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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: WOOD family in Hunslet
« on: Saturday 26 January 08 22:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again Jim,

Yep! This family is in my tree.  You have three names that I don't have, Edward, Fredrick & Walter.  You also have some birth years that I didn't know, but conversley I have Beatrice's birth year, ABT 1897.

I think we need to put our heads together.  What thinks you ?

I'm itching with curiosity to know where you fit into the jigsaw puzzle.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: WOOD family in Knottingley and Hunslet
« on: Saturday 26 January 08 13:59 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Jim,

I've joined Rootschat today to reply to your posting.  My name is Mike, age 58, I live in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. I am a relative of sorts, being descended from the SHAW family that 'William WOOD born 1866' married into.

This month I have gently picked-up my familytree research after a couple of years break. I have always let the tree spread through all the in-laws and out-laws as far as I have been able.

Regarding this WOOD family, I too have been stonewalled by the parentage of Thomas & Mary Ann, which was made difficult by not knowing Mary Ann's maiden name. 

Surprisingly, just a few days ago I got a tip that originated direct from a family member.  Apparently this elderly lady had said that the THOMPSON surname appears frequently in the WOOD's ancestry.  This gave me the idea of searching on the long-shot that Mary Ann's maiden name was THOMPSON, to see if anything turned up.  I used the LDS On-line Website to search on the names MARY ANN THOMPSON & THOMAS WOOD in the IGI.  The only couple that I found with the correct names also fitted perfectly in every respect (right time, right place) to be 'our' Thomas & Mary.  The couple were married on the 25th of October 1858 at Pontefract, Yorkshire.  Also, in the IGI the father of this Mary was said to be Thomas Thompson. 

I don't have good access to the census records, so it was great to see that others had responded to your Rootschat Posting by homing-in on the same marriage but via different routes. 

Needless to say, I would be very grateful to receive any news about the quest for proof that this is our Thomas & Mary Ann.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but when I re-read your list of family members (above), a couple of questions sprang to mind;
1) Where did you find the middle name of 'Thomas' for James Thomas WOOD ? 
2) Are you sure that the middle initial of Mary H. WOOD is 'H', or could it be 'A'?

Looking at my familytree I have done a quick head count of people I know-of that descend directly from this 'Thomas & Mary Ann' family.  31 people.  I would be more than pleased to share my findings with you. 

If, like mine, your familytree interests spread far and wide rather than just concentrating on one name or pure blood-lines, I will share all I know.


Best Wishes,
Mike

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