OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Man, c. 1930

DATE1920 to 1937

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P1218

HISTORY

This man is Ashton Woolley. He was born in 1845 in Newton Street, Hyde, England and died in Crib Point, Victoria in 1937. The Woolley family arrived in Melbourne in 1853 on the ship “Prins Hendrik”. Ashton married Cecilia Carstairs on 27/02/1871 at Frankston, Victoria, They had the following seven children: James (1871 - 1957); Albert (1873 - 1894); Agnes (1876 - 1953); Annie (1882 - 1956); Ashton (1883 - 1944); John (Jock) (1885 - 1981) and William Thomas (1889 - 1968).

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a portrait of an elderly man, taken from the chest up. He has receding white hair and a white beard and moustache. He is wearing a three piece suit, white shirt and black tie. There is a gold clip on his tie. He is looking straight at the camera with a slight smile on his face.

SUBJECTS

Men, Portraits

KEYWORDS

Carstairs, Cecilia, Jnr, Ashton Woolley, Woolley, Agnes, Woolley, Albert, Woolley, Annie, Woolley, Ashton, Woolley, Cecilia, Woolley, James, Woolley, John (Jock, Woolley, William Thomas, “Prins Hendrik” (ship)