Re: Woolfords in Austarlia?
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Re: Woolfords in Austarlia?
Nathan Woolford 4/04/06
To Nathan Woolford:
Thank you for your wealth of information.I had forgotten about Woolfords escaping the Siege of Paris and my mother had not recalled Robert's name. I do recall she said they escaped in a carriage and were in danger.
We clearly share the same forbears.I shall follow up the book reference you gave and would be most grateful for a copy of your future booklet.I have no photographs of Woolfords other than of my mother and her two brothers because my grandparents had a legal separation - he failed in business and alcohol became a problem.I was never allowed to meet him which I feel was very harsh.He had been a watchmaker and importer including importing everything for Dunklings, quite big when I still lived in Melbourne but possibly no longer extant. I know of two of their addresses, Darling Street and Paisley Street South Yarra. The child next door became a lifelong friend of my mother and said she had envied my mother for her fun-loving father .He had been one of about 10 children and my mother had a cousin named Dorothy - the extent of my information!Their grandfather was never good at remembering the names of his grandchildren,they were afraid of him, and when he died my mother and her brothers hid and giggled together. The Woolford men I remember were tall and attractive.
When my grandparents became engaged my grandmother went to stay with the Woolfords.. On retiring to bed she unfortunately placed her candlestick below a wax portrait of one of our Woolford forbears with sad consequences for the portrait.- the nose melted and elongated.
I live in Perth W.A-if there is anything yet to research here and I can assist,please let me know.Are you still researching the German connection?
Sincerely,
Christine Fairhall.
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