Unusual First Name??

[Patty]

Just wondering if anyone else has any male ancestors with the first name of Woolery?

We have a few of them, and I've always thought it was rather unusual.....sort of a KY way of saying "woolie".

[Linda]

I have Ulms, with endless variations on the spelling, including Woolam. A good many of those cousins are in KY. I was on an Ulm list at one time. I'm thinking it's from Genealogy.com. If searching doesn't turn it up, let me know and I'll see if I can track it down.

[rosebud]

patty,
another scenario is that was a surname in the family and they carried it on from the female side as a first name to keep it in the family. Example, Littleberry is a VA Colonial Eppes name. It was the maiden name of one of the wives and subsequently, the first name of many generations, white and ndn. You may also find it as a middle name.

[Patty]

Thanks to both of you, I will check it out. It could be a maiden name or a phonetic spelling of a totally different name. It's usually pronounced Wol'-ree.