George Woolliscroft

1815 - 1868  (52 years)

• Name	George Woolliscroft
  Born	4 Jun 1815	Leek, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Christened	21 Oct 1816	St Edward, Leek, Staffordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Newspaper	8 May 1839	Rushton, Leek, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	marriage announced in the Derby Mercury.
  Occupation	6 Jun 1841	Leek, Staffordshire, England   [5]
  	grocer
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851	Alton, Staffordshire, England   [6]
  	grocer
  Arrival	19 May 1855	New York, USA   [7]
  	arrived aboard the Baltic The ship sailed from Liverpool
  Occupation	19 May 1855	New York City, New York, USA   [7]
  	merchant
  Newspaper	26 Sep 1857	Old Jewry Chambers, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [8]
  	A John Woolliscroft of Leek, corn dealer was required to attend Bankruptcy Court on the 5 & 30 October. This is most likely George as he was the only corn dealer in Leek and later records show he was in debtor's prison.
  Residence	24 Apr 1860	Stafford Gaol, Stafford, Staffordshire, England   [9]
  	a prisoner for bankcruptcy
  		Newspaper Article
  Newspaper	1 May 1860	Basford, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England   [10]
  	Court for releif if insolvent debtors court appearence 15 May at Stafford
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861	Basford Bridge, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England   [11]
  	tea dealer
  Newspaper	25 Jul 1862	Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire, England   [12]
  	Notice of first meeting of creditors after being declared bakcrupt
  Newspaper	22 Aug 1862	Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire, England   [13]
  	Last examination and application for discharge of bankruptcy
  Occupation	12 Feb 1868	Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  	corn dealer
  Died	12 Feb 1868	Russell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, England   [1, 14, 15]
  	Melancholy End. - Mr George Woolliscroft, grocer, of Wetley Rocks, near Leek, died suddenley on the morning of the 13 inst., at Mr George Burton’s, Russell Street, Leek where he had stayed the night. Deceased, who was not sober at the time, took a dose of chlorodine for a sleeping drought before retiring for the night, and it is supposed he must have got up in the night and repeded the dose. Mr Burton went up-stairs about half-past nine to ask deceased to come down to breakfast, and on receiving no answer went into the room and found him dead in bed. The body was warm at the time. Transcribed from the Stafford Advertiser, 15 Feb 1868, p7.
  Inquest	15 Feb 1868	Leek, Staffordshire, England   [16]
  	On Saturday (15th Feb?) Mr Booth, coroner, held an inquest at Leek on the body of George Woolliscroft, grocer, Wetley Rocks whose death was anounced in the “Advertiser” last week as attributable to chlorodyne. The medical and other evidence was conclusive on that point, and the jury returned a verdict that death had resulted from an overdose of chlorodyne having been inadvertently taken. Staffordshire Advertiser 22 February 1868, p4
  Probate	16 Oct 1890	Probate Registry, Lichfield   [17]
  	admon granted to Henry Woolliscroft of Biddulph, corn dealer the son and one of the next of Kin
  Person ID	I67	Williscroft | The Alton Families
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	George Woolliscroft,   b. Dec 1785, Butterton, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 16 Jul 1865, Beauihurst Lane, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen Doughty,   b. 1781, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 30 Nov 1847, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England  (Age 66 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1815	St Edward, Leek, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Smith,   b. 1818, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England ,   d. May 1886, Mossley, Biddulph, Staffordshire, England  (Age 68 years)
  Marriage Licence	25 Apr 1839	Biddulph, Staffordshire, England   [18]
  	Licence issued for the couple to marry at Spencer
  Married	26 Apr 1839	St Lawrence, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, England   [19, 20, 21]
  	The couple married by Licence. George was of full age and from Leek, a tea dealer the son of George, also a tea dealer. Mary was the youngest daughter of Edward Smith deceased (newspaper report of the wedding). Mary was from Cheddleton and of full age. They both signed the register.Witnesses were Edward Smith Waltera and John Armitt.
  		George Woolliscroft & Mary Smith
  		George Woolliscroft & Mary Smith Marriage announcement from the newspaper
  Residence	6 Jun 1841	Sheep Market, Leek, Staffordshire, England   [2, 22]
  Residence	6 Aug 1844	Brewhill Cottage, Daisy Bank, Leek, Staffordshire   [3]
  	when son Edward was born.
  Residence	30 Mar 1851	Alton, Staffordshire, England   [6]
  	Jane White was a servant in the household
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Basford Bridge, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England   [23]
  Children	1. Mary Lucy Woolliscroft,   b. 1840, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 1912, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England  (Age 72 years)   2. Ann Eliza Woolliscroft,   b. 1841, Leek, Staffordshire, England   3. George Woolliscroft,   b. 25 Feb 1842, Sheep Market, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Mar 1897, St Matthew Hospital (Asylum), Burntwood, Staffordshire, England  (Age 55 years) + 4. Ellen Woolliscroft,   b. 1843, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 9 Feb 1929, Ballina, NSW, Australia  (Age 86 years) + 5. Edward Smith Woolliscroft,   b. 6 Aug 1844, Brewhill Cottage, Daisy Bank, Leek, Staffordshire ,   d. Feb 1895, Liscard, Cheshire, England  (Age 50 years)   6. John Smith Woolliscroft,   b. 15 Jan 1846, Daisy Bank Cottage, Leek, Staffordshire ,   d. Aug 1864, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England  (Age 18 years) + 7. Henry Woolliscroft,   b. 1847, Alton, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 14 Sep 1897, John Street, Biddulph, Staffordshire, England  (Age 50 years)   8. Robert Woolliscroft,   b. Dec 1848, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Apr 1849, Leek, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 9. Elizabeth Woolliscroft,   b. 1851, Leek, Staffordshire, England + 10. Alice Wooliscroft,   b. 1853, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1935, 114 Victoria Road, Fenton, Staffordshire, England  (Age 82 years)   11. Male Woolliscroft,   b. 1855, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Mar 1855, Leek, Staffordshire, England  (Age 0 years)   12. Edith Wooliscroft,   b. 1858, Leek, Staffordshire, England + 13. William Woolliscroft,   b. 1859, Leek, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1914, Bootle, Lancashire, England  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jun 1815 - Leek, Staffordshire, England Christened - 21 Oct 1816 - St Edward, Leek, Staffordshire, England Marriage Licence - 25 Apr 1839 - Biddulph, Staffordshire, England Occupation - 6 Jun 1841 - Leek, Staffordshire, England Residence - 6 Aug 1844 - Brewhill Cottage, Daisy Bank, Leek, Staffordshire Occupation - 30 Mar 1851 - Alton, Staffordshire, England Residence - 30 Mar 1851 - Alton, Staffordshire, England Arrival - 19 May 1855 - New York, USA Occupation - 19 May 1855 - New York City, New York, USA Newspaper - 1 May 1860 - Basford, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England Occupation - 7 Apr 1861 - Basford Bridge, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England Residence - 7 Apr 1861 - Basford Bridge, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England Inquest - 15 Feb 1868 - Leek, Staffordshire, England Probate - 16 Oct 1890 - Probate Registry, Lichfield  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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