Sydney Pooley (JIM) Mace and his wife Goldie Boswell

Sydney Pooley (Jim) Mace

Everyone always called Sydney "Jim".

 I am not sure how this happened but his real name was Sydney.

 

(Jim hated having his picture taken so we do not have any good photos of him)

Sydney was born on October 11, 1903 in Ohio. 

He died on May 5th 1986 in Seminole Florida.

His parents were Herbert Mace  and Minnie Tyler. 

According to the census he lived in Penn's Grove, Salem, New Jersey in 1920. 
 He was 15 years old  in 1920. 

Sydney had 4 brothers and 1 sister :
Herbert Mace 1907-1997
Alfred Mace 1908-
Earle Mace 1914-
Bertram Mace 1916-2009
Wilhelmina Mace 1917-



  Around 1931 Sydney married Goldie Mae Boswell (1910-1983) 

  In this photo Goldie was about 17 yrs. old
Goldie's father was William Boswell

 

Her mother was Aggie Trail.

Goldie had 10 siblings:
Albert, Clyde, Bernell, Jenny, Aubrey, Barney, Sophie, Pansy, Nettie and Nellie.  Their mother Aggie died in 1929 when Nellie was about 9 months old. As the oldest girl Goldie had to raise her siblings until she got married.
 

They had 9 live children:

Fern Emma Mace 1932-2002

Fern with her son Earl Mace.

Earl Sydney Mace 1933-

Earl married Sherry Jeffery. They had Timmy, Terry and Teresa.

Timmy Mace, he died in 1989

Terry Mace with his father Earl.

Teresa Mace

 

 

Mel Alfred Mace 1935-

        Mel married Betty Flanagan picture below with his mother Goldie.

Mel & Betty had two children, Linda & Rocky.

     Rocky Mace

Linda Mace

 

 

Cyril Bertram Mace 1936-
(Mel is on left, Cyril (Boyce) is on right)

Boyce married Billy Ann Adair and they had three children, Mark, Lynn and Cindy. Mark was killed by a police officer around 1983, Lynn was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1999, she had two daughters Kara & Kristi.

Viola Irene Mace 1938-

 

Irene married George Kerns and they had 6 children

Tammy, Georgianna,  Randy, Danny, Margie & Shannon.

Georgianna & Randy. Randy died in 2014.

 Georgianna, Irene & Tammy

 

  Danny Kerns

 

  Shannon Kerns

Margie Kerns          

 

Donald Alfred Mace 1941-

 

      Donnie Married Barbara and they had one son Shane.

Clyde Walter Mace 1942- 

Clyde married Linda Smith and they had two sons, Tulsa & Chance. Linda died in 2003 from brain cancer.

 

 Keomi Gentey Mace 1948-

Keomi (Tina) married Jim Ogletree

Beatrice Willowminno Mace 1949-1966

Bea (Peaches) was killed in a car accident in 1966. She was with her boyfriend Reggie Wesley. They were engaged to be married but were killed before their wedding.

 

 

Jim & Goldie Mace with their 4 girls starting on the top Fern, Irene, Keomi and Bea.

 

On the left their son Donnie, Clyde, Boyce.

 

 

 

On the left their son Donnie, Keomi, Goldie holding granddaughter Linda Mace and Bea on the right. Taken in July 1959.

 

 

 Jim, Goldie and granddaughter Linda. This was taken around 1962/63.

 

 

 

 

 

Starting on the left: Donnie in the yellow shirt, Earl in front with blue shirt, behind him is Clyde in light green shirt & hat, Boyce is in the dark brown shirt, Mel has the gray hat, dark green pants. This was taken in 2014 in Florida.

Leapoleous Mace

Leapoleous Mace

LEAPOLEOUS MACE
Leapoleous (Pooley) is the father of Herbert Mace.                                   Herbert Mace is the father of Sydney Pooley Mace my grandfather. 

Leapoleous (Pooley) Mace is standing in the middle.

Birth about  1841 in Beeston, England

Death Living

Death 31 Oct 1912 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

His father is Barnabas "Barney" Mace, 

born in 1819 in Fransham, Norfolk England Died in 1871.

His mother is Lurena "Lavinia" Baker.

Born 1824 in Fransham, Norfolk England Died about 1881.

According to the 1851 Census, Leopolius was 12 years old and was living with his family in Beeston, Norfolk, England.

Jan 19, 1874 Leapoleous Mace married Deliah Jane Smith in Durham England. 

In 1881 Pooley is living on Broughton Rd Christie's Field in Scotland.

He is 41 years old, he is married to Jane Mace (35) and list his occupation as a Horse Dealer. 

They are parents to Madonna 5 years old, Herbert 4 years old and Thomas 7 months old.

On September 7, 1891 Pooley arrives in New York, he departed from London, England on the ship "Ludgate Hill"

 Here is the passenger list:

 

																																																																																									This is the "Ludgate Hill" The ship Pooley was on when he departed London, England and arrived in New York.

Twins Violet & Bertha Middleton On April 15, 1910 Pooley is 69 years old and is now living in Brooklyn New York with his wife Deliah and their son Augustus. Living next door is his Daughter Madonna Middleton her husband Gustavus and their 6 children (including twin girls Violet & Bertha). This is a newspaper article  from 1907 The Newark Daily Advocate, 21 February 1907 (published in Ohio, USA) “Gypsies do not fear winter  New York, Feb 21. – Blissfully indifferent to zero weather and snowstorms, a band of gypsies is spending a delightfully comfortable winter in New York City. Their tents, some of which are supplied with electric light and other modern conveniences, are clustered near the subway station at 174th street, in the Bronx.  Most of them are descendants of the ancient Lovell and Smith tribes, but one among them, although forgotten for almost half a century [sic], was at one time a conspicuous person throughout civilization and one of the best known gypsies in the world. He is Pooley Mace, first cousin of “Jem” Mace, who was for many years the champion pugilist of the world, and no doubt the most widely known and most popular scientific fighter of the century. During the great champion’s triumphs in Europe and this country, Pooley Mace traveled with him as his sparring partner, and now, when one has gained the old man’s confidence, he sits in his cosey [sic] tent, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, and with a memory of remarkable accuracy, tells of the scenes and the men forty or fifty years ago, when he and his cousin were the lions of the sporting classes wherever they went.”  Leapoleous Pooley Mace Died Oct 31, 1912 in Cumberland, North Carolina.  This is the last known photo of him.