David Wood (1870 - 1932)

Born 1870 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Chalmers (Brownlee) Wood — married 29 Nov 1895 in Melrose, Roxburgh, scotland

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1932 at about age 62 in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Biography

He was a twin of Isabella.

Sources

Statutory records of his birth, marriage, and death, as well as census returns - all obtained from scotlandspeople.gov.uk

1871 census (364/2/3 page3 ) of Kincardine,Perthshire :- At 11 Kirk Lane : David Wood, head, 42, letter carrier, born Gartmore: Isabella Wood, wife, 37, born Gartmore: Andrew Wood, son, 12, born Kincardine; Janet Wood, daughter, 10, born Kincardine; Ann Wood, daughter, 8, born Kincardine; Mary Wood, daughter, 6, born Kincardine; Thomas Wood, son, 3, born Kincardine; Isabella Wood, daughter, 5months, born Kincardine; David Wood, son, 5 months, born Kincardine.

1881 census (388/2/7 page7 ) ref 249158 of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Gartmore :- At Currach Cottage : David Wood, head, 52, rural letter carrier, born Gartmore; Isabella Wood, wife, 47, born Gartmore; Thomas Wood, son, 13, born Blairdrummond; Isabella Wood, daughter, 10, born Blairdrummond; David Wood, son, 10, born Blairdrummond; John Wood, son, 8, born Blairdrummond.

1901 census (685/2 34/3 page3) of Calton, Edinburgh, Scotland:- In Albert Street David Wood, head, 30, town postman, born Blairdrummond, Perthshire; Helen C Wood, wife, 29, born Lauder, Berwickshire; James Bain Wickham Wood, adopted son, 11, born Edinburgh; David Wood, son, 4, born Melrose, Roxburghshire; Andrew Wood, son, 3, born Melrose, Roxburghshire; Thomas F Wood, son, 2, born Melrose, Roxburghshire; Thomas Brownlee Wood, adopted son, 7 months:

1911 census (685/6 17/10 page10) of Morningside, Edinburgh:- at 35 Wrights Houses: David Wood, head, 40, postman, born Kincardine, Perthshire; Helen Wood, wife, 39, born Lauder,Berwickshire; David Wood, son, 14, telegraph messenger, born Melrose, Roxburghshire; Andrew Wood, son, 13, born Melrose, Roxburghshire; Thomas Wood, son, 12, born Edinburgh; John Wood, son, 8, born Edinburgh; Isabella Wood, daughter, 5, born Edinburgh; Helen Wood, daughter, 3, born Edinburgh; Janet Wood, daughter, under 1month, born Edinburgh; James Wood, boarder, 21, despatch clerk for a tea merchant, born Edinburgh; Mary Bain, visitor, 24, born Edinburgh.

Information taken from extracts from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland 1855-date, the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland 1553-1854 and assorted transcriptions of graveyard and burial records, held by John M Sutherland-Fisher

Private papers and family correspondence in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher