Dorothy Woolgar (buried 1916)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Woolgar
First name: 
Dorothy
Other Christian names: 
Edith
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
845
Born: 
25/06/1893
Died: 
02/12/1916
Buried: 
06/12/1916
Occupation: 
Bookkeeper;

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
15
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Also of her dear brother Ernest Richard 1896-1965

Life story

Life story

Dorothy Edith Woolgar was born on 25th June 1893 in Islington London, to Parents Edwin Ernest Woolgar and Amy Rose Lucy Goble who were both born in Worthing and married in Broadwater in 1891.  Dorothy was the first born of four to the family in 1893, then Amy 1895, Ernest 1896 and Charles 1901

The family were living in Willesden and her Father was a bootmakers manager. In 1901 Dorothy and her sister were living in Worthing with their father's mother Louisa Woolgar who was a widow, while her Parents and the youngest child Ernest remained in Willesden sharing a house with another family.

By 1911 Dorothy and her parents and Siblings are all living together in Worthing at The bridge House, 122 becket Road and Father Ernest is working as a Master Bootmaker and running his own business. Dorothy is working as a bookkeeper for a grocer and 17 years old. Sister Amy is Bookkeeping for a Drapers shop and Ernest is working as an Errand Boy.

Grandmother Louisa is living less than a mile away in Hertford Road but dies on March 1st, 1915 and is buried with her Husband in Broadwater cemetery.

By 1916 The family are living at 76 The Drive in Worthing and Sadly, Dorothy becomes ill with Inflammation of the Kidneys and on December 2nd Dorothy dies of Acute Nephritis and Uroemic Convulsions, and Coma.

Dorothy was laid to rest at Heene Cemetery on the 6th December. On December 13th her parents put an acknowledgement in the Local paper

Burial researcher: 
Gail Warner-Clarkson

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
25/06/1893

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
02/12/1916
Age (at time of death): 
23
Cause of death: 
Acute Nephritis; Uroemic Convulsions; Coma
Address at time of death: 
76 The Drive, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

Worthing Gazette Newspaper 13 December 1916

Acknowledgement: - Mr And Mrs Woolgar and family wish to thank all kind friends for their sympathy in their sudden bereavement, and also for the many beautiful flowers.

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1901 census: 

Living at 32 Hertford Road, Worthing. Her Grandmother Louisa Woolgar (widow) 6is head, Alice Woolgar (Aunt)30 Dressmaker, Dorothy is 5, and Dorothys sister Amy (as Cissie) aged 3 There is also a Boarder living with the household

Parents are sharing a house with another family Ernest E Woolgar, 33 Bootmakers Manager, Mother Amy Rose 33, and Ernest 3, living at 11 kestlake Road Willesden, Kensal Green

1911 census: 

Living at The Bridge House 122 becket Road, Worthing. Father Ernest Woolgar 43, Boot and shoemaker on own account, Amy Woolgar 43 Housewife, Dorothy 17 Bookkeeper Grocers, Amy Woolgar 15 Bookkeeper Drapers, Ernest 14 Errand Boy, Charlie 9