Bessie
Dora
(Dora)
Wood
formerly Cunningham aka Biggs
Born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Cunningham
and Mary Ann (Loveridge) Cunningham
Sister of
George William Cunningham, John Cunningham, Fred Cunningham, Alice (Cunningham) Paul, Leeta Cunningham, Robert Parker Cunningham, Louis Adolphus Cunningham, Wilson Cunningham, Ada Jane Cunningham, Ernest Cunningham, Mary Ann (Cunningham) Holford, Harry Albert Cunningham and Emma Stella Maud (Cunningham) Webster
Wife of
Thomas Joseph Biggs II
— married
25 Dec 1879 (to Sep 1899) in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Eva Maud (Biggs) Shera and Amy Noel Biggs
Died
at age 73
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 May 2017
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Biography
On 25 December 1879 at St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Taranaki, she married 1ly Thomas Joseph Biggs, eldest son of Rev Robert O'Callaghan Biggs, with issue two daughters. They were divorced in September 1899 at Auckland.
In 1903 she married 2ly Van Horne Lawrence Wood, son of William Wood and Margaret Lawrence; they went to live in Chicago, USA.
Death
She died on 14 February 1931.
Sources
Divorce, Sep 1899, Auckland, NLNZ
Birth reg 1857/55; marriage (1) 1879/2406; (2) 1903/3920, NZBDM.[1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Rowan (Bransgrove) Corbett 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mikeandrowanc
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Lisa Sharp :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A333532 [compare], Ancestry member lisasharp64
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~0.78%
Sami (Paul) Thomson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sami_paul88
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