George Everest Wood (1839 - 1924)

Born 22 Dec 1839 in Ringmer, Sussex, England

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Died 23 Jul 1924 at age 84 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

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Biography

George was born in 1839, Ashton Green, Ringmer, Sussex, England (that home still stands today but has been added too). He immigrated to America in 1870 ( the 1920 U.S. Census indicates George Immigrated in 1877, typo ?) and was naturalized on 10/9/1880. His occupation was shown on a number of census records as coal miner. In the 1920 Federal Census he was living in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan with his daughter Jane and her husband Daniel Kaufman.

The Census also indicates George could read and write.

Sources

Information from family members, gov't records (birth & death). Plus, paid researcher Dr. John Oliphant, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.

Naturalization Record, Probate Court, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N298-QBV : accessed 5 May 2016), George Wood, 23 Feb 1840; citing RINGMER,SUSSEX,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,067,275.

"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVN-ZQG3 : 11 November 2015), Samuel Wood, Brighton, Sussex, England; citing Brighton, Sussex, England, p. 35, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83S-W47 : 15 July 2017), George Wood, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 219, sheet 118A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1072; FHL microfilm 1,255,072.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXF-7C7 : accessed 11 October 2017), George E Wood, Warwick Township Tuscarawas town, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 11B, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,327.

"United States Census, 1920" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ37-PK3

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-1MHD : accessed 5 May 2016), George Everest Wood, 1924; Burial, , Hillsdale, Michigan, United States of America, Prattville Cemetery; citing record ID 31507509, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Notes

The 1900 Federal Census indicates that George arrived in America in 1870 so I looked at the online Passenger Lists for New York City,1870 from the National Archives at FamilySearch; https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Free_Online_New_York_Passenger_Lists,_1820-1897

I found six George Wood(s) and only one was a close match: Film 334, page 93, #155 George Wood age 30 England. All is good to that point then we come to occupation. George was a "miner" but this George was listed as a "Mariner". Could George have said miner and the immigration employee heard mariner. Sure, its possible, but we will never know so I can't say with any certainty this is my Geroge.

The 1920 Federal Census shows that George immigrated in 1879 but I wrote this off as a typo since at that time a person had to be in-country 3 years before being Naturalized and George was Naturalized in 1880.

Lastly, I found a source that indicated George immigrated in 1874 so I looked at the entire passenger list for the port of New York in1874 and found a handful of George Wood's but none were a close match.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Bob Wood for starting this profile.