Andrew Howard Woolery

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Andrew was born on 9 FEB 1893 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, the son of George William Woolery and Marie Francis Howard.

He died on 18 FEB 1942 in PeabodyCoalMine, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Agnes Helena Hokanson, who he married on 15 AUG 1914 in Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Illinois. Their nine known children were Adeline Lucille (1915-1982), Alvera Marie (1917-1989), Anietta May (1918-2008), Alice Louise (1920-1996), Esther Bernice (1921-1969), Andrew Howard (1925-2012), Helen Jane (1927-?), Doris Jean (1934-2004) and August Lee (1940-2008).

His second wife was Zora Poe, who he married on 15 JUN 1935. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

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Note 1

!Source: Death Certificate [7934], Obituary, and family records.

!Notes: One reference showed the place of his marriage to Agnes Woolery as Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on 15 Aug 1914. Another shows it as 15 Aug 1914 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Another shows Cottonwood Falls on 21 Aug 1913.

Source:It would appear that the 1914 date is correct in Cottonwood falls, as the Chase County, Kansas

Marriage Index 1860 - 1938, at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/chase/marrindex.html, lists their marriage as:

Surname Given Name Surname Given Name Year

Woolary Andrew Hokanson Agnes 1914

!Occupation: Coal Mine Motorman, auto mechanic.

!Served: in military during World War I.

!Social Security Number: 332-01-1921.

!Residence: 714 South Ninth Street, Sprinfield, IL.

!Died at: Capital Mine #57, 19th & Adams, Springfield, IL. [Peabody Coal].

!Cause of Death: Traumatic asphyxia and fracture at the base of the skull, sustained when caught beneath a fall of slate in coal mine, where he operated a shuttle car.

!Children: 2 boys, 7 girls.

!Source: Cemetery Transcription Library

http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/sangamon/oakhill/oak%5Fuz.htm

Oak Hill Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois

Woolery, Andrew,, b. no date, d. Feb 18, 1942, [next to Woolery, George William], Kansas Corp 160 Inf. 40 Div.

!Notes: Left Agnes long before her last two children were concieved, and never returned, so they aren’t actually his. However, Agnes kept all her children with the name Woolery.

!Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

http://www.ancestry.com

Name: Andrew Woolary

Age: 34

Estimated birth year: abt 1896

Birthplace: Illinois

Relation to head-of-house: Roomer

Race: White

Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Poe, Zora, Head, age 38, widow, born in Missouri, parents born in Indiana, Power Operator in Apron Factory

Woolery, Andrew, roomer, age 34, married, Age when 1st married 17, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois, Occupation: Mechanic,Worked at: Garage

Note 2

LDS AFN: SP5W-RG