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Hi all.
Looking for birth of my GGmother Jane Wood b1852/3 Kingsland Middlesex (Hackney area maybe)
I know she married Robert Godsall in 1871 and it shows her father as Henry Wood a Plasterer.
The only census I found for her is1871 prior to marriage where she is a servant in a pub in Bermondsey. Can't find 1861census. I have tried GRO BMD LDS and am on Ancestry but can not find any concrete evidence of her birth or Henry's marriage or mother's name.
Hope you guy's can help. Regards Les.

It may be her birth wasn't registered

Before 1875 many weren't so it bacame law that births had ti be reg within six weeks of the birth

Did she have siblings that could be traced on the records etc

Hi Shirley
Sadly I don't know of any siblings which would have helped my search.
Thanks for your reply.

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Jane Wood
England and Wales Census, 1871





Name: Jane Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Event Place: Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England
Enumeration District: 11
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Fancy Trimmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Birthplace: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Entry Number: 11
Affiliate Image Identifier: GBC/1871/0493/0149
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Henry Wood Head Male 53 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Mary Ann Wood Daughter Female 20 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Jane Wood Daughter Female 18 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Rebecca Wood Daughter Female 15 Bethnal Green, Middlesex

Jane Sarah Wood
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975





Name: Jane Sarah Wood
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 26 Sep 1852
Christening Date (Original): 26 SEP 1852
Christening Place: SAINT MATTHEW,BETHNAL GREEN,LONDON,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 02 Sep 1852
Father's Name: Henry Francis Wood
Mother's Name: Mary Ann

Hi Malyon
I did see this one but was not sure if Bethnal Green was near/in Kingsland Middx.?

On a number of census when she is married they all show as born Kingsland.
Thank You, I will dig into this census a bit more.

Kingsland was a small road-side settlement centred on Kingsland High Street on the Old North Road, around the junction with Dalston Lane now a suburb in hackney parish

bethnal green is in hackney i lived there once

Malyon.
Thank You so much for your help

Marriages Jun 1851

Wood Henry Bethnal Gn 2 4
DAVIES Mary Ann Bethnal G 2 4

Marriages Mar 1839

RICHARDS Mary Ann Whitechapel 2 376 view

Wood Henry Francis Whitechapel 2 376

WOOD, MARY ANN RICHARDS Order
GRO Reference: 1850 J Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 02 Page 75

WOOD, JANE SARAH RICHARDS Order
GRO Reference: 1852 D Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 282

Thanks again, I'll do some digging tomorrow.

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Record Transcription:
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Henry Wood's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry Wood Head Married Male 27 1824 Builder Briston, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Wood Wife Married Female 26 1825 - Oxfordshire, England
Henry Wood Son - Male 2 1849 - Islington, Middlesex, England
William Wood Son - Male 0 1851 - Hackney, Middlesex, England
John Middleton Brother In Law Unmarried Male 20 1831 Plasterer Norwich, Norfolk, England

Record Transcription:
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census

2, Trafalgar Street, St Mary Newington, Newington, London & Surrey, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Elizabeth Wood Head Widow Female 36 1825 Laundress Oxfordshire, England
Henry Wood Son - Male 12 1849 - Hackney, Middlesex, England
William Wood Son - Male 10 1851 - Hackney, Middlesex, England
Jane Wood Daughter - Female 8 1853 - Hackney, Middlesex, England xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sarah A Wood Daughter - Female 0 1861 - Surrey, England
Alfred H Wood Son - Male 0 1861 - Surrey, England

PROBLEM .....

that 1871 Census posted by malyon ....................

England and Wales Census, 1871

Name: Jane Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Event Place: Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England
Enumeration District: 11
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Fancy Trimmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Birthplace: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Entry Number: 11
Affiliate Image Identifier: GBC/1871/0493/0149
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Henry Wood Head Male 53 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Mary Ann Wood Daughter Female 20 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Jane Wood Daughter Female 18 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Rebecca Wood Daughter Female 15 Bethnal Green, Middlesex


I've just looked at the image on FMP, and Henry's occupation is shown as CARMAN

Les posted that Jane's marriage certificate shows Henry's occupation as PLASTERER


It's not impossible that he changed occupations between the census and Jane's marriage, but I'd say it was unlikely in the short time span.


FWIW ............ Jane and Robert married in August .........

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932

Name: Jane Wood
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1852
Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1871
Marriage Place: Emmanuel, Camberwell, Southwark, England
Father: Henry Wood
Spouse: Robert Godsall
Register Type: Parish Register

Hi Abby.
I think you mayhave solved it, the only query is the 1861census shows Elizabeth as a widow but Henry is not deceased on 1871 marriage of Jane!I will sort it all out on laptop later. Many thanks.

You guys never cease to amaze me. Thank you to all who responded. :-) :-)
Regards Les.

Other peculiarities:

1851 says John Middleton was Henry's brother-in-law. However, he was born in Norwich, as other censuses agree, and Elizabeth was born in Oxfordshire.

The twins in 1861 census have mms Croxford, not Middleton:


WOOD, ALFRED HENRY mms CROXFORD
GRO Reference: 1861 M Quarter in NEWINGTON Volume 01D Page 243

WOOD, SARAH ANN mms CROXFORD
GRO Reference: 1861 M Quarter in NEWINGTON Volume 01D Page 243


If Henry did die between 1851 and 1861, he must have died 1860-61, assuming all the children are his.
I don't see any likely death, unless he wasn't in either Hackney or Newington at the time.

I don't see the births of William, Henry, or Jane with mms either Middleton or Croxford, nor any marriage of the parents.

I was looking at this death for Henry but it is after the 1861 census??


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WOOD, HENRY 38 Order
GRO Reference: 1863 M Quarter in NEWINGTON Volume 01D Page 174 Order

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