Biography:
Amy Woolman
d. 05/01/1958
Amy Woolman
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Amy WOOLMAN
Amy GROVES was born on 3rd October 1879 in Berkhamsted. She was baptised on 9th July of the following year. Her parents were James GROVES and Ann (née Potten).
Amy was the youngest daughter a of large Berkhamsted family. She had 4 older sisters and 3 brothers. Her oldest sister was Annie GROVES. Their father, James was a painter, and the family lived in Victoria Road, Berkhamsted.
Amy was educated in Berkhamsted and lived at home with her parents. She became a dressmaker, working from home like her sister Lydia. Annie was a brush maker, also working from home so in the 1890s the house must have been a hive of activity. By the time she was 21 the household consisted of her parents, four working children and Amy’s 90-year-old grandmother, Ann POTTEN.
In 1907 Amy met and married a railway clerk called Horace WOOLMAN. He had taken an apprenticeship at Berkhamsted Station at the age of 15 and had risen up the ranks to become a Clerk on the London and Northwestern Railways.
Within four years of their marriage, when Amy was 31, the couple had moved to 46 Yarmouth Road, Watford. Horace worked for the railway company for the rest of his working life, his job moving around various stations on the line. He and Amy lived in Watford from then onwards for the rest of their lives.
On 19th March1913 the couple had a son, Clifford Groves WOOLMAN, giving him his second name from his mother’s maiden name. He was born in Watford and was their only child.
By 1939 Amy and James were still living at 46 Yarmouth Road, Watford with their son Clifford. He was working as a clerk at the time but joined the RAF the next year and served in WWII.
Amy died on 5th January 1958, aged 78. Her unmarried sister Annie had already been buried eleven years previously in Rectory Lane cemetery so the decision was made that Amy should be laid to rest beside her, back in Berkhamsted, in Plot 1050. Their parents James and Ann are also buried in the cemetery, in Plot x198a.
Amy’s husband Horace died later that same year and shares Plot 1050 with Amy and her sister.
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Amy WOOLMAN
Amy GROVES was born on 3rd October 1879 in Berkhamsted. She was baptised on 9th July of the following year. Her parents were James GROVES and Ann (née Potten).
Amy was the youngest daughter a of large Berkhamsted family. She had 4 older sisters and 3 brothers. Her oldest sister was Annie GROVES. Their father, James was a painter, and the family lived in Victoria Road, Berkhamsted.
Amy was educated in Berkhamsted and lived at home with her parents. She became a dressmaker, working from home like her sister Lydia. Annie was a brush maker, also working from home so in the 1890s the house must have been a hive of activity. By the time she was 21 the household consisted of her parents, four working children and Amy’s 90-year-old grandmother, Ann POTTEN.
In 1907 Amy met and married a railway clerk called Horace WOOLMAN. He had taken an apprenticeship at Berkhamsted Station at the age of 15 and had risen up the ranks to become a Clerk on the London and Northwestern Railways.
Within four years of their marriage, when Amy was 31, the couple had moved to 46 Yarmouth Road, Watford. Horace worked for the railway company for the rest of his working life, his job moving around various stations on the line. He and Amy lived in Watford from then onwards for the rest of their lives.
On 19th March1913 the couple had a son, Clifford Groves WOOLMAN, giving him his second name from his mother’s maiden name. He was born in Watford and was their only child.
By 1939 Amy and James were still living at 46 Yarmouth Road, Watford with their son Clifford. He was working as a clerk at the time but joined the RAF the next year and served in WWII.
Amy died on 5th January 1958, aged 78. Her unmarried sister Annie had already been buried eleven years previously in Rectory Lane cemetery so the decision was made that Amy should be laid to rest beside her, back in Berkhamsted, in Plot 1050. Their parents James and Ann are also buried in the cemetery, in Plot x198a.
Amy’s husband Horace died later that same year and shares Plot 1050 with Amy and her sister.
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