Born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of Thomas Abel Bray
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Frances James Woollven
— married
21 Oct 1900 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Mother of
Edward James Woollven, William Francis Woollven, Thomas Alfred Woollven, Katie (Woollven) Claus, Mary Francis (Woollven) Truax, Alfred Lawrence Woollven and Ethel Woollven
Died [date unknown]
in Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2018
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Biography
Lucretia Marian Bray was born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England in 1872 [1].
Lucretia Marian (Bray) Woollven was given over to authorities because her mother's new fiancé did not want children. The children were living in an orphanage and when Lucretia was between the tender ages of 12-14 years old she went into service for a well-to-do family as a seamstress. [2]
She married Francis James Woollven in 1900 [3] at St Paul's Church, East Molesey, Sussex: Francis James Woolven, bachelor, age 28, labourer, of East Molesey, son of Edward Woolven, fitter; Lucretia Marian Bray, spinster, age 28, of Halliford, daughter of Thomas Abel Bray, baker. Both parties signed the register, and the marriage was witnessed by Benjamin Pettit and Ellen May Pearce [4].
In 1901, she was living with her husband in East Molesey, Surrey.[5]
- Frances Woolven Head M 29 Hampton, Berkshire, England
- Lucretia Woolven Wife F 28 Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Lucretia, Francis, and their two children James and William migrated to Canada in 1903.
Research Notes
02 Mar 2024
- Birth registration: Eton district, 1872 - Lucretia Mary A Bray. Middle name possibly misheard or mistranscribed as Mary Ann.
- Husband's last name: Recorded as Woolven (with one L) in BMD Index, in Parish Marriage Register, and in 1901 UK census.
- Children:
- James, b May 1901, England
- William Francis, b Nov 1902 (bapt 7 Jan 1903), England
- Thomas, b Jul 1904, Canada
- Katie, b May 1905, Canada (m 16 Jun 1926, Glen Claus, son of Philip Claus & Pearl Lockwood)
- Mary Frances, b May 1906, Canada
- Alfred, b Jun 1907, Canada
- Ethel, b Jan 1909, Canada
Sources
- ↑ England & Wales Births Index 1872, December quarter, Eton district, volume 3a page 467 (Lucretia Mary A Bray). From FreeBMD website - [1] (accessed 02 Mar 2024).
- ↑ Family stories, memories of JoAnne(Claus) Wingfield.
- ↑ England & Wales Marriages Index 1900, December quarter, Kingston district, volume 2a page 701 (Lucretia Marian Bray and Francis James Woolven). From FreeBMD website - [2] (accessed 02 Mar 2024).
- ↑ Surrey Parish Registers - Marriage Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 2495/1/3. Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 [database on-line] (accessed 02 Mar 2024).
- ↑
1901 Census:
"1901 England Census"
Class: RG13; Piece: 670; Folio: 83; Page: 43; ED, institution, or vessel: 09; Household schedule number: 285
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7814 #5069727 (accessed 1 April 2024)
Lucretia Woolven (28), wife, in household of Frances Woolven (29) in East Molesey in Kingston registration district in Surrey, England. Born in Joer, Buckinghamshire, England.
- Baptism record (Ancestry) - birthplace Iver, Buckinghamshire
- Migration to Canada 1903
- 1911, 1921, 1931 Ontario censuses
- marriage record of daughter Katie
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