| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#8 of 13; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1820 |
PA |
Philadelphia Co. |
Northern Liberty (Ward 2) |
p. 204A |
Ln. 9 |
John L Woolfe |
100010-10110-0-000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Son A |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= John |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1794-1804 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= Margaret (b. 1794/5) |
3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#33 of 149; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1830 |
PA |
Philadelphia Co. |
District of Spring Garden |
p. 284 |
Ln. 17 |
John L Woolf |
110 001 - 111 011 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
4 or under |
1825-1830 |
= Henry (b. 1825/6) |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= Thomas (b. 1822/3) |
| 1 male |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= John (b. 1797) |
| 1 female |
4 or under |
1825-1830 |
= Ellen (b. 1827/8) |
| 1 female |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= Emily (b. 1821) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1815-1820 |
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= Margaret (b. 1794/5) |
4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#11-12 of 76; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1840 |
PA |
Philadelphia Co. |
District of Spring Garden (Ward 1) |
p. 5 | pp. 204A-204B |
Ln. 5 |
John L Woolf |
110 110 100 - 001 211 000 |
0001000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Samuel (b. 1834/5) |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Henry (b. 1825/6) |
| 1 male |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= Thomas (b. 1822/3) |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= ? |
| 1 male |
40-49 |
1790-1800 |
= John (b. 1797) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= Ellen (b. 1827/8) |
| 2 females |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= Emily (b. 1821)
= ? |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
30-39 |
1800-1810 |
= Margaret (b. 1794/5) |
| 1 |
person employed in manufacture & trade |
Henry is in the wrong age-class. Margaret appears to be fibbing about
her age.
5. 1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23
of 299): Spring Garden (Ward 3, District 1), Philadelphia Co., PA,
p. 457A, 145/148, enumerated 27 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun
1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| Margaret E Wolf |
55 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
| Thomas J Wolf |
27 |
M |
|
Clerk |
|
|
" |
| Henry L Wolf |
24 |
M |
|
Clerk |
|
|
" |
| Ellen Wolf |
22 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Samuel K Wolf |
15 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Margaret E Wolf |
4 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Eliza Heiburn |
40 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| John W Benade |
8 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Catharine McCullan |
30 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Ireland |
The younger Margaret E. WOLF is Thomas's daughter.
6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #487
of 506 — mis-indexed "Margaret O. Wolf"):
Philadelphia (Ward 13), Philadelphia Co., PA, p. 905, PN 91, 608/703, enumerated
27 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale
Matthiesen):
| Margaret E. Wolf |
62 |
F |
|
|
|
6000 |
Pa |
| Henry L
" |
33 |
M |
|
Coal Dealer |
|
|
" |
| Saml M
" |
25 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Eliza Hilborn |
50 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
7a. John W. Jordan, ed. 1911. "Bevan Family."
Vol. I, pp 136-146 in Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania:
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Lewis Publ. Co., NY (reprinted
1978 by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; online at GenealogyLibrary.com):
| p. 145 |
Lewis Woolf, granddaughter (sic)
of Emily (Woolf) Jordan, was born in Hanover, Germany, 1747. He came
to Pennsylvania and became a resident of Pottsgrove, Philadelphia, now
Montgomery county. On July 11, 1778, he entered the Continental army
as a private in the Troop Marechausse, Capt. Bartholomew Von Heer, (formerly
of Proctor's Artillery), organized under resolution of Congress, May 27,
1778, to act as provost guard of the army. The Troup was mounted
and accoutred as light dragoons.
John Lewis Woolf was born in Philadelphia, 1787 (sic),
died Februray 12, 1850. During the second war with England, he was
commissioned Lieut.-Col. of the Seventy-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia,
August 14, 1814. For many years he took an active interest in the
affairs of the city, was Inspector of the Eastern Penitentiary, president
of the Guardians of the Poor; School Director; Director Northern Liberties
and Penn Township Railway Company, vestryman of Zion, and St. John's Protestant
Episcopal Churches, and a prominent Mason. He married, June 19, 1817,
Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Keen) Ewing, born in Lancaster,
1786 (sic), died in Philadelphia,
January 7, 1868. She was a descendant of Joran Kyn and Jasper Yeates
of the Governor's Council, 1669-1720. They had three sons and two
daughter, one of the latter, Emily, becoming the wife of Francis Jordan. |
7b. John W. Jordan, ed. 1911. "John Woolf Jordan,
LL.D." Vol. III, pp. 1661-1664 in Colonial and Revolutionary Families
of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Lewis Publ.
Co., NY (reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; online
at GenealogyLibrary.com):
| p. 1663 |
Lewis Woolf, the father of John
Lewis Woolf, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1747; came to Pennsylvania
and became a resident of Pottstown, Chester county. He entered the
Continental army July 11, 1778, as a private in the Troop Marechausse,
(Captain Batholomew (sic) Von Heer,
formerly of Proctor's Artillery), organized under the resolution of Congress,
May 27, 1778, to act as provost guard of the army. The troop was
mounted and accoutred as light |
| p. 1664 |
dragoons. Private Woolf became a pensioner
under the Act of March 18, 1818. He died August 20, 1830. His
son,
John Lewis Woolf was born in Philadelphia in 1797 and died
February 12, 1850. During the war of 1812-15, he was commissioned
colonel of a regiment of volunteers. For many years he took an active
interest in the affairs of the city [Philadelphia],
was an inspector of the Eastern Penitentiary, president of the Guardians
of the Poor, an alderman and notary public, and a prominent Mason.
He married June 19, 1817, Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Keen) Ewing, born in Lancaster, 1796, died in Philadelphia, January
7, 1868. They had issue three sons and two daughters, one
of the latter, Emily, becoming the wife of Francis Jordon. |
8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).
9. Messages on the WOOLF Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |
