George Penrose Woolcombe was the son of the Rev. William Penrose Woolcombe (1827-1899) and his wife Henrietta Jacob of Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England.
He was twice married. His first marriage to Julia Edith Dirom Acres, daughter of Charles Acres and his wife Henrietta Coxworthy, took place on August 1, 1893 at All Saints Church on Prince's Park, Liverpool, England. The service was presided over by his father, the Rev. William Penrose Woollcombe.
His second marriage to Jessica Marion Mickle, daughter of Charles Mickle and his wife Ellen Thurtell was on July 11, 1900.
George and Julia had 3 children:
1. Philip Herbert Penrose Woollcombe, born May 25, 1884
2. Maithol Henrietta Woollcombe, born September 25, 1895
3. Julia Phyllis Mary Woollcombe, born 1 April, 1898
George and Jessie had two sons:
4. Edward Mickle Woollcombe, born November 24, 1901
5. George Andrew Woolcombe, born June 13, 1905
George Penrose Woollcombe attended the Royal Grammar School in the nearby village of High Wycombe. On May 26, 1885 he applied for admission to Christ Church College, Oxford University. He was admitted and began his studies on October 16, 1885. He was there for three years and achieved his BA with third class honours in 1888.
Shortly after graduating, he immigrated to Canada and was hired for a teaching position at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec. In 1890, accepted a teaching position at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.
In 1891 George was asked by some Ottawa men of influence, to open a school for boys in the capitol city. A room in a building across the street from Parliament Hill was rented for the purpose, and Mr. Woollcombe's School for the Sons of Gentlemen opened with George as headmaster, two teachers and 17 boys.
George remained faithful to his mother country visiting England almost every summer, and many times in between. During one of those trips home in 1893, he married Julia A Acres in Liverpool on August 1st. Julia returned with him to Canada and they resided at 371 Daly Avenue, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario.
By this time the school had outgrown its premises. In 1894 a new school called Ashbury House School was established on Wellington Street in Ottawa. George named it after the Woollcombe Family Estate in Devonshire, England. This location remained until 1900, when Ashbury College was founded at 70 Argyle Avenue in Ottawa. George and his family resided in rooms there.
George was made a Deacon in the Anglican Church on December 21, 1902. A year later, he was ordained a priest.
In 1906 he achieved his MA degree from Bishop's University, where he also lectured.
In 1908, along with his position as headmaster at Ashbury College, George served as Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, a position he held until 1913.
By 1910, Ashbury College had relocated to new location in Rockcliffe, Ontario on 10 acres of land. George and his family lived in the annex to the college, while George served as headmaster.
In 1917, the Woollcombe family moved to 2 Cloverdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
George was made an honorary Doctor of Law by McGill University in 1926.
George retired from Ashbury in 1933 after serving for 42 years. Disappointingly, he received a very merger pension from the school board. Finding it financially constraining to live on the pension, George decided to move his family to England to serve as a minister there. He was there for 4 years, before returning to Canada.
George and Jessie lived at 194 Cobourg Street, Ottawa, Ontario with George's newly widowed daughter Phyllis and her two sons. George served again as rector of All Saints Church Sandy Hill.
George continued to return each year to England to visit family and friends. On September 3, 1939 he boarded the ship the S.S. Athenian at Liverpool, which had set sail from Glasgow on September 1st. He was serving as the ship's chaplain on the return voyage. The ship was accidentally torpedoed at 7:35 pm by a German submarine at the start of World War II, and all on-board had to abandon ship. Of the 1,103 passengers and 315 crew, 98 passengers and 19 crew members lost their lives.
In January 1947, George resigned as assistant rector of All Saints. On February 26, 1947 George was appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. During the Spring of 1947, George's health began to fail and by the summer he was admitted to the Civic Hospital, where he died in July,
He was twice married. His first marriage to Julia Edith Dirom Acres, daughter of Charles Acres and his wife Henrietta Coxworthy, took place on August 1, 1893 at All Saints Church on Prince's Park, Liverpool, England. The service was presided over by his father, the Rev. William Penrose Woollcombe.
His second marriage to Jessica Marion Mickle, daughter of Charles Mickle and his wife Ellen Thurtell was on July 11, 1900.
George and Julia had 3 children:
1. Philip Herbert Penrose Woollcombe, born May 25, 1884
2. Maithol Henrietta Woollcombe, born September 25, 1895
3. Julia Phyllis Mary Woollcombe, born 1 April, 1898
George and Jessie had two sons:
4. Edward Mickle Woollcombe, born November 24, 1901
5. George Andrew Woolcombe, born June 13, 1905
George Penrose Woollcombe attended the Royal Grammar School in the nearby village of High Wycombe. On May 26, 1885 he applied for admission to Christ Church College, Oxford University. He was admitted and began his studies on October 16, 1885. He was there for three years and achieved his BA with third class honours in 1888.
Shortly after graduating, he immigrated to Canada and was hired for a teaching position at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec. In 1890, accepted a teaching position at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.
In 1891 George was asked by some Ottawa men of influence, to open a school for boys in the capitol city. A room in a building across the street from Parliament Hill was rented for the purpose, and Mr. Woollcombe's School for the Sons of Gentlemen opened with George as headmaster, two teachers and 17 boys.
George remained faithful to his mother country visiting England almost every summer, and many times in between. During one of those trips home in 1893, he married Julia A Acres in Liverpool on August 1st. Julia returned with him to Canada and they resided at 371 Daly Avenue, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario.
By this time the school had outgrown its premises. In 1894 a new school called Ashbury House School was established on Wellington Street in Ottawa. George named it after the Woollcombe Family Estate in Devonshire, England. This location remained until 1900, when Ashbury College was founded at 70 Argyle Avenue in Ottawa. George and his family resided in rooms there.
George was made a Deacon in the Anglican Church on December 21, 1902. A year later, he was ordained a priest.
In 1906 he achieved his MA degree from Bishop's University, where he also lectured.
In 1908, along with his position as headmaster at Ashbury College, George served as Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, a position he held until 1913.
By 1910, Ashbury College had relocated to new location in Rockcliffe, Ontario on 10 acres of land. George and his family lived in the annex to the college, while George served as headmaster.
In 1917, the Woollcombe family moved to 2 Cloverdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
George was made an honorary Doctor of Law by McGill University in 1926.
George retired from Ashbury in 1933 after serving for 42 years. Disappointingly, he received a very merger pension from the school board. Finding it financially constraining to live on the pension, George decided to move his family to England to serve as a minister there. He was there for 4 years, before returning to Canada.
George and Jessie lived at 194 Cobourg Street, Ottawa, Ontario with George's newly widowed daughter Phyllis and her two sons. George served again as rector of All Saints Church Sandy Hill.
George continued to return each year to England to visit family and friends. On September 3, 1939 he boarded the ship the S.S. Athenian at Liverpool, which had set sail from Glasgow on September 1st. He was serving as the ship's chaplain on the return voyage. The ship was accidentally torpedoed at 7:35 pm by a German submarine at the start of World War II, and all on-board had to abandon ship. Of the 1,103 passengers and 315 crew, 98 passengers and 19 crew members lost their lives.
In January 1947, George resigned as assistant rector of All Saints. On February 26, 1947 George was appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. During the Spring of 1947, George's health began to fail and by the summer he was admitted to the Civic Hospital, where he died in July,
George Penrose Woolcombe was the son of the Rev. William Penrose Woolcombe (1827-1899) and his wife Henrietta Jacob of Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England.
He was twice married. His first marriage to Julia Edith Dirom Acres, daughter of Charles Acres and his wife Henrietta Coxworthy, took place on August 1, 1893 at All Saints Church on Prince's Park, Liverpool, England. The service was presided over by his father, the Rev. William Penrose Woollcombe.
His second marriage to Jessica Marion Mickle, daughter of Charles Mickle and his wife Ellen Thurtell was on July 11, 1900.
George and Julia had 3 children:
1. Philip Herbert Penrose Woollcombe, born May 25, 1884
2. Maithol Henrietta Woollcombe, born September 25, 1895
3. Julia Phyllis Mary Woollcombe, born 1 April, 1898
George and Jessie had two sons:
4. Edward Mickle Woollcombe, born November 24, 1901
5. George Andrew Woolcombe, born June 13, 1905
George Penrose Woollcombe attended the Royal Grammar School in the nearby village of High Wycombe. On May 26, 1885 he applied for admission to Christ Church College, Oxford University. He was admitted and began his studies on October 16, 1885. He was there for three years and achieved his BA with third class honours in 1888.
Shortly after graduating, he immigrated to Canada and was hired for a teaching position at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec. In 1890, accepted a teaching position at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.
In 1891 George was asked by some Ottawa men of influence, to open a school for boys in the capitol city. A room in a building across the street from Parliament Hill was rented for the purpose, and Mr. Woollcombe's School for the Sons of Gentlemen opened with George as headmaster, two teachers and 17 boys.
George remained faithful to his mother country visiting England almost every summer, and many times in between. During one of those trips home in 1893, he married Julia A Acres in Liverpool on August 1st. Julia returned with him to Canada and they resided at 371 Daly Avenue, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario.
By this time the school had outgrown its premises. In 1894 a new school called Ashbury House School was established on Wellington Street in Ottawa. George named it after the Woollcombe Family Estate in Devonshire, England. This location remained until 1900, when Ashbury College was founded at 70 Argyle Avenue in Ottawa. George and his family resided in rooms there.
George was made a Deacon in the Anglican Church on December 21, 1902. A year later, he was ordained a priest.
In 1906 he achieved his MA degree from Bishop's University, where he also lectured.
In 1908, along with his position as headmaster at Ashbury College, George served as Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, a position he held until 1913.
By 1910, Ashbury College had relocated to new location in Rockcliffe, Ontario on 10 acres of land. George and his family lived in the annex to the college, while George served as headmaster.
In 1917, the Woollcombe family moved to 2 Cloverdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
George was made an honorary Doctor of Law by McGill University in 1926.
George retired from Ashbury in 1933 after serving for 42 years. Disappointingly, he received a very merger pension from the school board. Finding it financially constraining to live on the pension, George decided to move his family to England to serve as a minister there. He was there for 4 years, before returning to Canada.
George and Jessie lived at 194 Cobourg Street, Ottawa, Ontario with George's newly widowed daughter Phyllis and her two sons. George served again as rector of All Saints Church Sandy Hill.
George continued to return each year to England to visit family and friends. On September 3, 1939 he boarded the ship the S.S. Athenian at Liverpool, which had set sail from Glasgow on September 1st. He was serving as the ship's chaplain on the return voyage. The ship was accidentally torpedoed at 7:35 pm by a German submarine at the start of World War II, and all on-board had to abandon ship. Of the 1,103 passengers and 315 crew, 98 passengers and 19 crew members lost their lives.
In January 1947, George resigned as assistant rector of All Saints. On February 26, 1947 George was appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. During the Spring of 1947, George's health began to fail and by the summer he was admitted to the Civic Hospital, where he died in July,
He was twice married. His first marriage to Julia Edith Dirom Acres, daughter of Charles Acres and his wife Henrietta Coxworthy, took place on August 1, 1893 at All Saints Church on Prince's Park, Liverpool, England. The service was presided over by his father, the Rev. William Penrose Woollcombe.
His second marriage to Jessica Marion Mickle, daughter of Charles Mickle and his wife Ellen Thurtell was on July 11, 1900.
George and Julia had 3 children:
1. Philip Herbert Penrose Woollcombe, born May 25, 1884
2. Maithol Henrietta Woollcombe, born September 25, 1895
3. Julia Phyllis Mary Woollcombe, born 1 April, 1898
George and Jessie had two sons:
4. Edward Mickle Woollcombe, born November 24, 1901
5. George Andrew Woolcombe, born June 13, 1905
George Penrose Woollcombe attended the Royal Grammar School in the nearby village of High Wycombe. On May 26, 1885 he applied for admission to Christ Church College, Oxford University. He was admitted and began his studies on October 16, 1885. He was there for three years and achieved his BA with third class honours in 1888.
Shortly after graduating, he immigrated to Canada and was hired for a teaching position at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec. In 1890, accepted a teaching position at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.
In 1891 George was asked by some Ottawa men of influence, to open a school for boys in the capitol city. A room in a building across the street from Parliament Hill was rented for the purpose, and Mr. Woollcombe's School for the Sons of Gentlemen opened with George as headmaster, two teachers and 17 boys.
George remained faithful to his mother country visiting England almost every summer, and many times in between. During one of those trips home in 1893, he married Julia A Acres in Liverpool on August 1st. Julia returned with him to Canada and they resided at 371 Daly Avenue, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario.
By this time the school had outgrown its premises. In 1894 a new school called Ashbury House School was established on Wellington Street in Ottawa. George named it after the Woollcombe Family Estate in Devonshire, England. This location remained until 1900, when Ashbury College was founded at 70 Argyle Avenue in Ottawa. George and his family resided in rooms there.
George was made a Deacon in the Anglican Church on December 21, 1902. A year later, he was ordained a priest.
In 1906 he achieved his MA degree from Bishop's University, where he also lectured.
In 1908, along with his position as headmaster at Ashbury College, George served as Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, a position he held until 1913.
By 1910, Ashbury College had relocated to new location in Rockcliffe, Ontario on 10 acres of land. George and his family lived in the annex to the college, while George served as headmaster.
In 1917, the Woollcombe family moved to 2 Cloverdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
George was made an honorary Doctor of Law by McGill University in 1926.
George retired from Ashbury in 1933 after serving for 42 years. Disappointingly, he received a very merger pension from the school board. Finding it financially constraining to live on the pension, George decided to move his family to England to serve as a minister there. He was there for 4 years, before returning to Canada.
George and Jessie lived at 194 Cobourg Street, Ottawa, Ontario with George's newly widowed daughter Phyllis and her two sons. George served again as rector of All Saints Church Sandy Hill.
George continued to return each year to England to visit family and friends. On September 3, 1939 he boarded the ship the S.S. Athenian at Liverpool, which had set sail from Glasgow on September 1st. He was serving as the ship's chaplain on the return voyage. The ship was accidentally torpedoed at 7:35 pm by a German submarine at the start of World War II, and all on-board had to abandon ship. Of the 1,103 passengers and 315 crew, 98 passengers and 19 crew members lost their lives.
In January 1947, George resigned as assistant rector of All Saints. On February 26, 1947 George was appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. During the Spring of 1947, George's health began to fail and by the summer he was admitted to the Civic Hospital, where he died in July,
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CANON G.P. WOOLLCOMBE
1867 M.A. LLD. 1951
FIRST HEADMASTER OF
ASHBURY COLLEGE
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HIS BELOVED WIFE
1863 JULIA E. ACRES 1898
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HIS BELOVED WIFE
1865 JESSIE M. MICKLE 1947
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