Naomi Woodhurst

Brief biography

Naomi Woodhurst was born at Icklesham, East Sussex in 1850 to parents Tom Woodhurst and his wife Naomi Oliver [Birth Index: Rye VII 496, 1850 (Dec)].

The 1851 Census finds her at age "5 months" living with her parents in Icklesham, Sussex.

The 1861 Census finds her at age "10" living with her parents in Romsey Extra, Hampshire.

The 1871 Census finds her at age "20" living in Iden in the household of her aunt Ann (2) and the latter's husband Trayton Trill.

She married William Gillespie in London in 1874 [Marriage Index: St. George H. Sq. 1a 695, 1874 (Dec)]. William was born in Ireland around 1844-45.

The 1881 Census finds her living with William and several children at Shaftsbury Dwellings, Tenby Road in West Ham, Essex. The children included a "step-daughter" Jane Morrison aged 24 and born in Ireland - her relationship to William is not yet known. William was occupied as a house joiner.

The 1891 Census finds the family, with many more children, living at 49, Jodrell Road in Stratford-le-Bow St. Mary in London. William was still occupied as a joiner.

The 1901 Census finds the family still living at 49, Jodrell Road where William was occupied as a house carpenter.

It is not yet known where or when Naomi and William died.

Her children by William Gillespie

1. Amy Jane Gillespie - born in South Hackney [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 529, 1875 (Dec)]
2. Annie Naomi Gillespie - born in Stoke Newington [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 456, 1877 (Sept)]
3. Margaret Jane Gillespie - born about 1879 in Old Kent Road, London
4. Ellen Mabel Gillespie - born in Stratford, Essex [Birth Index: W. Ham 4a 35, 1881 (June)]
5. Florence Eliza Gillespie - born in Stratford, Essex [Birth Index: W. Ham 4a 28, 1883 (June)]
6. William James Gillespie - born about 1884-85 in Belfast, Ireland
7. Alice Ruth Gillespie - born in Portsmouth, Hampshire [Birth Index: Portsea 2b 416, 1888 (Sept)]
8. Sarah Grace Gillespie - born in Portsmouth, Hampshire [Birth Index: Portsea 2b 522, 1890 (Sept)]
9. Daisy Elizabeth Gillespie - born in Poplar [Birth Index: Poplar 1c 593, 1895 (March)]
10. and possibly others ...

Margaret Jane may have been registered at birth as simply "Margaret Gillespie" [Birth Index: Camberwell 1d 793, 1879 (June)]. She may have died aged "14" in 1891 [Death Index: Hackney 1b 358, 1891 (March)]. Otherwise she may be the "Margaret Gillespie" aged "21" whom the 1901 Census finds working as a cook in a Bartley household at 20, Hamilton Terrace in St. Marylebone [PRO Ref: RG13 Piece 119 Folio 10 Page 11].

Ellen Mabel died aged "18" in 1899 [Death Index: Poplar 1c 398, 1899 (Dec)].

Sarah Grace appears to have died, having never married, at Haywards Heath, Sussex in April 1988. The GRO death index gives her birthdate as August 5th 1890.