Samuel Joliffe

3x Great-Grandparents · JOL-002

Biographical Information

Samuel Joliffe was a shoemaker, born at Bristol St Philips about 1841 (age 40, head of household, in the 1881 census) Confirmed. He married Emma Ann Woolley in 1872 and died in 1891, leaving Emma a widow with young children Confirmed. Of their children only Caroline Emma (1873), Frederick William (1885) and the youngest, Edith (~1891) (our line), survived to adulthood; Priscilla Maurice (1883–1888) and Mary Ann Jane (1887) died in childhood, and the family-chart 'John (1876)' appears in NO census and is probably spurious Confirmed. The family is indexed under the double-L spelling 'Jolliffe'.

Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory

Full Name & Name Variations

Samuel Joliffe
Samuel Joliffe (one L) - Bristol parish registerInherited
Samuel Jolliffe (two L) - family civil-record spellingInherited
_Provenance:_ Surname JOLIFFE in the Bristol parish register; the family's civil-record spelling is JOLLIFFE. NOTE: forename Samuel also appears on the Phillips side (Alfred's father, Samuel Phillips, PHI-003) - two different men named Samuel, different surnames, do not conflate.

Birth & Death

Born: c.1841, Bristol St Philips (Ss Philip & Jacob), Bristol, England
Place: Bristol St Philips, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1891, Bristol (in the April 1891 census aged 50, then no later appearance)

Places of Residence

See Biographical Information below.

Occupation(s)

See Biographical Information below.

Education

Not yet researched.

Family

Spouse: Emma Ann Woolley

Children:

Caroline Emma Jolliffe (b. 1873 · m. William Ison (1898))
Priscilla Maurice Jolliffe (b. 1883, d. 1888 (child))
Fredrick William Jolliffe (b. 4 Sep 1885, d. 1916)
Mary Ann Jane Jolliffe (b. 1887, d. in childhood (by 1891))
Edith Jolliffe (b. ~1891 (our line))
John Jolliffe (b. on the family chart but probably spurious (in no census))

Siblings:

None recorded.

Parents:

Father: Samuel Jolliffe
Mother: Jane Jolliffe

Information Gathered (4 entries)

CONFIRMED (Session 67): the 1881 & 1891 Bristol censuses + the death index confirm Samuel Joliffe, shoemaker, b. c.1841 at Bristol St Philips, d. 1891, husband of Emma Ann Woolley (b. ~1848 Stafford); his own parents were Samuel Jolliffe Sr & Jane (his 1851 census). The 'younger Samuel b.1868 Redcliffe' was a different man.Confirmed
CONFIRMED as the father of Edith Maud Kate Joliffe, via her christening 3 June 1891, Bristol St Peter (England, Bristol Parish Registers 1538-1900).Confirmed
NEW PERSON - not on the original family chart. Descent: Samuel Joliffe > Edith Maud Kate Joliffe > Vera Clarice Phillips > P.A.R. > P.J.B.. He is therefore Edith's father, VERA PHILLIPS's maternal grandfather, P.A.R.'s great-grandfather, and the 2x GREAT-GRANDFATHER of P.J.B..Inherited
NOT an ancestor of A.P.B.. Anthony married INTO this line by marrying P.A.R.; the Joliffe descent runs through Paula, not through Anthony. (Corrects an earlier error on this page.)Inherited

Sources & Documents (2 sources)

Christening — Edith Maud Kate Joliffe, 1891 ↗England, Bristol, Parish Registers, 1538-1900, entry for Edith Maud Kate Joliffe and Samuel Joliffe, christened 3 June 1891, Bristol St Peter, Gloucestershire.FamilySearch

Family knowledge — supplied by BasileOral/handed-down family information supplied by P.J.B., July 2026, and the original family chart (Family Tree.rtf / FamilyTree.html).Family