Madeline wrote > >> I have an ancester a Joseph Sidney Woollett who was ordained and I believe died at >Stonyhurst in 1898, I don't have any other details on him, and if you could point me >in the right direction I would be very grateful. > >The basic source for information about Catholic priests in England and Wales from the >Reformation (1558) to the First World War is a set of three lists published by >Downside Abbey. > >"English and Welsh Priests 1558 - 1800, A Working List" compiled by A. Bellenger, >Downside Abbey, 1984 >"The French Exiled Clergy in the British Isles after 1789" edited by A. Bellenger, >Downside Abbey 1986 >"English and Welsh Priests 1801 - 1914, A Working List" compiled by C. >Fitzgerald-Lombard, Downside Abbey, 1993 > >These provide a one-line entry for all the known Catholic clergy of that period. For >Joseph Sidney Woollett, the third volume has the entry - > >WOOLLETT, Joseph, SJ [Jesuit], [born] London, [educated] St. Beuno's, born 1818, >ordained 1852, died 1898. > >The other book I have quoted is "The English Jesuits 1650 - 1829" by G. Holt, SJ, >Catholic Record Society Vol. 20, 1984. 1829 was chosen as the closing date because it >was the date of the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829, and because " ... after 1829 >information is readily available in more easily consulted sources." - unspecified. >Clearly this has no reference to Joseph Sidney Woollett. It is probable that an >obituary for circulation to Jesuit houses was written when Joseph Sidney Woollett >died and a letter to The Archivist, Jesuit Provincial Offices, 114 Mount Street, >London W1Y 6AH, *MAY* result in you getting a copy. > >Sorry not to be more help > >Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs)