Mark Woods (1843 - 1926)

Born 1843 in Chrishall, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 1926 at about age 83 in Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mark Woods was born in England.

This profile is part of the Woods Name Study.

On 30 March 1851 the Woods family lived in Broall Green, Newport, Saffron Walden, Chrishall, Essex, England. Chapman Woods (45) Straw Carter & Mary Woods (44) with William Woods (20), Eliza Woods (19), Rebecca Woods (18), Thomas Woods (16), James Woods (15), Chapman Woods (9), Mark Woods (8), Martha Woods (5) & Amos Woods (2).

Chapman Wood (48) Ag Labourer from Essex emigrated with his family, wife Mary Wood (47) and children Mark Wood (11), Martha Wood (8) & Amos Wood (5), Methodists. They departed from England, leaving Southampton on board Constant and arrived in Portland, Australia on 22 Feb 1855. ^[1]

Mark Woods married Eliza Bellum in Sydney, New South Wales

Widower Mark Woods married Martha Maria Miles at St Peters, New South Wales in 1886. ^[2]

In 1913, Mark Woods (labourer) lived in Arakoon with Martha Maria Woods (home duties) and son Charles Chapman Woods (fisherman) ^[3]

He passed away in 1926, aged 83 ^[4] and he was buried at the Arakoon Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
2. ↑ Australia, Marriage Index, Registration Number 2722
3. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1913
4. ↑ Australia, Death Index, Father's name Chapman, Registration Number 15422

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGBT-Q5J : 29 July 2017), Mark Woods in household of Chapman Woods, Chrishall, Essex, England; citing Chrishall, Essex, England, p. 29, 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.