| Date |
Reference |
Details |
|
| 1790-1810 |
|
Probable arrival of
family in England from Poland. |
|
| 1809 |
|
Probable date of marriage
of Isaac Woolf to Leah. Leah was born in Exeter in about 1791 and would
have been a member of the existing Jewish community in the city when
Isaac and his family arrived. |
|
| 1810 |
|
Birth of William Woolf,
son of Isaac and Leah, in Exeter (date derived from William's marriage
certificate and census records). |
|
| 1812 |
|
Birth of Myers Woolf,
son of Isaac and Leah, in Exeter (date derived Myers' marriage certificate
and census records). |
|
| 1819 |
|
Birth of Henry Woolf
at Exeter. He was probably another son of Isaac and Leah |
|
| 1821 |
|
Birth of
Ezekiel Woolf, son of Isaac and Leah, in Exeter (date derived Ezekiel's
marriage certificate and census records). |
|
| 1825 |
|
31st July: Birth of
Michael Woolf at Exeter, son of Isaac and Leah |
|
| 1829 |
|
Birth of Rachel Woolf
in Plymouth, daughter os Isaac and Leah |
|
| 1833 |
|
Birth of Priscilla Woolf
in Exeter, daughter of Isaac and Leah |
|
| 1838 |
GRO |
Marriage Certificate
for William Woolf and Ann Levi. The marriage took place at 46 Chapel
Street, Plymouth, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish
faith. |
 |
| 1840 |
GRO |
Death Certificate for
Mary Crosscombe in Exeter, 13th november 1840. Mary (nee MacDonald)
was the wife of Philip and mother of Mary Ann Crosscombe, Michael Woolf's
wife. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/227/10 |
Census of Brixham, Devon,
showing Aaron Wolf, born c.1822. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/725/3 |
Census of St Botolph, Aldgate, London,
showing David Wolf born c.1785 |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/247/11 |
Census of Kingsbridge, Devon, showing
Jacob Wolf born c.1776, a hawker born abroad. The names Jacob and Isaac
were interchangeable in the Jewish community, so this is possibly Michael
Woolf's father. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/267/5 |
Census showing Leah Woolf and children
Michael, Rachel and Priscilla living in Prospect Place, Exeter. The
"y" in the right-hand column signifies that they were all
born in the county of Devon. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/725/3 |
Census of St Botolph, Aldgate, London
showing Michael born c.1771 abroad. As yet we know of no link between
Michael and Isaac |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/269/6 |
Census of Plymouth showing Hyman
Woolf born c.1826 living in Frankfort Street |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/710/11 |
Census of Splitalfields, London,
whosing Isaac Woolf born c.1796 abroad. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/267/8 |
Census of Exeter showing Moses Woolf,
a shopman born c.1823 living in Fore Street. The "n" in the
right-hand column signifies that he was not born in Devon, altough he
was not born abroad. The names "Moses" and "Moss"
were interchangeable in the Jewish community |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/274/3 |
Census of Devonport showing William
Wolf, born c.1811, living in Market Street. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/269/6 |
Census of Plymouth showin Woolf
Woolf (born overseas c.1786, a teacher of Hebrew) and his wife Kitty,
in Willow Street. In the 1851 census (see below) he was called Marcus
Woolf. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/294/9 |
Census of Lyme Regis, Dorset, showing
Ezekiel Woolf (born c.1821, a servant), Michael Woolf (born c.1811,
an optician) and Morris Woolf (born c. 1826, an optician). If Ezekiel
was the brother of Michael (born Exeter 1825) then who was this Michael
Woolf? They were living in Coombe Street at the house of James Reynolds,
a vuctualler - it may possibly have been a guest house. |
 |
| 1841 |
HO107/266/1 |
Census of Exeter showing Philip
Croscombe, tailor, living with his family in Goldsmith Street after
the death of his wife Mary. |
 |
| 1845 |
GRO |
Marriage certificate for Myers Woolf
and Phoebe Abrahams, which took place at 64 Cambridge Street Plymouth
according to the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish faith |
 |
| 1846 |
GRO |
Marriage Certificate of Ezekiel
Woolf to Elizabeth Peyman in Abingdon, 30th March 1846. Note that the
marriage took place in the (Christian) parish church, rather than a
Jewish synagogue. |
 |
| 1850 |
GRO |
Death Certificate for Isaac Woolf,
hawker of Exeter, dated 28th January 1850. This gives Isaac's birth
date at around 1774. |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1520 |
Census of Finsbury showing Ezekiel
Woolf (b.1821) living with his family at 84 Charles Street |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1868 |
Census of St Sidwell's, Exeter,
showing Henry and George Wolfe staying at the Bullers Arms. George was
shown as a travelling stationer, and Henry as a travelling jeweller. |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1525 |
Census of Whitechapel showing Leah
Woolf with her daughters Rachel and Priscilla. This was about a year
after Isaac's death, and very shortly before Rachel's marriage to Isaac
Moss. Note that Leah was born in Exeter around 1791, which means that
she was not part of the group of Jews (which included Isaac) that arrived
in Exeter around that time. |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1532 |
Census of Whitechapel showing Michael
Woolf (b.1814) and his wife Rachael. Here Michael is shown as a fruiterer
- could this be the same person who was living with Ezekiel in 1841
but noted as an optician? |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1595 |
Census of Farnham, Surrey showing
Myers Woolf (born c.1812) a traveller from Exeter. |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1878 |
Census showing William Wolf (b.1810,
Exeter, a pawnbroker) and his family living in Buckwell Street. |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1869 |
Census showing Philip Crosscombe,
Tailor, living in Mary Arches Street, Exeter |
 |
| 1851 |
HO107/1879 |
Census showing Marcus and Kitty
Wolf living in Catherin Street, Plymouth. Marcus and Kitty are both
noted as having been born in Poland, and were contemporaries of Isaac.
Marcus was also a witness at the marriage of William Woolf in 1848. |
 |
| 1851 |
GRO |
Marriage of Rachel Woolf (Michael's
sister) to Isaac Moss of Whitechapel (Quarter 2 of 1851) |
|
| 1854 |
GRO |
Marriage of Michael Woolf and Mary
Ann Crocombe, 2nd February 1854 |
 |
| 1854 |
GRO 5b/185 |
Marriage or Philip Crosscombe and
Susan Crimp at Exeter (Quarter 3 1854) |
|
| 1855 |
GRO |
Birth of Priscilla Charlotte Woolf,
daughter of Michael and Mary Ann, at Hampton Court |
|
| 1857 |
GRO |
Marriage of Priscilla Woolf (Michael's
sister) to Samual Romaine at Houndsditch (10th March 1857). |
|
| 1861 |
RG9/277 |
Census showing Samuel and Priscilla
Romaine with their daughter Hannah living in Towe Hamlets. Prsiclla
was the daughter of Isaac and Leah Woolf. |
 |
| 1861 |
RG9/2143 |
Census showing Ezekiel Woolf and his family
living in Pershore Street, Birmingham. Ezekiel is shown as a general
dealer, but it is clear from th birth places of his children that
he travelled (2 pages).
|
 
|
| 1861 |
RG9/1447 |
Census showing Henry Woolf (born
c.1819 Exeter, a jeweller) living with his wife Martha in Union Street,
East Stonehouse, Devon. |
 |
| 1861 |
RG9/270 |
Census of Whitechapel showing Leah
Woolf living with her daughter Rachel Moss, her hsband Isaac Moss and
their family. |
 |
| 1861 |
RG9/1436 |
Census of Plymouth showing William
Woolf (boen c.1810 Exeter) living in Clifton Place with his wife Ann
and son Solomon. |
 |
| 1861 |
RG9/1398 |
Census showing Philip
Crosscombe, tailor, and his second wife Susan living in Mary Arches
Street, Exeter (two pages) |
  |
| 1861 |
GRO 5b/69 |
Death of Philip Crosscombe
at Exeter (Quarter 4 1861) |
|
| 1861 |
GRO |
Possible death of Myers
Woolf (Michael's brother) in Hastings, Sussex.(Quarter 1 1861) |
|
| 1861 |
RG9/259 |
Census of Bethnal Green
showing Phoebe Woolf (widow of Myers) and her family. This would have
been just a few weeks after the death of her husband. |
 |
| 1862 |
GRO |
Birth of Caroline Hannah
Woolf, daughter of Michael and Mary Ann, at the Tower of London (30th
July). Caroline was Christened at the church of St Peter Ad Vincula
31st August 1862. |
 |
| 1865 |
GRO 6d/70 |
Death of Leah Woolf
in Birmingham (Quarter 1 of 1865). It is possible she was staying with
her son Ezekiel at the time. |
|
| 1870 |
GRO |
Death of Priscilla Romaine
(Michael Woolf's sister) Quarter 4 of 1870. |
|
| 1871 |
RG10/555 |
Census of Tower Hamlets
showing Isaac and Rachael Moss and family living in Nottingham Place
(two pages) |
 
|
| 1871 |
RG10/3106 |
Census showing Ezekiel Woolf (now
a watchmaker) and his family, living in Pershore Street, Birmingham |
 |
| 1871 |
RG10/2121 |
Census showing Henry Woolf and his
wife Ann living in Windsor Street, Plymouth. With them is their niece
Hannah Romaine, daughter of Samuel and Priscilla - Priscilla had died
a few months previously. |
 |
| 1871 |
RG10/509 |
Census of Tower Hamlets showing
Isaac Woolf, born c.1794 in the Netherlands. This is probably the same
Isaac recorded in the 1841 - it is doubtful that he is connected to
our Woolf family as those from The Netherlands were mainly Sephardic
Jews. |
 |
| 1871 |
RG10/2061 |
Census showing Michael Woolf and
his family living in Russell Street, St Sidwells Exeter. Michael is
shown as a Chelsea Pensioner. For some reason Caroline is not listsed
(she is not on the next page either!) - I suspect this is a simple error
on the part of the enumerator. |
 |
| 1871 |
RG10/2122 |
Census showing William and Ann Woolf
living in Plymouth |
 |
| 1872 |
GRO |
Deat of William Woolf (Michael's
brother) in Plymouth |
|
| 1877 |
GRO |
Death Certificate for Mary Ann Woolf,
wife of Michael, at Exeter 23rd March 1877. |
 |
| 1878 |
GRO |
Marriage Certificate for Michael
Woolf and Anna Andrews, 2nd January 1878. |
 |
| 1881 |
RG11/269 |
Census showing Rachel Moss, now
a widow, living with her family in Citizen Road, Islington (2 pages) |
 
|
| 1881 |
RG11/2986 |
Census showing Ezekiel Woolf and his family
living at 94 Smallbrook Street, Birmingham (2 pages)
|
  |
| 1881 |
RG11/583 |
Census showing Henry Woolf (born
c.1819 Exeter) lodging at Waterloo Street, Lambeth |
 |
| 1881 |
RG11/2157 |
Census showing Joseph Woolf (born
c.1862, son of Ezekiel) lodging in Dawlish, Devon |
 |
| 1881 |
RG11/2151 |
Census showing Michael Woolf and
his family living in Parr Street, Exeter |
 |
| 1882 |
GRO |
Death of Ezekiel Woolf (Michael's
brother) in Birmingham (11th March 1882) |
|
| 1886 |
GRO |
Death of Henry Woolf (Michael's
brother) in Plymouth |
|
| 1891 |
RG12/1697 |
Census showing Michael Woolf and
his family living in Yeovil Place, Exeter |
 |
| 1891 |
RG12/119 |
Census showing Michael Woolf (the
fruiterer) living with his family in Gordon Square, London |
 |
| 1891 |
RG12/2428 |
Census showing Rose Woolf and her
shildren living with her brother-in-law, Samuel Clements, in Birmingham.
Rose was the wife of Isaac Woolf, son of Ezekiel. Samuel Clements is
listed as an aerial gymnast! |
 |
| 1901 |
RG13/2041 |
Census showing Michael Woolf and
his family living in Sandford Street, Exeter |
 |
| 1901 |
RG13/2882 |
Census showing Rose Agnes Woolf
living with her family in Birmingham. Rose was now a widow (of Isaac
Woolf, son of Ezekiel). |
 |
| 1903 |
GRO |
Death Certificate for Michael Woolf
in Exeter, 12th August 1903. |
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