Daniel Ferguson Wood (abt. 1871 - 1948)

Born about 1871 in Gartmore, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Norma McFarlane (Dougall) Wood — married 1921 in Stirling, Scotland

Died 21 Jun 1948 at about age 77 in Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

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Biography

Daniel was born in 1871, the son of Andrew Wood and Margaret Ferguson. At some stage before 1918 he emigrated to Rhodesia and began farming there. He returned to Scotland and married Norma McFarlane Dougall in Stirling in 1921 and they returned together to Rhodesia. The couple had no children and Norma was the signatory on Daniel's death record.

1871 census (388/00 006/ 00 007) of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland: - at Barbados Farm;

Andrew Wood, widower, 68, farmer of 150 acres -50 acres arable, born Port of Menteith;

Andrew Wood, son, 30, married, ploughman, born Port of Menteith;

Margaret Ferguson, wife, 28, born Port of Menteith;

Andrew Wood, grandson, 1, born Port of Menteith;

Jessie D Wood, granddaughter, 2, born Port of Menteith;

Daniel F Wood, grandson, 3months, born Port of Menteith;

Duncan Blair, 17, shepherd, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland;

John Graham, 15, farm servant, born Drymen,Stirlingshire;

Agnes Kerr, 15, general domestic servant, born Balfron, Stirlingshire.

NB Margaret Ferguson in the above census was almost certainly the wife of Andrew Wood aged 30 and her age should be 28 and not 38. Also the Andrew Wood , grandson, would have been about 3yrs old because he was born in 1867.

1881 census (388/5/13 page13) of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland: - at New Easterhill Farm;

Andrew Wood, head, 40, farmer of 365 acres, 117 arable, employing one man and one boy, born Port of Menteith;

Maggie Wood, wife, 38, born Port of Menteith;

Jessie Stewart Dymock Wood, daughter, 12, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Daniel Fergusson Wood, son,10, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Agnes Wood, daughter, 8, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Moses Wood, son, 5, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Andrew Wood, son, 4, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Maggie Wood, daughter, 5, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Thomas Gow, boarder, 26, farm servant, born Port of Menteith;

Peter Robertson, boarder,16, farm servant, born Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

1891 census (388/5/2 page2) of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland: - at New Easterhill farm;

Andrew Wood, head, 50, farmer, born Port of Menteith;

Margaret Wood, wife, 48, born Port of Menteith;

Jessie S D Wood, daughter, unmarried, 22, born Port of Menteith,

Daniel F Wood, son, unmarried, 20, born Port of Menteith;

Agnes F Wood, daughter, unmarried, 18, born Port of Menteith;

Moses Wood, son,15, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Maggie Wood, daughter,15, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

William Wood, son, 9, scholar, born Port of Menteith;

Robert Ferris, boarder, 37, annuitant, imbecile, born Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland;

Patrick Walsh, boarder, 35, annuitant, imbecile, born Ireland.

Sources

• Census returns obtained from the website of scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• Zimbabwe Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT5-14BM : 12 February 2020), Daniel Ferguson Wood, .

• Information taken from extracts from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland 1855-date, the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland 1553-1854 and assorted transcriptions of graveyard and burial records, held by John M Sutherland-Fisher

• Private papers and family correspondence in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher