Emma Ann Woolley

3x Great-Grandparents · JOL-003

Biographical Information

Emma Ann Woolley was born about 1848 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Confirmed, the daughter of James Woolley, a cabinet lock maker, and Caroline Woolley. She first married Charles Jones at Birmingham on 13 March 1864, and — widowed — went on to marry the widower Samuel Joliffe at St Andrew, Bordesley (Birmingham) on 24 November 1872 Confirmed. She was widowed again in 1891 when Samuel died. Of their children, Caroline Emma (1873), Frederick William (1885) and Edith (~1891) survived; Priscilla Maurice (1883–1888) and Mary Ann Jane (1887) died in childhood, and the family-chart 'John (1876)' — absent from every census — is probably spurious Confirmed.

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

Full Name & Name Variations

Emma Ann Woolley** (maiden)
Emma Ann Jones — first married name (m. Charles Jones, 1864)Inherited
Emma Ann Joliffe — second married name (children's christening records)Inherited
_Provenance:_ Her maiden surname WOOLLEY is established from her 1851 Wolverhampton census entry (parents James & Caroline Woolley), her 1848 Wolverhampton christening, and both marriages. The "James Jones" shown as her father on the 1872 Jolliffe marriage index is a conflation — her father's given name (James) merged with her first married surname (Jones).

Birth & Death

Born: c.1848, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (christened 16 July 1848, Wolverhampton)
Place: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire → Birmingham → Bristol

Places of Residence

See Biographical Information below.

Occupation(s)

See Biographical Information below.

Education

Not yet researched.

Family

Spouse: Samuel Joliffe

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: James Woolley
Mother: Caroline Woolley

Information Gathered (6 entries)

CONFIRMED as the mother of Edith Maud Kate Joliffe, via the 1891 christening record.Confirmed
NEW PERSON - not on the original family chart. Descent: Emma Ann Joliffe > Edith Maud Kate Joliffe > Vera Clarice Phillips > P.A.R. > P.J.B.. She is therefore Edith's mother, VERA PHILLIPS's maternal grandmother, P.A.R.'s great-grandmother, and the 2x GREAT-GRANDMOTHER of P.J.B..Inherited
NOT an ancestor of A.P.B. - he married into this line via P.A.R..Inherited
PARENTS & ORIGIN FOUND (Session 69): the 1851 census places her, aged 2, at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, in the household of father James (Jas) Woolley (b. ~1817 Wolverhampton, a cabinet lock maker) and mother Caroline Woolley (b. ~1823 Wolverhampton), with an infant brother James. Her 16 July 1848 Wolverhampton christening names the same parents.Confirmed
TWO MARRIAGES — the "James Jones" puzzle solved: she first married Charles Jones at Birmingham on 13 March 1864 (that record names her father James Woolley). Widowed, she then married the widower Samuel Joliffe at St Andrew, Bordesley on 24 November 1872 (he aged 30, b. ~1842; his own father Samuel Jolliffe also named on the record → confirms the JOL-009 tie). The 1872 index's stray "James Jones" for her father is her father's given name (James) fused with her first married surname (Jones).Confirmed
Birthplace corrected: Wolverhampton, not "Stafford" as earlier approximated.Confirmed

Sources & Documents (6 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

1851 Census — James Woolley household, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire ↗"England and Wales, Census, 1851", entry for Jas Woolley (34, cabinet lock maker) & Caroline Woolley (28); daughter Emma Ann Woolley (2, b. Wolverhampton); son James (0). HO107, piece/folio 2018/354. Establishes Emma's parents and origin.FamilySearch / TNA

Marriage — Samuel Jolliffe & Emma Ann Woolley, 24 Nov 1872, Bordesley ↗"England Marriages, 1538–1973", St Andrew, Bordesley, Warwick; Samuel 30 (widowed), Emma Ann 25; father indexed "James Jones" (see note above).FamilySearch

Marriage — Charles Jones & Emma Ann Woolley, 13 Mar 1864, BirminghamEngland, Warwickshire, Parish Registers; father named James Woolley. Her first marriage, explaining the later "Jones".FamilySearch

Christening — Emma Ann Woolley/Wolley, 16 July 1848, WolverhamptonEngland, Staffordshire, Church Records; parents James Woolley & Caroline.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