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woolsey Name Meaning and History

English: from the Middle English personal name Wulsi, Old English Wulfsige, composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’.

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woolsey Family Facts

Distribution of woolsey Families in the US in 1920
Number of woolsey families
 66-129
 23-65		 1-22
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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