Woolley Drive
Named After
WOOLLEY family
Military Service
Service Branch: RAF
Memorial Location
St. Stephens Graveyard
Family Connections
The first mention of the Woolley family in Fradley were Henry and Elizabeth who were married at All Saints Church in 1745. Their daughter Elizabeth married Henry Clark in 1768. There is a large gap in the records for the Woolley family. The only other Woolley family known to have lived in Fradley were Herbert Charles ‘Charley’ and his wife Mary Ethel (Plot 199). In the 1939 census, Herbert is listed as a mixed dairy farmer at Church Farm. He died in 1957, aged 67. Ethel died in 1950, aged 61. They had 3 children, Joan (1920-2017), died aged 97, William ‘John’ (1922-2012), died aged 90, and Reginald (1925-2006), died aged 81. The brothers remained bachelors and lived at Bycars Farm. They were known as the local combine harvester contractors. Joan married Tom Green (Plot 439) and lived in a council house next door to the farm.
Military Service Details
The first mention of the Woolley family in Fradley were Henry and Elizabeth who were married at All Saints Church in 1745. Their daughter Elizabeth married Henry Clark in 1768. There is a large gap in the records for the Woolley family. The only other Woolley family known to have lived in Fradley were Herbert Charles ‘Charley’ and his wife Mary Ethel (Plot 199). In the 1939 census, Herbert is listed as a mixed dairy farmer at Church Farm. He died in 1957, aged 67. Ethel died in 1950, aged 61. They had 3 children, Joan (1920-2017), died aged 97, William ‘John’ (1922-2012), died aged 90, and Reginald (1925-2006), died aged 81. The brothers remained bachelors and lived at Bycars Farm. They were known as the local combine harvester contractors. Joan married Tom Green (Plot 439) and lived in a council house next door to the farm.