Gazlay Family History
Ethel Edith Nelson
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 3 May 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 731 |
| Name | Ethel Edith Nelson |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 10 June 1941 in Springfield, Massachusetts1, 2, 3 |
| Married | ca. 1959 to Richard George Hoyle1 |
| Married | December 1960 in Massachusetts to Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Jr.4 |
| Divorced | 23 September 1974 in New London, New London County, Connecticut from Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Jr.4 |
| Married | 17 January 1976 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Carl Meier Benum5 |
| Divorced | 1980 in New London, New London County, Connecticut from Carl Meier Benum4 |
| Died | 31 January 2008 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3 |
Biography
Ethel worked as an internal machinist at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut, for many years.3
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Richard George Hoyle |
| Born | |
| Married | ca. 1959 to Ethel Edith Nelson |
| Children | of Ethel Edith Nelson and Richard George Hoyle: |
| +1. | Richard John ‘Rich’ Wooldridge (born Hoyle), Sr. |
| Born | 7 August 1959 |
| Adopted | (adopted by Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Jr.) |
| Married | 27 April 1980 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Robin Marie Jeffers |
| Married | 7 August 1993 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut to Dawn Arnold (née Harrison) |
| Married | 29 July 2010 to Elizabeth Ryan |
| Died | 8 September 2011 in Wellford, Spartanburg County, South Carolina |
| Spouse 2 | Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Jr. (son of Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Sr. and Dorothy E. Godfrey) |
| Born | 31 December 1939 in Massachusetts |
| Married | December 1960 in Massachusetts to Ethel Edith Nelson |
| Married | 21 June 1975 in Auburn, Massachusetts to Joyce A. Mitchell |
| Children | of Ethel Edith Nelson and Ernest Henry Wooldridge, Jr.: |
| +1. | Ronald Ernest Wooldridge |
| Born | 8 April 1961 |
| Married | 1982 to Denise _____ |
| +2. | David John Wooldridge |
| Born | 15 May 1962 |
| Married | 12 December 1992 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Nancy Ann Matthews (née Jadwin) |
| 3. | Tina Marie Wooldridge |
| Born | 21 March 1964 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
| Died | 3 November 1975 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| +4. | Darlene Lynn Wooldridge |
| Born | 14 January 1969 |
| Partnered | ca. 1987 with (unidentified) |
| Partnered | ca. 1990 with William Casey |
| Married | 9 September 1995 in Sprague, Connecticut to Scott C. Stevens |
| Spouse 3 | Carl Meier Benum (son of Olaf Benum and Margot Ronning) |
| Born | 4 December 1931 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| Married | 17 January 1976 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Ethel Edith Nelson |
| Died | 9 April 2003 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
Sources
- Information provided from personal knowledge by Amy (Wooldridge) Palmisano
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Ethel E. Wooldridge, no. 030-30-9556
- Obituary, The Day, New London, Connecticut, Ethel Wooldridge, 16 February 2008
- Connecticut Divorce Index, 1968 - 1997. Available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
- Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Groom: Carl M. Benum, age 44. Bride: Ethel E. Wooldridge, age 34. Marriage Date: 17 Jan 1976. Marriage Place: Waterford, New London, CT.