William Pooley, (miner)

William Pooley died after the 1841 England & Wales census (below) and before the marriage of his son John Pooley in January 1846.

From SPE (2004, Ancestry.com Boards) and on Ancestry.com in Pooley - Eleazer Family Tree 1 (Private):

William Pooley & Mary (Rodda) born late 1700's, married on 18 Sep 1814 (England Marriages, 1538-1973) in Crowan, Cornwall, England. Children were (dates are recorded baptisms):

• Mary February 23, 1817
• Elizabeth Feb. 10, 1819
• John Nov. 25, 1821 (d. infant)
• Stephen baptised at Crowan, Camborne-Redruth District, Cornwall, Nov. 1, 1822 m. Mary Ann Vial/Viol-died in Michigan on April 29, 1898 (Anc.com database only). William Vial is the name of a domestic servant -- her brother? -- in their household in 1870 in Keewenaw, Michigan. Stephen was hotel-keeper in Keewenaw. He appears with his parents in the 1841 England census (below) and with Mary Ann only in the 1851 England census (Anc.-com only). They were married in 1849.
• John (H?) baptised February 5, 1826 in Crowan Parish, Cornwall. He died June 10, 1892 in Buckhorn, PA. m. Alice Ivey b. 1846 in Redruth District, England
• Ann[e] baptised June 14, 1828, Crowan, Cornwall. Appears in the Balmaidens Database (women working in/on mining; she was a copper-dresser) residing at St. Agnes / Mingoose Downs in 1841 census (see below)
• Caroline July 27, 1829
• Jeremiah baptised son of William and Mary, January 15, 1832, Crowan, Cornwall -d. September 28, 1890 in Millerstown, PA m. Mary Bawden Andrews b. April 14, 1853 in England. See more on him below.

"Mary Rodda's parents are Stephen and Anne (born Williams) Rodda. Mary was born 3 Mar 1793 and her brother Stephen was born 4 Mar 1798." SPE did not provide sources for this info. Mary's baptism appears in England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010, Image 62, but there are several other Mary Roddas born around the same time, same area.

In the 1841 census for England and Wales, William and family are living in Mingoose Downs, St. Agnes, Truro District ("institution" -- this was the Poorhouse, from the early 1700s until 1841, when it was demolished; at that time destitute families had to go to the dreaded Workhouse (not built until 1849-50). The Poorhouse was intended to provide "Houses or rooms for one or more poor Decayed widows not having pay of the parish" Enys Family Archive -- St. Agnes Poorhouse).

• William Pooley Male 45-49 (b. 1792-96) Cornwall
• Mary Pooley Female 45-49 Cornwall
• Mary Pooley Female 20-24 Cornwall
• Elizabeth Pooley Female 20-24 Cornwall
• Stephen Pooley Male 15-19 Cornwall. Born 1822-26.
• John Pooley Male 15-19 Cornwall
• Ann Pooley Female 14 Cornwall
• Caroline Pooley Female 12 Cornwall
• Jeremiah Pooley Male 9 Cornwall. By 1863 Jeremiah Pooley was a miner in Keweenaw Peninsula, Upper Michigan +++++ (see in MEDIA). He was registered there for the Civil War draft (July 1863). By 1865 he was in Penna., where daughter Hannah was born; by 1868 is mentioned in the Bloomsburg Democrat in Columbia Co., Penna., September 16, 1868. In the 1870 census he was a miner, age 39, in Hemlock, Columbia County, Penna.; wife Mary Andrews (37), William (11, b. England 1859-d. Penna. 1922; death cert.: mother's name Andrews), Martin (7, born Michigan, Aug. 3, 1863 [per Penna. death cert. & 1880 census]-died 1930), Hannah (5, born Pennsylvania).
• Grace Pooley Female 7 (born ~1834) Cornwall
• Mary Ann Pooley age 9 (b. ~1842) on 1851 England & Wales census, living with brother Jeremiah (19) and a couple called John & Mary Prout, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Mary Prout was Mary Pooley, who married John Prout of St. Agnes in 1843, while she was "a sojourner in this region." J. Prout appears on the 1876 map of Hemlock township, Columbia Co., Penna. near J. Pooley; see in John Pooley/MEDIA.