Frank Samuel Woodward (1859 - 1941)

Born 2 Sep 1859 in Emu Bay, (Burnie), Tasmania, Australia.

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Summers) Barker — married before 1881 in [As an un married Partner], Tasmania, Australia.

Husband of Nora Evangeline (Riseley) Woodward — married 20 Mar 1890 in Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.

Husband of Bridget (O'Shaughnessey) Woodward — married 11 Oct 1894 in Emu Bay, [Burnie], Tasmania, Australia.

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1941 at age 81 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

Frank Samuel Woodward [Frank [Snr] ] was born on, September 2nd 1859 ^[1] "[Frank, was Baptised: ‘Frank Samuel Woodward’ on Christmas-day [December 25th] 1859..

Frank is to experience ‘three-serious-partnerships’ in his life, along with, sometimes assuming the name ‘Francis’, he provides some confusions when researching his later years.

• 1881: A relationship with Catherine SUMMERS, a child is born Frank [Jnr] (1881-1958). ^[2]

• 1891: Frank [Snr] goes on to marry Nora-Evangeline, RISELY. ^[3] They have two children: Edith-Amelia-1891, Frank-Samuel-1892, Both wife Nora-Evangeline & Frank-Samuel, die in 1892. ^[4] and ^[5]

• 1894: Frank [Snr] then marries Bridget, OSHAUGHNESSY, ^[6] They have at least seven children: Ivy-May-1895-[married-Donovan], Daisy-Frances-1896-[married-Bell], Norman, 1897 [married-May Catchpole]. Eileen, Margaret, 1899 [married-Doherty], Lily-[married-Boston], Ellen-Grace-1905, Frances-Leonard-1910.

Frank [Snr] does not followed his father into farming, his ‘place of residence’ with wife Nora, [1890-92] is Waratah [A significant mining region in Tasmania]. ‘The place names’ registered in the births of his children with Bridget OSHAUGHNESSY, are Stowport & Burnie [1894-1910]. His ‘place name’ of residence in 1931 is Melbourne Victoria, to where he, Bridget, and some of the family had relocated.

A newspaper report informs us that, Frank's wife 'Bridget' passed-away in 1933, aged 55, at an address in Richmond, Melbourne. ^[7] and [Vic. BDM's, Reg.#: 3747/1933] ^[8]

Death: Frank [Snr] is reported to have passed-away at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, on April 17th 1941,[Vic. BDM's, Reg.#: 3301/1941] ^[9], his funeral was to proceed from his last address: 54 Ross Street Port Melbourne, and his remains interred in a plot at the Footscray Cemetery, on Friday 18 April 1941. ^[10]

Acknowledgement: We here record our thanks to the earlier help provided by Ms J. Dominy [in 2009] and Ms L. Gibson [2013] in sorting the Woodward families and their complicated relationships between the generations.

Sources

1. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Birth) Frank [Snr] Samuel Woodward -- [Given name not recorded] – (Record ID:1005378 – Resource: RGD33/1/37 no -- 469 – Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1005378)
2. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Birth) as for Frank [Jnr] Woodward [b.1881] -- Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1035659) -- Or -- Registry Image: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-59p727j2k)
3. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Marriage) as for Nora-Evangeline Risely [b.1892] -- Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/908817) -- Or -- Registry Image: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-49p134j2k)
4. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Death) as for Nora-Evangeline Woodward [d.1892] -- Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1241036) -- Or -- Registry Image: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-61p200j2k)
5. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Death) as for Frank-Samuel [Junior d.1892] -- Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1241039) -- Or -- Registry Image: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-61p201j2k)
6. ↑ Libraries Tasmania -- Names Index – (Marriage) as for Nora-Francis Woodward [m.1894] -- Registry Transcription: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/914053) -- Or -- Registry Image: (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-53p53j2k)
7. ↑ TROVE: Newspapers & Gazettes – Browse -- 'The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), -- Thursday 25 May 1933, -- page 1 – (Death Notices) – (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203807983?searchTerm=%22Frank%20Samuel%20Woodward%22 )
8. ↑ VICTORIAN - BDM’s - Family history search -- ‘DEATH’ - Registration #: 3747/1933
9. ↑ VICTORIAN - BDM’s - Family history search -- ‘DEATH’ - Registration #: 3301/1941
10. ↑ TROVE: Newspapers & Gazettes – Browse -- The Age (Melbourne, Vic.) -- Fri 18 Apr 1941 -- Page 1 -- (Family Notices) -- (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205152241?searchTerm=%22Frank%20Samuel%20Woodward%22)