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HARWIN, Jane

HARWIN, Jane

Female 1855 - Yes, date unknown   Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HARWIN, Jane 
    Birth 1855  Watlington, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3422  Edgoose
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2026 

    Father HARWIN, John,   b. 26 Oct 1811, Watlington, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1871, Watlington, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother SCARFF, Maria,   b. 1815, Marham, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1901, Romford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1839  Marham, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F969  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WOOLSEY, Henry,   b. Between 1848 and 1849, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1872  Downham Registration District, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • JANE HARWIN 1855-

      Jane HARWIN was born in 1855.
      (GRO June Q 1855 Downham 4b 356)

      She married Henry WOOLSEY in 1872.
      (GRO September Q 1872 Downhan 4b 605?)

      After the death of her husband in 1871 Maria HARWIN went to live with her daughter Jane who had married Henry WOOLSEY.
      (source: Berylanne@aol.com)

      In 1881 Henry and Jane WOLSEY (sic) were living at 15 Agate Street, West Ham, Essex:
      Henry WOLSEY, head, aged 32, coal porter, born Glasgow, Scotland;
      Jane WOLSEY, wife, aged 27, born at Watlington, Norfolk;
      Eliza WOLSEY, daughter, aged 9, born at Watlington;
      John WOLSEY, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Battersea, Middlesex;
      Amelia WOLSEY, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Canning Town, Essex;
      William WOLSEY, son, aged 2, born at Canning Town;
      Thomas WOLSEY, son, aged 1month, born at Canning Town;
      Maria HARWIN, mother-in-law, widow, aged 70 (i.e. born 1810 or 1811), born Marran (sic), Norfolk.
      (RG11/1714/52/35)

      By the time of the 1891 census she and her husband had moved to 38 Lansdowne Road, Canning Town:
      Henry WOOLSEY, aged 42, born Scotland, a coal porter
      Jane WOOLSEY, aged 38, born Watlington, Norfolk.

      The index to the 1901 census lists Jane WOOLSEY at West Ham, Essex, aged 48, born at Watlington in Norfolk. Henry WOOLSEY was not listed.

      (revised 31.12.2003)