Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Woolsey lahir di Leelanau County, Michigan, dina tanggal 29 Agustus 1894, putra Byron Woolsey jeung Sarah Hall. akina Woolsey urang, Chauncey Woolsey, maot dina 1864 di
Patempuran Totopotomoy Creek di Hanover County, Virginia salila Perang Sipil. Aki buyutna, Adolphus Woolsey, ngaladénan dina Perang 1812. Woolsey mangrupa turunan George (Joris) Woolsey, panaratas abad ka-17 di New Amsterdam jeung karuhun kulawarga Woolsey di Amérika.