Heybridge Basin, Essex (27 March 2014)
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Wood Surname of Essex seeks out every Wood family residing in Essex before 1852, plus the families to whom they are related by marriage. Our research project began with William Wood, who was born 1 May 1837 in Ostend, Burnham, Essex. In 1862 he sailed to New York, and then moved West. He lived the rest of his life in Utah USA and Alberta Canada.
William’s family was Catholic, which makes researching his paternal line difficult. It turns out that one-third of Essex was nonconformist to some degree, so that many researching Wood families in Essex share our challenge. While land Records and Wills can prove relationships, they are imperfect substitutes for missing birth records.
53,347 individuals on the 1841 Census had the surname Wood. The large number of families with the surname Wood is manageable because 85% of them lived in the north of England. Only 6,376 of them resided in London, and a scant 1,502 resided in Essex, implying fewer than three hundred households. Even three hundred households, however, require a process of elimination to place individuals into family groups. By working together, we can prove impossible relationships and increase our knowledge of probable ones. Please join the conversation.
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RESEARCHER'S CORNER
The Researcher's Corner is a knowledge blog about the Wood families who lived in Essex before 1852
Do you have an ancestor with the surname of Wood who lived in Essex before 1852? The Researcher’s Corner discusses branches of the Wood family living in Essex before 1852. Find out about the Wood families of Essex and the conditions of the 17th and 18th centuries that shaped their lives.
