Woulfe, James J.

Submitted by Mike Miller

James J. Woulfe, notary public of New Orleans. Among the names which give standing to New Orleans and conduce to the welfare of society is that of Woulfe. He is by the consent of all, a most genial and popular man, and has proven himself a business man of sound judgment and fine qualifications. He was born in the city of New Orleans November 25, 1857, his father being Patrick Woulfe, a native of Ireland and his mother Ann (Berrigan)Woulfe, a native of Tipperary, Ireland. The parents were married in New Orleans, but the father has been dead since 1871. James J. Woulfe was educated in the public schools of New Orleans and afterward in the Christian Brothers' college of New Orleans and the Christian Brothers' college of Pass Christian, Miss., graduating from the last mentioned institution in 1873. While in college he stood among the first in his class. After graduating he entered the office of W. J. Castell, the leading notary at that time of New Orleans, but after the death of the latter in 1885, Mr. Woulfe embarked on the notarial sea for himself and is now doing as large a business as any man of like occupation in the city, notwithstanding the fact that it has only been six years since he started for himself. He is the notary of the Hibernian National bank and the Southern National bank, besides a number of other corporations, and his logical and financial ability, his high sense of propriety and his character and prudence have brought him into prominent recognition.

He is a member of the Notarial association of New Orleans, and in politics is a democrat, his interest in politics being earnest and active. He has been sent as a delegate to many conventions, both state and congressional, and has in other ways been honored by his party. He is opposed to the lottery. He is a member of the Young Men's Gymnastic club and has been its treasurer five years. He is a worthy member of the Irish-American association and in his religion is a Catholic. He was married on September 7, 1887, to Miss Mary Murphy, of New Orleans, by whom he has one daughter.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 564-466. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.