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I'm trying to find the parents of my grandmother gladys b. 1903 in huddersfield. Ben, alice and emma were her siblings. Ben had 2 children leslie and frank. Ben died in the first world war.

Is this her birth?

Births Jun 1903 (>99%)
WOOD Gladys Huddersfield 9a 279

You could order the certificate to find out her parents names.

Do you know the dates of birth of the other children - Ben, Alice and Emma?

Do you have your grandmother's marriage certificate which would give her fathers' name?

There are 3 Ben Wood's who died in WW! -

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 - soldier details
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Name: Benjamin WOOD
Memorial Scroll
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Rank: L/CPL
Initials: B
Birthplace:
Residence:
Enlisted: Oldbury, Worcestershire
Regiment, Corps etc.: Tank Corps
Battalion etc.:
Number: 76059
Date died: 28 May 1917
How died: Died
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Supplementary Notes: FORMERLY 1935, WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT.

Name: Benjamin WOOD
Memorial Scroll
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Rank: GDSN.
Initials: B
Birthplace: Huddersfield, Yorks
Residence: Huddersfield
Enlisted: Halifax, Yorks
Regiment, Corps etc.: Scots Guards
Battalion etc.:
1st Battalion. 4.8.14 Aldershot: 1st (Guards) Bde. 1st Div. 14.8.14 landed at Havre. 25.8.15 to 2nd Guards Bde. Guards Div. 11.11.18 2nd Guards Bde. Guards Div. France; Maubeuge. 2nd Battalion. 4.8.14 Tower of London: London District. Sept. 1914 to 20th Bde. 7th Div. at Lyndhurst. 7.10.14 landed at Zeebrugge. 9.8.15 to 3rd Guards Bde. Guards Div. 11.11.18 3rd Guards Bde. Guards Div. France; Maubeuge. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion. Formed at Chelsea Barracks 18.8.14. 31.8.14 to Esher. 2.10.14 to Wellington Barracks until the end of the war. Provided drafts of 11201 all ranks.
Number: 7463
Date died: 26 October 1914
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Name: Ben WOOD
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Rank: PRIVATE
Initials: B
Birthplace: Huddersfield
Residence:
Enlisted: Huddersfield
Regiment, Corps etc.: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion etc.: 2nd Battalion.
4.8.14 Dublin: 13th Bde. 5th Div. 16.8.14 landed at Havre. 14.1.16 to 12th Bde. 4th Div. 10.2.18 to 10th Bde. 4th Div. 11.11.18 10th Bde. 4th Div. France; Preseau, S.E. of Valenciennes.
Number: 24164
Date died: 24 October 1918
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

hi Lynne,
i forgot to mention that gladys married in 1945 in huddersfield to walter wood. both of her parents were dead at that time. She and walter had a child in 1930 (my mother). walter is just one more person that i can't find. I have found their marriage record

Thanks for your input Lynne. I'm having some trouble with the website. i made a concerted effort to find these family members in Jan. and kept running into dead ends. I did find out that emma wood married unknown clough. -and that's where i gave up. earlier today i found a 1901 census record with all the children's names, but the birth date was too early for Gladys (1898). The parents were James and Adelina Wood. Gladys was a weaver in Huddersfield from her early teens until she retired. Her permission to work at an early age was signed by a parent with an "x". I remember seeing this document many years ago. I'd love to have more information to give to my mother about her family. She was quite excited about the prospect of learning more about her family. Chris

Are you sure that Gladys was born in 1903?
Do you have the marriage certificate for Gladys and Walter?
Does it give the names of their fathers (even if they are deceased)?


Found this in 1911 census????

CLOUGH, Walter Ellis Head Married
6 years M 29 1882 Woollen Weaver Yorks Halifax VIEW
CLOUGH, Emma Wife Married F 28 1883 Yorks Huddersfield VIEW
CLOUGH, Edith Daughter F 6 1905 Yorks Huddersfield VIEW
CLOUGH, Phyllis Daughter F 1 1910 Yorks Huddersfield VIEW
WOOD, Olive Sister In Law Single F 18 1893 Box Tenter Worsted Yorks Huddersfield VIEW
WOOD, Gladys Sister In Law F 13 1898 Winder Worsted Yorks Huddersfield VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
26315 Reference:
RG14PN26315 RG78PN1521 RD495 SD8 ED30 SN231

Registration District:
Huddersfield Sub District:
Huddersfield Enumeration District:
30 Parish:
Huddersfield

Address:
18 High St Paddock County:
Yorkshire (West riding)

This is the 1901 census you found -

WOOD, James Head Married M 54 1847 Spinner Woollen Mill
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Adelina Wife Married F 44 1857
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Albert S Son Single M 23 1878 Tenter Woollen Mill
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Anne Daughter Single F 22 1879 Hearth Rug Weaver
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Jno Wm Son Single M 20 1881 Piecener Woollen Mill
Deaf Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Emma Daughter Single F 18 1883 Finisher Clothiers
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Joe Son Single M 16 1885 Presser Clothiers
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Benj Son Single M 13 1888
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Percy Son Single M 10 1891
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Alice Daughter Single F 3 1898
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
WOOD, Gladys Daughter Single F 3 1898
Huddersfield
Yorkshire VIEW
RG number:
RG13 Piece:
4107 Folio:
32 Page:
14

Registration District:
Huddersfield Sub District:
Huddersfield Enumeration District:
27 Ecclesiastical Parish:
St Andrew

Civil Parish:
Huddersfield Municipal Borough:
Address:
28, Wilsons Buildings, Great Northern Street, Huddersfield County:
Yorkshire (West riding)

If you don't already have it, you need their marriage cert.

Marriages Sep 1945 (>99%)

Wood Gladys Wood Huddersfield 9a 1000
Wood Walter Wood Huddersfield 9a 1000

As they didn't marry until 1945 and your mother was born 1930 it would appear Walter may have been married before.

The cert should give you their correct ages and father's names.

Christine

Do you know when and where Gladys died please?


Is this her death?


Name: Gladys Wood
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1903
Death Registration Month/Year: 1970
Registration district: Huddersfield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2b
Page: 1573

This looks like a possible death for Adelina (the mother on the 1901 census)

Deaths Mar 1907 Wood Adelina 52 Huddersfield 9a 246

and perhaps her husband?

Deaths Mar 1910 Wood James 64 Huddersfield 9a 240

The marriage for James and Adelina - just trying to find if Adelina's maiden surname rings any bells with your Mum to establish if perhaps Gladys was economical with the truth about her age.

Marriages Mar 1875
LEE Adelina Huddersfield 9a 407
WOOD James Huddersfield 9a 407

I have just checked the original 1911 census for Olive Wood (1893) and it actually looks more like Alice.

Thanks Christine, Rootgatherer and Lynne,
Yes, Walter was married previously. I would like to find out more about this family, but have nothing to start with...yet. Gladys emigrated to Canada in the 1960s and died in London Ontario in the 1980s. I do know that her parents died when she was young and that her mother died first. Do you think it might be possible that Adelina is her mother and that she had twins Alice and Gladys and that Gladys died between 1901 and 1903 and that a later daughter (b.1903) was also called Gladys. I'll have alook at the 1911 census and research further. You have given me some clues that have potential. Thanks again. Chris

Christine, I think that there was only 1 Gladys in that family. You really need to buy that marriage certificate otherwise this is all speculation. Come back and let us know the details from the marriage certificate when you get it please.

Just in the passing John William Wood on the 1901 census is deaf.

Checking on Freebmd, Gladys is not a twin. I think Alice's age has been mistranscibed on the 1901 but it does look like a 3 on the actual image. I would agree with Lynn I think the 1911 Olive is actually Alice who would have been 8 years old in 1901.

Hi Lynne,
i missed this earlier. The Clough family in 1911 is definately the right one.
Wow! I'm well on my way to solving mysteries now. Chris

Thankyou all for your help previously. I have now got the marriage certificate for Walter Wood and Gladys Wood. A recent visit to my Mother confirmed that Walter was married previously. His first wife is named on his marriage certificate to Gladys. Her name was Annie Elizabeth Edwards. Walter and Annie were married in Leeds in St. Peter's Parish Church on Dec 3, 1916. I had tried to order a copy of the marriage cert. and was informed that the information I had did not match the records??? My Mother recalls having a day out with Walter (her Father) and 2 other children, a boy and a girl older than herself and she has always wondered who they were. Now she thinks perhaps she had half siblings and would like to know more. So, I am once again at a dead end. I'm looking for Walter and Annie's parents and any children they may have had. Walter was born 1893 in Oldham Lancs. I'm estimating Annie's birth about 1894.

Marriages Dec 1916 (>99%)
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Wood Annie E Wood Leeds 9b 601
Wood Walter Wood Leeds 9b 601