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It certainly appears not! Never mind, I think I have enough different blood in me to keep me going for a while now, lol!

Thanks for all your help, I may be in touch again,

Claire

So all in all your not Norweigen, sorry!

Alot of it becomes logical after a while...

if you new i'd recommend the tips board.

Try these sites too

www.freebmd.org.uk

www.familysearch.org

and google for the Online Parish Clerks project, they have *some* counties online you can search for data in.

HTH

Wayne

PS, if you need more help just shout!!

Fantastic - you obviously have the knack of doing this! I've only just started and really appreciate all your help!

I did wonder whether this may have been the case. Thank you! You are a star!

Here's you Neilson solution too, it's his mothers maiden name...

Marriages Sep 1876 (>99%)
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NEILSON Mary Ann E Bethnal Green 1c 700
Wood James William Bethnal Green 1c 700

1891 >>Mary A E Wood 17, she's actually 11 !!...transcription error!

That's a very good point!

The info you obtained for me from the 1881 and 1891 census - do you believe these are the same families? As there is a child, Mary, in the 1891 census who should have been 7 at the time of the last census, but does not appear there.

Claire

Don't discount it yet!.. They have settled fairly coastal... let me do some more rooting about. It may be that one of the children married a Norweigen and stories have gotten confused over time... but Wood is not exactly a Norweigen name!

Thanks so much for all your help Wayne, I really appreciate it. The norway story must have been just that, a story.

Claire

It could have been a name passed thru the maternal line or even his mothers maiden name?

Herbert's dad James with his own father...

1851 England Census
about James William Wood
Name: James William Wood
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Matilda M
Gender: Male
Where born: Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Shoreditch
Ecclesiastical parish: St Leonard
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Holywell

Amelia Wood 1
Benjamin Wood 12 <<Islington, Middlesex, England
James J Wood 13 <<Islington, Middlesex, England
James W Wood 4 <<Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
James William Wood 44 <<Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Matilda M Wood 37 <<Islington, Middlesex, England
Matilda M Wood 9 <<Islington, Middlesex, England

Thanks for your help!

I have no proof that his father was from Norway as I just have no idea where to start looking, all i have found is Herbert Neilson's birth record and marriage record. My grandmother was always told that her grandfather was Norwegian, unfortunately she never met him and the stories were never passed on to me so this is the extent of my knowledge.

I was wondering if Herbert's father may have been called Neilson as this does not sound typically English of the time.

1891 England Census
about James W Wood
Name: James W Wood
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary A E
Gender: Male
Where born: Shoreditch, London, England

Civil Parish: Walthamstow
Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: Walthamstow

Arthur H Wood 9 <<Hoxton, London, England
Harry Wood 2 <<Walthamstow, Essex, England
Herbert Wood 12
James W Wood 44
James W Wood 4 <<Hoxton, London, England
John Wood 7 <<Hoxton, London, England
Mary A E Wood 39
Mary A E Wood 17

1881 England Census

Name: James William Wood
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: St Leonard
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address: 110 Shaftesbury St
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Leather Shaver (Car)

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Hoxton New Town

Herbert N. Wood 2 << Haggerston, Middlesex, England
James William Wood 34 <<Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
James William Wood 4 <<Haggerston, Middlesex, England
Mary Ann Wood 29 <<Lambeth, Surrey, England
Mary Ann H. Wood 1 <<Hoxton New Town, Middlesex, England

Births Sep 1878 (>99%)
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Wood Herbert Neilson Shoreditch 1c 130

Claire

Do you have prrof ie census records that say he was from Norway or is this just a family story passed down?

My great great grandfather was Herbert Neilson Wood, born around 1878.

I have managed to find information about him, but now am stuck as, as far as the family knows, the trail then goes back to Norway through his father.

I have no idea on his father's name and don't even know where to start searching for relatives from norway - does anyone have any tips?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Claire