Henry Clayton Wood Jr. (1916 - 1988)

Born 2 May 1916 in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Died 2 Aug 1988 at age 72 in USA

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Biography

Henry C Wood was born 2 May 1916 in Elgin, Illinois. He is the son of Henry Wood and Effie Unknown.

1920 census -- Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois, USA

Henry C Wood, head, rent, male, white, age 41, married, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, cabinetmaker ackesman; May Wood, wife, female, white, age 42, married, born Illinois, father born England, mother born Illinois; Junior W Wood, son, male, white, age 3 8/12, single, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois; Frank Perkins, roomer, male, white, age 78, born Illinois, fatner born ______, mother born Massachusetts.^[1]

1930 census -- Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois, USA

Henry C Wood, head, own $7500, male, white, age 51, married, first married @25, born Ohio father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, glass cutter glass dressing shop; Effie M Wood, wife, female, white, age 52, married, first married @20, born Illinois, father born England, mother born Illinois; Henry C Wood Jr., son, male, white, age 13, single, attended school, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois.^[2]

He married Martha M Colberg sometime before 1938. (source needed)

1940 census -- Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois, USA

Henry Wood, head, rent $25, white, male, age 23, married, 3 years high school education, born Illinois, same place 1935, laborer electric appliance factory; Martha Wood, wife, informant, white, female, age 24, married, 4 years high school education, born Illinois, same place 1935, bench worker watch factory; Nancy Wood, daughter, white, female, age 2, single, born Illinois^[3]

He died 2 Aug 1988. ^[4] He is buried in Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Illinois.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJ48-33Q : accessed 11 September 2017), Junior W Wood in household of Henry C Wood, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing ED 83, sheet 1B, line 54, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 375; FHL microfilm 1,820,375.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSB9-V3D : accessed 11 September 2017), Henry C Wood in household of Henry C Wood, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 4A, line 5, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 525; FHL microfilm 2,340,260.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWHK-CHZ : accessed 11 September 2017), Henry Wood, Elgin, Elgin Township, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-66, sheet 13B, line 49, family 315, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 821.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPPK-D5Q : 19 May 2014), Henry C Wood, 22 Aug 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGT-YH9L : 13 December 2015), Henry Clayton Wood, 1988; Burial, Elgin, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Bluff City Cemetery; citing Find a Grave, Find A Grave: Memorial #131132736.