Isabella Todd (Wood) Henderson (1838 - 1919)

Born 13 May 1838 in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Henderson — married 22 Jun 1858 in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1919 at age 80 in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Biography

Isabella Todd WOOD was born on 13 May 1838 in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Robert WOOD (Shoemaker) and Jean (or Jane) CALDER.^[3][4]

On 22 Jun 1858, she married James HENDERSON in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^[3] She was 20 years old and worked as a Shoemaker's Daughter in Newtown of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland when she married James, who was a 40 year old Widower at that time. ^[3]

In 1861, she was described as a Ship Master's Wife and was living with her step-son Robert and her daughter Jane at Forbes Property in the parish of Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^[2]

She had nine children with James HENDERSON:

• Jane
• Isabella
• Janet
• Agnes
• James
• Margaret
• Archibald
• David
• Elizabeth

In 1914, she lived at 27 Wallace Street, Grangemouth.^[5][6] Isabella was the informant when her cousin Elizabeth WOOD died in Stonehaven.^[5] Isabella was bequeathed £100 [approx. £11,500 or $14,500 in today's money] in the will.^[6]

On 7 Apr 1919, she died at Ronaldshay Crescent in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland when she was 80 years old.^[4]. Cause of death was given as Cardiac Disease, Syncope and the informant was her daughter Elizabeth J. BURNS of 38 Wallace Street, Grangemouth.^[4] Isabella's husband James had died 17 years before her.

Entry from p. 455 of 1919 Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories:^[7]

HENDERSON, Isabella Todd Wood or, Abbotsville, Ronaldshay Crescent, Grangemouth, died 7 April 1919, at Grangemouth, intestate. Confirmation granted at Stirling, 13 May, to Margaret Amy Henderson or Tennant, Abbotsville aforesaid, her daughter, Executrix dative qua next of kin. Value of Estate, £305. 16s. 2d.

Sources

1. ↑ "Family Register" written within Family Bible.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1861 Census of the Household of Isabella HENDERSON in Stonehaven, FindMyPast (1861 Census).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 1858 Marriage of James HENDERSON and Isabella WOOD in Stonehaven, ScotlandsPeople (SR Marriages 258/00 0009).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 1919 Death of Isabella WOOD, ScotlandsPeople (Statutory Deaths 481/B2 0058).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1914 Death of Elizabeth WOOD in Fetteresso, ScotlandsPeople, SR Deaths 258/ 1 37.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 1914 Inventory and Trust Settlement of the Personal Estate of Elizabeth WOOD in Stonehaven, ScotlandsPeople, Wills & Testaments SC5/ 41/ 51.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015.