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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 34,375 Send Message	Mike *	Report	25 Feb 2011 19:00
	If you get his birth cert with Jane's maiden name on it, then it's possible to go back further Births Sep 1863 WOOD Joshua - Stockport 8a 70
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 8 Send Message	Jean	Report	25 Feb 2011 18:01
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 8 Send Message	1861 Jane 39yrs dob would be 1822. son Joshua born 1864 If Jane was 45ys in 1871 that makes dob 1826. If the 1861 census sent by Andrew is correct then her spouse was also called Joshua. Can we go any further back and find her Jane's parents ?
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 34,375 Send Message	Mike *	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:16
	He married in 1886. You can cross check his father's name on the certificate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Jun 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford Samuel Macclesfield 8a 190 ...............MOTTERSHEAD Maria - Macclesfield 8a 190 SCHOFIELD Maria Macclesfield 8a 190 ....................Wood Joshua - Macclesfield 8a 190
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:12
	Possible for Jane 1861?? 1861 England Census about Jane Wood Name: Jane Wood Age: 39 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Joshua Wood Gender: Female Where born: Levenshulme, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Brimington Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Registration district: Stockport Sub-registration district: Stockport Second ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 31 Household Members: Name Age Joshua Wood 37 Jane Wood 39 James Wood 13 John Wood 8 Andy
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 1,138 Send Message	Lynne From Up North !!	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:09
	1881census - shows mother as Jane Wood: Name: Joshua Wood Age: 17 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Relation: Son Mother's Name: Jane Wood Gender: Male Where born: Stockport, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Bollington County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street Address: Park Street Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Grocer Registration district: Macclesfield Sub-registration district: Bollington ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jane Wood 59 Joshua Wood 17 James Grant 41 John Greaves 21 Adam Cooper 70
	Researching: Balmer, Hullock & Dewis in Westmorland - Riley in Cumberland
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 34,375 Send Message	Mike *	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:08
	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household:1881 Jane WOOD Head W Female 59 Levenshulme, Cheshire, England Joshua WOOD Son U Male 17 Stockport, Cheshire, England Grocer James GRANT Boarder W Male 41 Sydenham, Kent, England Housepainter John GREAVES Boarder U Male 21 Stockport, Cheshire, England Housepainter Adam COOPER Boarder U Male 70 Bollington, Cheshire, England Dwelling Park Street Census Place Bollington In Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:06
	1871 census 1871 England Census about Joshua Wood Name: Joshua Wood Age: 7 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Relation: Son Mother's Name: Jane Wood Gender: Male Where born: Stockport, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Bollington Ecclesiastical parish: St John County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Registration district: Macclesfield Sub-registration district: Bollington ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 136 Household Members: Name Age Mary Clarke 52 Thomas Clarke 26 David Clarke 19 Harriet Holford 19 Jane Wood 45 Married, Cotton Operative, born Levenhulme Joshua Wood 7 Andy
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 8 Send Message	Jean	Report	23 Feb 2011 21:01
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 8 Send Message	Parents wanted of Joshua WOOD 1864-1937 Breadmaker, born in Stockport.Married Maria Motteshead 1887,lived at Back St.Gorton in 1911

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