Thomas Woodrow to Janet Woodrow Wilson

Title

Thomas Woodrow to Janet Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP22668

Date

1855 October 19

Description

Thomas Woodrow sends his daughter Jessie Woodrow Wilson information about family baptisms in Carlisle, England.

Source

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia

Language

English

Text

Copy, made by Woodrow Wilson himself, in one of his record books, of a letter written at Worthington, Ohio, on October 19, 1855, by Thomas Woodrow (Woodrow Wilson's grandfather), to his daughter, Janet (Woodrow Wilson's mother);

My dear Daughter,

I send you according to my promise a copy of an extract which I made from the Register of Baptisms in England before my leaving the country.

Carlisle, June 22nd. 1835

                        Birth                Baptism            By whom

Robert        26 Nov. 1820        Jan 9/1821        R. Ivy
John            3 Apl. 1822          15 May, 1822     I. Watton
Thomas      10 June 1824        17 Fby. 1824      I. Williams
William        31 May, 1825      5 June 1825        D. Russell
Janet            20 Dec. 1826      11 April 1827      I. Carlile
James             30 May 1828        30 July, 1828      S. Peele
George Hol-
lingsworth*     2 May, 1829        16 Aug. 1830      W. Merrefield
Marion            21 Nov. 1832        5 Feb 1833        W. Merrefield

True extract from the Register of Baptisms belonging to Annetwell St. Chapel, Carlisle, England.
Extracted by me
Thomas Woodrow-formerly pastor
of the Church assembling in such Chapel, Carlisle, June 1835

I certify the above to be a true copy taken from the original by me this day. Worthington, Oct. 19, 1855
Thomas Woodrow

* Died at Carlisle, aged 8 mos.

Original Format

Miscellaneous

To

Janet Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WW000067.pdf

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Thomas Woodrow to Janet Woodrow Wilson,” 1855 October 19, WWP22668, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.