Family, 1915
Family, 1915
DATE1915
MEDIAImage
COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society
REG NO.P1222.2
HISTORYThis is William Thomas Woolley and his wife Jane Elizabeth Woolley (nee Hobden). The children are Elise May (Maisie) b. 1912 and the baby is Marjorie Jean, b. 1914. William Thomas was born in 1889 in Tyabb and died in 1968 in Crib Point, Victoria. Jane Elizabeth was born in 1899 and died in 1968 in Crib Point. They were still to have three more children, George William, William John and Albert Ashton. William Thomas was the son of Ashton and Cecilia Woolley (nee Carstairs).
William Thomas Woolley was a fisherman at Crib Point. He was also involved with sheep farming on his father’s property. His first boat, called ‘Maisie’ was 22 feet long and his second boat, the ‘Alma’ was 27 feet long.
An copy of this photograph, showing an enlargement of Jane Elizabeth Woolley appears at P1222.2.
This image shows an official portrait of a family of four. The young man is standing behind the woman and two children. He is dressed in a dark coloured three piece suit, white shirt and striped tie. He has a fob chain across his vest. The woman on the right is holding a baby on her lap. She is wearing a light coloured dress with a ruffled collar and a high necked white blouse underneath. Her black hair is parted on the right hand side. The baby is dressed in white. The small girl is sitting on a white seat. She is dressed in white and has blonde curls reaching her shoulders. She has a white bow in her hair. The family are all looking straight at the camera and no one is smiling.
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