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Hi Guys & Gals This is driving me nuts and I am well and truely stuck! I am looking for information on George Wood born 1807 in West bradford / Great Mitton, Yorkshire. I am looking for where he was before 1871 and who he married, All the info I have is him being widowed One of his daughters Margaret Wood born 1843 in West Bradford, Yorkshire married a John Brooks and lived at Lily Farm Moston, Manchester. This is where Elizabeth Alice Brooks shows up on the 1881 census He was a Farmer (319 Acres) Source Information:1881 Dwelling Withgill Census Place Great Mitton, York, England Family History Library Film 1342000 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 4174 / 89 Page Number 6 I thought that he may have died in 1886 in Clitheroe, but not sure about this Name: WOOD, George Record Type: Deaths Age at death: 79 Quarter: March Year: 1886 District: Clitheroe County: Lancashire West Riding of Yorkshire Volume: 8e Page: 239 Any help will be gratefully accepted my mail address is lockzie2004 AT ntlworld.com Many many thanks Lockzie x

If you get Margaret's birth cert it will have her mother's maiden name on it. Couldn't find one for Bradford, but there is this one on Ancestry civil reg: Name: Wood, Margaret Record Type: Births Quarter: June Year: 1843 District: Leeds (1837-1929) County: West Riding of Yorkshire Volume: 23 Page: 371 You could then use that to track down a marriage cert. nell

Could this be his christening? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE WOOD Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 06 NOV 1807 Bradford, Yorkshire, England Death: Burial: Parents: Father: SAMUEL WOOD nell

Thank you for your help Im new to this and only been doing it for a month or so. This is the first person that has really bugged me to where he lived etc Any other help would be welcomed Many thanks again Lockzie x

I had a look on the IGI with these criteria: Elizabeth , Marriage, 1820 - 1840, Lancashire, England, British Isles Spouse: George Wood and found this possible line for checking: ELIZABETH LACE married GEORGE WOODS 30 NOV 1830 Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Walton is just north of Anfield - where Liverpool football club plays) BUT!!! "Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church" That means it isn't transcribed from church records so is of doubtful value. However, it is a name to play with. good hunting Christine

WoW.......!!!!!! Thank you very much for all your help I will have a good look tomorrow when my head is clearer Thanks again Regards Lockzie x

hi i am also researching the wood family my wood family lived in shoreditch area bethnal green mile end so if you come up with any names let me know i may be able to help you tracyg :)

Ummmmmm.......... My head is a bit clearer today!!!!! I have just been checking out some of the replies. The marriage to Elizabeth Lace is a George WoodS and not a George Wood, so this may not be my man :-( I will keep on looking Regards Amanda x

Amanda The extra S is something to make you wary, but absolutely not something to make you rule the couple out. If you read other threads here, you'll see how much names vary from census to census, registration cert to registration cert. It hasn't always seemed that important to people to spell their names any particular way. In the seventeenth century I have father & son who are NULAND and NEWLAND respectively - in the same image of probated Will! And their are plenty of later examples noted here: Nielsen/Neilson, Ben(n)et(t), War(r), Seacombe/Seccombe, Pettifer/Pettefer... So don't write it off even if you don't feel it meets your criteria for full inclusion in the tree. Christine

Hiya Christine Thanks for your reply I will look in to it again and see what I can find Best wishes Amanda x