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Could this be his naturalisation?

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Birth Date: 24 Oct 1844
Birth Place: Scotland
Age at event: 44
Court District: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Date of Action: 11 Mar 1889

He was living in Quincy, Mass.

Passport Application:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Birth Date: 24 Oct 1843
Birth Place: Underwood, Scotland
Age: 78
Residence: Milford, Connecticut
Passport Issue Date: 23 May 1922
Father Name: John Woodcock
Father's Birth Location: England
Father's Residence: Deceased
Passport Includes a Photo: Yes

I'll send it by PM so you can have the photo.

The 1891 Quebec census shows a 2 yr. old George Woodcock born Boston, father born Scotland, mother born Montreal living with William & Catherine Pride in Montreal.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html

Incidentally William & Catherine Pride were both born Scotland.

Returning home from that 1922 trip:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Arrival Date: 22 Aug 1922
Birth Year: abt 1844
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Algeria

Home was Pondpoint Ave, Milford, Conn.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Residence Year: 1902
Street Address: 247 Orchard
Residence Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Occupation: Emp
Publication Title: Bridgeport, Connecticut, City Directory, 1902

This is the last one I can see for him:

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Residence Year: 1926
Street Address: Pond Point av
Residence Place: Milford, Connecticut
Publication Title: Milford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1926

Also at that address is a Mary K Woodcock.

Mary K is obviously Mary Kerr Woodcock, his daughter:

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Jonathan Woodcock
Age: 77
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1920: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1869
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed [Married]
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:

Household Members:
Name Age
Jonathan Woodcock 77, no occupation
Mary K Woodcock 41 either a teacher or leader in dressmaking.

RG - for the nephews

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html
a search will get you their attestation papers' images
Search help gives links saying how you can purchase their service records, and also links to access their unit's war diaries.
It's also worth checking:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem
(it's a monitored site, and folks can post photos, newspaper clippings, etc there)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.01-e.php
of interest:
19. Commonwealth War Graves Registers, First World War 46246 Help
20. Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War 46246 Help
Use the help link for a look up
#19 just gives burial/reburial history

Author: Nicholson, G.W.L
Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Candian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=22

If they were there in 1911 (nominal census day was 1/6/1911)
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/index.jsp

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html
Use LAC links for 1871-1891 and AG links for 1901-1911 - all come with free images.
Nominal census day 1871-1901 was within a day of UK's

1881 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008147704.pdf
[Sorel is on the S bank of the St Lawrence, abt 45km SW (upstream) of Trois Rivieres
Ecosse=Scotland B(as) Canada=Quebec]
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/pdf/30953_148208-00193.pdf

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1871/pdf/4395543_00158.pdf
[kids' pob=Q(uebec)]
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108539_00540.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108539_00541.pdf
[page 2 is blank]

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: QU MONTRÉAL (City/Cité)/175 (#175)
Subdistrict: Saint-Antoine (Ward/Quartier) A-36 Page 14
8 123 Pride William M Head W Jan 15 1829 72
9 123 Pride Jessie F Daughter S Jun 26 1859 41
10 123 Pride Agnes F Daughter S Aug 9 1863 37
1901S1 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z004/z000155013.pdf
[Wm's d.o.immig=1854]
1901S2 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z004/z000154999.pdf
[P14L8 addy=459 Rue Lusignan - it joins Rue St-Jacques & Rue St-Antoine, just 3 blks SW of Rue De La Montagne]
I note Wm is now a widower - my dad's aunt was buried by a Montreal Presbyterian church -
her entry starts "Elizabeth Patterson, wife of Joseph Massie etc" - the marginal notation is "Burial, Patterson, Eliz" and that's how Ancestry indexed her (with no mention of Joseph).

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: QU MONTRÉAL (City/Cité)/175 (#175)
Subdistrict: Saint-Antoine (Ward/Quartier) A-65 Page 3
40 29 Pride William M Head M Oct 20 1849 51
41 29 Pride Ellen F Wife M Mar 4 1861 40
42 29 Pride Florence F Daughter S Feb 5 1890 11
43 29 Pride Gorden M Son S Mar 16 1894 7
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z004/z000155504.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z004/z000155499.pdf
[P3L40 addy=185 Chatham, so maybe 6 blks from his dad dob=20/10/1849 pob=Q - doesn't tie in with dad's d.o.immig, unless Wm is actually step-father - most likely d.o.immig or pob=Q is wrong]

I can't find Wm Snr in 1852, (nor 1881, come to that).




Magnify 4 clicks, then save image:
http://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu190unit#page/n639/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/15thcensus274unit#page/n412/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu190unit#page/n747/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu190unit#page/n748/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po134unit#page/n1153/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po129unit#page/n184/mode/1up



Using
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_STATES


name: David Woodcock
residence: Providence, Ward 001, E.D. 0006, Providence, Rhode Island
age: 31
gender: Male
race or color: White
marital status: Single
birth date: 08 Sep 1873
birthplace: Canada
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
relationship to head of household:
number of family in the order of visitation: 83
number in this family: 5
mother of how many children:
number of these children living june 1, 1905:
digital folder number: 4479136
image number: 00036
film number: 2109970
Source Citation
"Rhode Island, State Census, 1905," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLV9-7JJ : accessed 9 June 2012), David Woodcock.

David's the only Woodcock in Providence Ward 1 - he's a roomer at 25 Pitman St (it's abt 500m E of Brown Uni)
[Do a free rego and you get access to his card image]

There's lots of Mass records - I note Mary gives her pob=MA

You can also access the US 1900 images via the FS URL


You should check out the directory
Annuaires Lovell de Montréal et sa banlieue(=suburbs) (1842-1999) at
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/

I wonder if this is Jonathon in Montreal in 1871? He's a blacksmith.

1871 Census of Canada
about John Woodcock Name: John Woodcock
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Scotland
Religion: Presbyterian
Origin: English
Province: Quebec
District: Montreal West
District Number: 106
Division: 09
Subdistrict: Ste Anne Ward
Subdistrict Number: a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Mccauly 35
Mary A Mccauly 28
Sarah Mccauly 5
Samuel Mccauly 3
John R Mccauly 1
John Mullins 23
Ellan Mullins 21
John Woodcock 25
William Coyle 21
William Moore 21

Margee - Seems v likely. John Mullins in the same h/h is listed in Lovell (1871-2) at 332 Seigneurs (Alex Coultry, the butcher in the next house is at 126 Richmond, the next street) - both lie between Chatham & Lusignan - abt 1km SW of Nazereth, where we see Wm Pride).

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1871/pdf/4395544_00187.pdf

Sorry I haven't been able to come back to my thread until now.

I cannot believe how much information you have all found for me. You kindness is overwhelming! Thank you all so much.

Margee, the death for that Andew Ferguson Woodcock is great as I had stumbled across a reference to it about 15 years ago but couldn't be absolutely sure he was mine. He was named for Jonathan's little brother, also Andrew Ferguson Woodcock born 24 December 1859 and died 27 June 1860. Both of these boys were named for Jonathan's grandfather Andrew Ferguson.

I am now going to print all this information off and take time to digest it.

Thank you all so much once again for everything that you have added to my family history. Your help has been so much appreciated.

Keep up the good work you all do as helpers on here.

:-D :-D :-D

Thanks again from one very happy Mrs. Rootie!

How nice to receive such a response, Mrs Rootie!.Happy to help, it was fun!

You're more than welcome - especially as you do your fair share on here too!