. Raymond Allen Wooster: (photos) (more info) Born 25 March 1914 in LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 1 August
1992, age 78, at home in Wysox Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania; interred Powell Cemetery, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1930 US Census: Raymond A. Wooster, age 16 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the
household headed by John Z. Decker, age 31 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, in
Granville Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1940 US Census: Raymond Wooster, age 26 (b. PA) and
employed as a loom cleaner in a silk mill, was heading a household at 16
Mechanic Street in Towanda, Towanda Borough, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. He had completed 7th
grade. The household also included his
wife, Nellie Wooster, age 29 (b. PA), who had completed 8th grade; and
daughter, Leatha Wooster, age 3 (b. PA).
Raymond Wooster married (1st) Nellie A. Wood (b. 4
Jul 1911 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 16 Aug
1948) on 22 October 1934 in Sayre Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and
had the following children:
(1. Letha E. Wooster: (photos) Born 5 April 1937 in Pennsylvania. Died 31 December 1982.
(2. Richard "Dick" Wooster: (photos) Born 1940 in Sayre Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Sandra E.
Dodge (b. 1943 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA) on 3 February 1962 in E. Granville
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(a. Richard Wooster.
(b. Nellie Wooster: Died before August 1992.
(c. Paulette Wooster.
(d. Sonda
L. Wooster: Born 2 February 1967 in Sayre Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 11
December 1967 in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Richard Wooster married (2nd) Donna (?) and in 1992
resided at Nicholson, Pennsylvania.
Raymond Wooster married (2nd), as her 2nd husband,
Eleanor May Morris (photos) (b. 1 May 1919 at Endicott, Broome Co., NY (also
seen: b. Towanda, PA), d. 7 Nov 1969, age 50, in Monroeton
Twp, Bradford Co., PA from head injuries received in a vehicular accident),
daughter of Harry Willard (b. 1887, d. 1965) and Cora Eleanor (Allen) Morris
(b. 1885, d. 1969), on 28 January 1949 in Monroeton
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Eleanor had 1st married John Stuart Wheeler and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(3. Viola Mary Wheeler: Married
Kenneth Bartholomew, Sr. and in 1992 resided in Wysox
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(4. W. John Wheeler
"John": Born 1936. Died 1999. Married
Susan "Sue" (?) and in 1992 resided at Towanda, Towanda Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(5. Glenna "Marie"
Wheeler: Born 3 January 1940 in Tioga Township, New York. Died 31 May 2016, age 76, at home in Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1992 resided in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps married (1st) (?) Davis and had the
following children:
(a. Joan "Tina" Davis:
Married Timothy "Tim" Northrup.
(b.
Michael Davis.
(c. Jeffery Davis: Married Dona
(?).
(d. Laura
Davis: Married (?) McCormack.
(e. Karen Davis:
Married David Denny.
(f. Kathy
Davis: Married Brian Davis.
(g.
Timothy Davis.
(h.
Genevieve Davis: Resided with Steve McNeal.
(c. Joan Northrup: Died before October 2015.
Glenna Wheeler married (perhaps
2nd) Carl I. Bailey (b. 28 Sep 1942 at Sayre, PA, d. 15 Oct 2015), son of
Claude and Lillian (Stone) Bailey).
(6. William "Bill" Eugene
Wheeler: Born 1944. Died
2014. Married Dian (?) and in
1992 resided at Bricktown, Ocean County, New Jersey.
Raymond and Eleanor (Morris)(Wheeler)
Wooster had the following children:
(7. Paula A. Wooster: Born 6 July 1949 at Towanda,
Towanda Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 14 October 2013, age 64, in Grover
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Raymond Harold Chaapel (b. 1934 in Granville
Summit, Bradford Co., PA) on 17 September 1966 in Franklindale
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following children (order
uncertain):
(a. Raymond "Ray" H. Chaapel:
Born 1967. Married
Lynette (?).
(b. Grover Chaapel.
(c. Kitrina
Chaapel: Married Chris (?).
(d. Kelli Chaapel.
(8. Donald Lewis Wooster: Born 18 December
1952. Died 21 December
2013 in Gulfport Township, Harrison County, Mississippi. Married Donna Flanigan
about 1978 and had the following daughter:
(a. Shari Wooster: Died before 21 December 2013.
(9. Robley "Rob"
Wooster: Married Lisa (?) and in 1992 resided in Pennsylvania.
c. Harriett Calfurnia
Wooster: See generation 1, below.
1 Harriett Calfurnia Wooster:
Born 9
November 1919 in Canton Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 31 January 2007, age 87, in Athens
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (obit published 2 Feb 2007 at Shamokin,
Northumberland Co., PA). Married, as his 2nd wife, John
Robert Biles, Sr., descendant #6 of
generation 10 of the Descendants of John Addison Biles on 23 October 1944 at Monroeton,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
See John Robert Biles, Sr. Page for More Info
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