Laura Irene Woolsey (1904 - 1990)

Born 17 Jul 1904 in Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Albert LeRoy Daily — married 7 Sep 1946 in Martinsville, Virginia, United States

Died 1 Apr 1990 at age 85 in Kitty Hawk, Dare, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Laura was born in Hancock, New York, on 17 July, 1904, to Lester Woolsey and Olive Hill. She spent her entire childhood in Hancock, in a large house that acted as a doctor's office and joint home for her family and the family of her uncle, Frank Woolsey.

She married Albert LeRoy Davis, in Martinsville, Virginia, on 7 September, 1946.

She spent much of her later life as a painter and artist in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. She passed away in 1990.

Sources

• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKM3-4MW : 8 March 2021), Laura Woolsey in household of Frank M Woolsey, Hancock, E.D. 04, Delaware, New York; citing p. 3, line 7, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 832,854.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ2H-6TY : 2 February 2021), Laura I Woolsey in entry for Lester E Woolsey, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5S1-4P7 : accessed 12 March 2021), Laura I Woolsey in household of Lester E Woolsey, Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 8A, family 166, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 935; FHL microfilm 1,374,948.

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV19-MB3B : 20 February 2021), Albert Leroy Dailey and Laura Irene Woolsey, 07 Sep 1946; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Martinsville, , Virginia, United States, certificate 31407, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG8L-57C : 17 July 2017), Laura Woolsey Dailey, 01 Apr 1990; citing Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina, v 16A cn 16087, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,667.

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Richard Wright.