Staffordshire Trees

Various spelling of the surname have been found recorded in the census and parish register transcripts.  The spelling Wolleter seems to have become particularly prevalent (others noted include Wallator, Woliter, Walletter, Waleter, Walliter, Wolleter, Wolletter, Wollitter).
 

Data from parish registers (from www.FreeReg.org.uk). Please note this may be incomplete and has not been checked in the original registers:

John Walleter / Wollitter
b. abt 1725 (estimate)

= Sarah Davis at St Peters church, Wolverhampton on 2 Feb 1749

Their children:

Thomas c. 8 Apr 1751, St Peters

John c. 2 Jan 1756, St Peters

Daniel c. 25 Nov 1758, St Peters

James c. 24 Sep 1763, St Peters

 

Data added so far from the censuses (1841 to 1911):

Samuel Waleter (aged 25) was recorded in the 1841 census as living in Dudley, Staffordshire.

Richard and Ellen Wallator (see Hughley family), moved from Shropshire to Staffordshire and then to Worcestershire before returning to Shropshire.  In the 1881 census they were recorded as living at Wood Farm, Tyrley, Stafford with their daughter Maria (aged 18) and son Edward (aged 16).  By 1901, Richard was a 78 year old widower, but still recorded as a farmer, living at Cleobury Road, Bewdley, Worcestershire, with his daughter, Maria F (aged 36) and son Edward (aged 34).  Edward later emigrated to Canada.

John Walletter (aged 40) and Harriet (his wife, aged 44) were recorded as living at Stow Heath, Bilston, Staffordshire in 1881.

THE WOLLETER FAMILY OF STAFFORDSHIRE

This family originates from Eaton-Under-Heywood, Shropshire, where the surname was originally recorded as Walliter.  William, son of William and Sarah (see Shropshire Trees) and his wife Elizabeth, moved to Staffordshire and stayed there.  This family, with the Wolleter surname, continues to thrive today in the UK both in and around Staffordshire and also elsewhere, e.g. Wiltshire.

William Wolleter/Wolletor/Walliter/Walater and wife, Elizabeth.  In the 1841 census they are recorded as Walater (transcribed incorrectly as Walster).  William (aged 45) was an agricultural labourer and they were living at Brunswick Row, Lower Lane, Handsworth.  They had six children (all born in Staffs.) living with them: Thomas (aged 15, a Pearl Buttoner), John (aged 15, a Rivet Maker), William (aged 14, a Pearl Cutter), Sarah (aged 12), Eliza (aged 10) and Frederick (aged 7).
In the 1851 census their name was recorded as Walliter, William (aged 55) was a labourer and their son Frederick (aged 16, a Pearl Button Bottomer) was still living with them.  Also their son John (aged 27, a Pearl Button Turner) was married to Hester (aged 21, born Shutford) and recorded as living with them.
By the 1861 census William was recorded as age 64 and a labourer and Elizabeth was aged 65.  They were still living at Back of Brunswick Row, Handsworth, Staffs.  Both were recorded as being born at "Heaton, Shropshire" - this is most probably Eaton (under-Heywood), near Church Stretton, Shropshire.  Recorded with them are George Liddell (Grandchild, aged 8, scholar, born America) and William Kane (Visitor, aged 8, scholar, born Kent).
By the 1871 census William Walliter (aged 81, born Church Stretton, Shropshire), a widower, former agricultural labourer was an inmate in the West Bromich Union Workhouse. The death of William Walliter (aged 82) was recorded in Q4 1872, West Bromwich).  It would appear this is the same William, since I can find no further records for William Wolleter.

Frederick Wolleter (born at Handsworth, Staffs. - appears to be a son of William & Elizabeth above) and Sarah (wife, born Birmingham) were married in Birmingham in 1859 and are recorded in the 1861 census living at Brunswick Row (on the same census sheet as William and Elizabeth).  They were both aged 27, both working as Grooms, and had a daughter, Jane (aged 7 mths?).  Frederick and Sarah appear consistently (with this surname spelling) in the censuses from 1871 to 1911 in Walsall district, Staffs.
In the 1871 census, Frederick and Sarah (both aged 38) had 3 children living with them: Arthur (aged 7), Frederick (aged 5) and Elizabeth (aged 3).
In the 1881 census they were recorded as (both aged 47) living at Chapel Lane, Church Lodge 2, Great Barr, Stafford, together with their children: Frederick (aged 15), Elizabeth (aged 13), Harry (aged 9) and Emily (aged 5).

Arthur Wolleter and wife Mary. Arthur appears to be a son of Frederick and Sarah, and a grandson of William and Elizabeth.  They are recorded in the 1901 census in Walsall, Staffordshire, with 3 children.  By the 1911 census (recorded as Wolletor) in Walsall, Staffordshire, they were aged 47 and 43 respectively and they had 5 children living with them: Violet Mary (aged 21), Gladys Emily (aged 19), Arthur James (aged 15), Leslie Howard (aged 6) and Johnathan Robert (aged 5).

 

Warwickshire Trees

Surnames have been recorded as Woliter, Walleter, Walliter, Wallitter, Wolliter.

Data from the 1841 and 1881 censuses:

Thos Walleter (b. abt 1821, aged 20) and Martha (b. abt 1823, aged 18) were recorded as living in Birmingham in the 1841 census.  Thomas "Walletter" (b. abt 1821) is recorded as living in Aston, Birmingham in 1861 and 1871, with Mary Walletter (b. abt 1810, aged 51 in 1861 and 60 in 1871).

William Walliter (an unemployed pearl button maker, aged 27 years and born abt 1854 Stafford - possibly a brother of Frederick Wolleter?) and Elizabeth (his wife, aged 25, born abt 1856 Birmingham) were recorded as living at 47 Lower Hospital Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire in the 1881 census, together with their sons William W. (b. abt 1877, aged 4) and Henry E. (aged 8 months).

William Woliter? (born Birmingham abt 1852) and Mary A. (wife, born Birmingham abt 1852) were recorded as living at Court 83 House Henrietta Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire in the 1881 census, together with their first four children and again in the 1891 census (spelled "Wolitor" and both aged 39) with their 9 children: Mary A. (b. abt 1872, aged 19), Ellen (b. abt 1876, aged 15), Henry/Harry (b. abt 1878, aged 13), William (b. abt 1880, aged 11), Harriet (b. abt 1882, aged 9), John (b. abt 1883, aged 8), George (b. abt 1885, aged 6), Emma (b. abt 1887, aged 4) and Fredrick (b. abt 1889, aged 2).

Emma (b. abt 1857, aged 24), George S. (b. abt 1861, aged 20) and Elizabeth (b. abt 1865, aged 16) Woliter (all born Birmingham) were recorded as living with their Uncle and Aunt (George (aged 55 years) and Rachel (wife aged 52 years) Slater) at 50 Ct 1 Cromwell Street, Aston, Birmingham in the 1881 census.

William Wallitter (aged 56 and a pauper and widow) was recorded as living at the "Parish of Birmingham Workhouse" in the 1881 census.  He was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire in about 1825 (possible brother of Frederick Wolleter listed under Staffordshire?).