Died
at age 38
in Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
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Biography
Abigail (Holmes) Wood died from complications of childbirth.
Abigail was born 8 Feb 1847 in Hastings, Canada West, and was the daughter of Peter Holmes and Elizabeth Martin.[1] She died in Madoc on 18 Apr 1885.[2]
Abigail married William John Young, son of Silas and Catherine Young, on 1 Mar 1871 in Port Hope, Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada.[4][5]After their marriage, the young couple settled down in Hamilton, Northumberland.[6]Abigail and William had one daugther named Victoria who was born about 1873 in Madoc, Hastings.[7][8]
On 2 Aug 1873, a widowed Abigail married a widower named William Wood, who was the son of Edward and Margaret Wood, in Madoc, Hasting.[9]Together they had four sons and three daughters.
In 1881 the blended family was residing in Madoc and consisted of William who was a carpenter, Abigail, William's two sons, Edward and William, Abigail's daughter Victoria, and their four oldest children George, Peter, John and Margaret.[13]
Abigail died from childbirth complications on 18 Apr 1885 in Madoc.[2]
Research Notes
The last name of Abigail's daughter is listed as both Youngs and Wood on different documents. Victoria's marriage record shows her parents as Wm J Youngs and Abagail A Youngs.[7][8]
Abigail may have had an infant son who died two days following her death. The death entry immediately following her's (registered on the same day by the same physician) shows Alford Beattie Wood, born in Madoc, died 20 Apr 1885, but does not include an age.[2]
Her son George was born in 1873 prior to her marriage to William Wood but documentation lists William Wood as George's father.[10]
↑ 2.02.12.2 "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Overseas Deaths, 1869-1948," database w/images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25111372?h=2f1334 Free Ancestry Image : accessed 19 Jul 2021); Name: Transcription shows: Wm William Wood; Corrected Transcriptions shows: Mrs. William (Abigail Ann) Wood; Maiden Name: Holmes; Gender: Female: Birth Place: Ireland; Death Date: 18 Apr 1885; Death Place: Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Religion: Presbyterian; Cause of Death: Childbirth; Original data:Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948 (MS 935, reels 1-694), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, reels 1-11. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
↑ "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWT7-C1X : 3 August 2016), Aigail A Holmes, Tudor,Elzevir and Madoc, Hastings County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 73, line 34; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11727, Public Archives, Ontario.
↑ "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938," database w/images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25097713?h=a084a4 Free Ancestry Image : Accessed 18 Jul 2021); Abigail Holmes; Age: 24; Residence: Tp of Hamilton; Place of Birth: Canada; Spinster; Parents: Peter & Elizabeth Holmes; Spouse: William John Young; Age: 24; Residence: Tp of Hamilton; Place of Birth: Canada; Bachelor; Farmer; Parents: Silas & Catherine Young; Witnesses: Anne Church, Port Hope, and Wm C Sea, Port Hope; Date and Place of Marriage: 1 Mar 1871, Port Hope; Religious Denomination of Groom: Wesleyan Methodist; Religious Denomination of Bride: Wesleyan Methodist; Married by: J.B. Howard, Minister, by Banns, Port Hope, Northumberland & Durham; Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 4
↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFG-B2Z : 8 March 2021), William John Young and Abigail Holmes, 01 Mar 1871; citing registration , Port Hope, Northumberland And Durham, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,694.
↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47S-HFB : 18 March 2021), Abagil Young in household of John Young, Hamilton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
↑ 7.07.1 "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVJ-5QT : 8 March 2021), Wm Henry Humm and Victoria E Youngs, 13 Jul 1891; citing registration , Queensborough, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,468.
↑ 8.08.1 "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938," database w/images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25109842?h=ea031b Free Ancestry Image : 29 Jul 2021); Name: Victoria E Youngs; Age: 19; Birth Year: 1872; Birth Place: Madoc, Ontario; Marriage Date: 13 Jul 1891; Marriage Place: Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Father: W J Youngs; Mother: Abogail A Youngs; Spouse: Wm Henry Humm
↑ "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938," database w/images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25100006?h=46f9b0 Free Ancestry Image : accessed 18 Jul 2021); Name: Abigail Young; Age: 26; Birth Year: 1847; Birth Place: Ireland; Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1873; Marriage Place: Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Father: Peter Young; Mother: Elizabeth Young; Spouse: William Wood
↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZYY-17F : 8 March 2021), Peter Harvey Wood and Rose Alida Rodgers, ; citing registration , , Hastings, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,917. Groom Father: Wm J Wood; Groom Mother: Abagil Holmes
↑ "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938," database w/images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25110396?h=5a3fa6 Free Ancestry Image : accessed 19 Jul 2021); Name: Abba Holmes; Gender: Female; Spouse: William Wood; Child: John Francis Wood
↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXG-6YJ : 2 March 2021), Abigal Ann Wood in household of William Wood, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing William Wood, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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