Isaac Jennings Wolfe

Isaac Jennings Wolfe was born on July 13 1841 in Tramore County Waterford – the only brother born outside Cork. At some point he became a Methodist, marrying Anne Mahoney in the Wesleyan Chapel in Cork on December 26 1867. They lived in Cork and had the following children – Abraham (born 1871), Isaac (born 1873), Henry O (born 1876), Edward (born 1878), Jane (born 1880), Minnie (born 1883) and Edith (born 1884)

Mother Anne nee Mahoney died January 23 1885. Later that year, Isaac remarried. His second wife was Ellen Homan of Newmarket County Cork and they married in her home town on August 15 1885. Together they had a daughter, the wonderfully named Victoria Inez Ellen Wolfe.

It is presumed that Ellen Homan died before 1900. Isaac Jennings Wolfe died on July 15 1907 at Bray County Wicklow.

Son Isaac emigrated to America in 1887 and by 1900 was living in San Francisco California, working as a stationary engineer for the railway, married to California-born Mary with daughter Ellen (born 1899). On August 26 1901, their son Frank W Wolfe was born in Richmond on the other side of the Bay from San Francisco. Richmond was home to the Standard Oil refineries where Isaac worked for the rest of his life. Isaac died some time before 1930.

(courtesy Gary Acheson)

GEDCOM Note

<p>02.04.2010</p><p><p>from Gary Acheson</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Hi Jane</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>I recently came across a collection of materials indexed by the Society of Genealogists in London. At one time ,evidence of age was needed to apply for civil service posts. Before civil registration, all kinds of documents were produced as proof. Apparently, the British Civil Service started to destroy these files in recent times but kept any that looked 'interesting'. These were donated to the Society and are now available for order. I found one for Isaac and ordered a copy.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>There are two documents:</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>A statement dated February 7 1868 by the rector in Tramore that the extract from the registy of births is correct:</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>July 26th 1841. Isaac,</p></p><p><p>son of Allan and</p></p><p><p>Jane, Wolfe, baptised</p></p><p><p>by Henry Poer</p></p><p><p>______________________</p></p><p><p>I certify that the</p></p><p><p>above is a correct</p></p><p><p>copy from the Register</p></p><p><p>of Baptisms in the</p></p><p><p>Parish of Drumcannon.</p></p><p><p>Feb 7/68 Edward Dalton Rector</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>The second (scanned in two parts because of it's size) is a declaration by Isaac in front of a Justice of the Peace in Cork the next day as to these facts:</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>I, IsaacWolfe,</p></p><p><p>District Military Prison Cork</p></p><p><p>Pensioner and Warder at same</p></p><p><p>Prison _________</p></p><p><p>Do solemnly and sincerely declare that according to the</p></p><p><p>Certificate herewith annexed</p></p><p><p>I was born at Tramore County</p></p><p><p>Waterford, Parish of Drumcannon</p></p><p><p>and Baptised on the 26 July</p></p><p><p>1841 by the Revd Henry Poer</p></p><p><p>then Curate of Same Parish</p></p><p><p>and I further declare that</p></p><p><p>according to the Family Register</p></p><p><p>I was born on the 13 July 1841</p></p><p><p>(omitted)</p></p><p><p>Isaac Wolfe</p></p><p><p>Declared before me at Cork</p></p><p><p>this 8 day of February 1868</p></p><p><p>Victor D. Fitzgibbons J.P.</p></p><p><p>Cork</p></p><p><p>(omitted)</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>I wonder if this was the time he started to apply for positions that ended up with him being court clerk at Newmarket?</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>1901 Irish Census:</p></p><p><p>GarraunawarrigUpper«tab»Newmarket«tab»Cork«tab»59«tab»M</p></p><p>Wolfe«tab»Eleanor Grace«tab»40«tab»Female«tab»Wife«tab»Church of Ireland