NameSamuel Wootton
Birth4 Jul 1868, Wymeswold, Leicestershire89
Death12 Oct 1953, West Hartford, CT90
FatherWilliam Wootton (1842-1937)
MotherBetsy Haywood (1842-1921)
Spouses
Birthabt 1872, Salford, Lancastershire
Death18 Jan 1952, East Hartford, Hartford, CN91
FatherJames Pow (~1837-)
MotherSusan (Susannah) (~1843-)
Marriage4 Jul 1900, Parish Church, St. James, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire92
Children(Living)
 Edith (~1910-2007)
Notes for Samuel Wootton
CENSUS INFORMATION
England
1871 Sam (3) is living with parents and brother in Wymeswold, Leicestershire 80
1881 Sam (13) is living with parents and siblings in Wymeswold, Leicestershire 93

1891 -- not found. May have been in the US (came over with Tom and Hannah Wootton in 1889 on Adriatic).

1901 Sam (32) is living with wife Mary (29) at 72 Buckley St., Moss Side, Manchester, with mother-in-law Susannah Pow (58), and Mary’s brother Joseph (23). Occupation is bricklayer 94

1911 Sam (42) sailed from Liverpool, England to NYC on the Laurentic, arriving 17 April 1911.95

US
1920 Sam (51) is living with wife mary (48), son Ernest W. (15) and daughters Bessie (13) and Edith (10) at 58 Rossevelt (sic) st., Hartford, Connecticut. Occupation is mason. 96

1930 Sam (61) and wife Mary (58) are living 60 Park Ave, Hartford, Connecticut with daughters Bessie (24) and Edith (20). Occupation is bricklayer. 97

OTHER ADDRESSES
1914 9 Chapel St., Hartford, CT (Samuel’s address on SS Carmania manifest) 98

NOTES
In 1894, Sam was living in NYC. He petitioned for naturalization in NYC Court of Common Pleas. 99

Was probably in the UK in 1910-1911, based on Edith’s birth date.

1920 census says Sam first entered the US in 1887. His first recorded visit to the US is in 1889 with Tom & Hannah Wootton . He returned to England some time before 1900, married and had a family. He returned to the US in 1911 and went back to England and his family (wife Mary & three children) joined him in 1914

NOTES
Photocopy of photograph in Wm Wootton-Emma Barker file. 100

Ship manifests show two Samuel Wootton (bricklayer, correct age) entries two successive years -- 1911 and 1912 .

1911 SS. Laurentic Liverpool (8 April 1911) to NY (17 April 1911). Traveled steerage. Manifest has date of naturalization in NYC.

1912 SS Laconia Liverpool (16 April 1912) to NY (25 April 1912. Traveled steerage. Destination Manchester, NH (staying with son, Joseph Ottershaw).

1914 SS. Carmania Liverpool (18 July 1914) to NY (26 July 1914). Wife Mary Wootton, children Bessie, Ernest & Edith. Accessed via ellisisland.org. Scan and print in Wootton-Pow folder.
Notes for Mary [Polly] (Spouse 1)
CENSUS INFORMATION
1891 Mary is living at 65 West Clowes St., Salford, Lancashire with parents and siblings. 101

1914 Mary (42) and children Ernest (9), Bessie (8) and Edith (5) sailed from Liverpool, England to NYC on the Carmania, arriving 27 July 1914. 102

NOTES
Polly Wootton wrote two letters to Tom and Annie Wootton.

Probable birth record:
Births Dec 1871
Pow Mary Salford 8d 86
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