WILLIAM WOOD

[Hindhaugh]

My Great Grandfather William Wood was born in Sunderland, England in 1826.  He married Harriet Wearmouth in 1849. They had six children. His wife died in 1864.  According to family tales William left England after she died and emigrated to Canada or America possibly with two of his sons.  One of the sons may have been George Beldon Wood born 1855 at Aycliff, Co Durham, England.  I would be grateful if anyone can help.

[KarenM]

What are the names of all the children?

Karen

[Hindhaugh]

Their children were:
Dororthy Jane born 1851 at Woodham, Co Durham she married Richard Latham
William  born 1853 at Kirknell, Co Durham married Isabella Lunam
George Beldon born 1855 at Kirknell - I can't find anything on him
James Wearmouth born 1859 at Seamer, Yorkshire
Harriet born 1862 at Sunderland
John born 1864 at Sunderland.

I have found William and John on the 1881 British census but I can't find anything on either George Beldon or James Wearmouth so I am assuming that they emigrated with their father.

[KarenM]

There are a couple of William Wood's born England c1826 who married in Ontario after 1864, do you have his parents names which would help in the search 

Karen

[Janice M]

Did you ever locate them on the 1861 Census? (I can't seem to find them)   


I found what might be your Dorothy.

http://www.familysearch.org/

Go to: International Genealogical Index
Batch #(type in) I029563
(you can see the entire family if you don't put any names in)

There is no mention of any of the other children of William & Harriet. This posting does not mention Dorothy's mother.

A Dorothy Jane Wood married Richard Phipson Latham in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England


Here is a link for Durham Records Online
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/

Sunderland Registrars Certificates
http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/

Durham County Council search
http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0292729050105012008$


I can't see them on the 1881 Canadian Census, or the 1880 U.S.

[Hindhaugh]

Many thanks for taking the trouble to look for me.  I have Dorothy's marriage and a list of her children.

I have the Wood family on the 1861 census living at 20 Dock Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.  They took some finding as William Wood (father) is only listed as Wood
and other names are missing. 

They are listed as follows

Wood Age 34 Farmer
H (wife) age 32 ( this is Harriet)
D.J Daughter age 9 ( this is Dorothy Jane)
William Wood Son Age 8
B Son age 6
J son age 4
James son age 1

Harriet my Grandmother was not born until 1862

What happened to William might always remain a mystery but I would love to find out what happened to him.  If only the dead could talk.

My thanks once again

Regards

Judith

[Hindhaugh]

William's Parents were Ralph Wood and Dorothy Beldon.  Ralph was born around 1791 at Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland and Dorothy was born at  Lee Saint John Northumberland. They married in 1822 at Gateshead.

On the 1871 census some of William and Harriets children were living with them i.e Dorothy Jane, George Beldon, James W  (so they did not got with their  father but I can't find them on the 1881 census) and William.  They are all listed as Grandchildren.

Regards

Judith

[Janice M]

Don't give up just yet!

Have you tried the different passenger list sites?

Lists & Links
(some will repeat links that I have already shown)

The Ship's List
http://www.theshipslist.com/

ISTG
http://www.immigrantships.net/

Immigrant's to Canada
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html

What Passenger Lists Are Online?
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html

Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm

The Olive Tree
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/

inGeneas Database
http://www.ingeneas.com/ingeneas/index.html

Ancestor Search - Passenger Lists
http://www.searchforancestors.com/records/passenger_tousa.html

Passenger Lists on the Internet
http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html

Genealogy Resources - PASSENGER LISTS
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/pass.html

Links
http://www.buckeyeinternet.com/users/jdye/webpassenger.html

GenMarket
http://www.genmarket.com/United_States/Passenger_Lists/

Janice

[Janice M]

Is this you? 

I found it by searching the names of Williams's parents.

If it is, you should add the link to your profile.

If not, this could be very promising...

The Thompsons, Shipbuilders of Sunderland
http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index.html


Your family can be found in Mississippi & Oklahoma. There are photos and BMD's as well as census details. Very informative. You can also contact the person who started the site.

Janice