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Can someone please help, I have hit a brick wall. I am trying to find any information (birth, parents and sibblings) on Thomas Percy Wood b.abt 1888 we were told London ???. He also went by his middle name of Percy. Thomas married May Bryant in 1920 in Southend On Sea, Essex. On his marriage cert, Thomas names his father as Thomas Wood occupation "farmer" - deceased. Thomas lists his occupation as a Gasfitter. The family story is that Thomas was adopted and that no-one has ever been able to trace his family. We think there also could be ties with Canada. (note I have already found Mays family). I am unable to place Thomas on any census, and I dont have access to the 1911c. I would be very greatful for any help..

as you weren't sure of the year, I asked on www.freebmd.org.uk for births of Thomas Percy Wood, 1880-1891

The following is the result:-


Births Mar 1883 (>99%)

Wood Thomas Percy Nottingham 7b 353



Births Mar 1886 (>99%)

WOOD Thomas Percy Bromley 2a 423 99%)

WOOD Thomas Percy Northampton 3b 57


Births Dec 1889 (>99%)

Wood Thomas Percy Burton 6b 383


Births Jun 1890 (>99%)

Wood Thomas Percy Cambridge 3b 469



Of these, the Bromley one in 1886 is the clsoest to London.



Of course, you might have to consider the fact that his name might have been changed when he was adopted.



sylvia

Thanks Sylvia. I got the year of Thomas's birth from his marriage cert he was 34yrs and married in 1920 thats how I came to the year of birth as around 1888. His birth name may not be Wood, but I thought if I could find his father or adopted father Thomas Wood whose occupation was a farmer but was deceased before 1920.

There is this person listed as Percy who gives his occupation as a gas fitter in 1911

ABBOTT, Fredrick Head Married M 31 1880 Carter Stambridge Essex VIEW
ABBOTT, Emily Wife Married
4 years F 29 1882 Benflett Essex VIEW
ABBOTT, Ivy Daughter F 0 1911 Southends on Sea Essex VIEW
WOOD, Percy Boarder Single M 26 1885 Gas Fitter Cudham Kent VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
10164 Reference:
RG14PN10164 RG78PN533B RD195 SD2 ED52 SN37

Registration District:
Rochford Sub District:
Prittlewell Enumeration District:
52 Parish:
Southchurch

Address:
Linleigh Near Victoria Road Southend-On Sea County:
Essex

If he was 34 in 1920, he would have been born in 1886, not 1888, so that fits in with what has been found.
Unfortunately no Thomas Percy Wood born around 1886 showing (he may have just used Thomas Wood) in 1911.

Added: was just about to look for Thomas Wood, gasfitter, so would have still been wrong.

1891 maybe

Name: Thomas Wood
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Wood
Gender: Male
Where born: Cudham, Kent, England

Civil parish: Chelsfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Chelsfield St Mary
Town: Chelsfield
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chislehurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Wood 34 Forman Labourer
Louisa Wood 33
Emily A Wood 10
Janie A Wood 8
Percy T Wood 5
David Wood 6/12

1901? Thomas the father is listed as a market gardener

Name: Thomas Wood
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Wood
Gender: Male
Where born: Cudham, Kent, England

Civil parish: Southchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: Southchurch Holy Trinity
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Rochford
Sub-registration district: Prittlewell
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 78
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Wood 44
Louisa Wood 43
Emily Wood 20
Jenny Wood 18
Percy Wood 15
David Wood 10
William Wood 7
Leonard Wood 2
James Thompson 67

Market gardener is vaguely like a farmer?
1901 England Census
Thomas Wood
Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Wood Gender: Male Where born: Cudham, Kent, England Civil parish: Southchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: Southchurch Holy Trinity County/Island: Essex
Country: England Occupation: Market Gardener
Registration district: Rochford Sub-registration district: Prittlewell ED, institution, or vessel: 25 Household schedule number: 78

Thomas Wood 44
Louisa Wood 43
Emily Wood 20
Jenny Wood 18
Percy Wood 15
David Wood 10
William Wood 7
Leonard Wood 2
James Thompson 67

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1682; Folio: 40; Page: 14.

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It does tie in with the Bromley birth that Sylvia found

Births Mar 1886 (>99%)
WOOD Thomas Percy Bromley 2a 423

And this death could fit with the the birth above. Might be worth seeing who the informant is on the death certificate


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Thomas Percy Wood
Name: Thomas Percy Wood
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1885
Death Registration Month/Year: 1981
Registration district: Southend On Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 2414

Thankyou everyone. I wonder where the family got the idea that Thomas was adopted. Are there any ties with Canada with any of these family members. I have a shipping record 1957? with Thomas and his wife May arriving back in England after being in Canada. And family members mention relations in Canada. ??

Could this be your Canadian connection?

Address; 11 Lipstanway Southend on Sea Essex. Also wife May Wood age 62


UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Thomas Percy Wood Retired
Name: Thomas Percy Wood
Birth Date: abt 1886
Age: 68
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 17 Aug 1954
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Montreal
Ship Name: Empress of Scotland
Search Ship Database: View the 'Empress of Scotland' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Canadian Pacific
Official Number: 161430


What age was May at the time of their marriage?

The 1911 census where Percy Wood is boarding with Fredrick and Emily Abbott, just a thought I wonder if Emily is Percy's sister

Can you post the address/witnesses from the marriage cert please

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Hi Ginny,
Yes thats them on the shipping record. May was 27yrs when they married

Julie

Is this Mays death?

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about May Wood
Name: May Wood
Birth Date: 1 May 1893
Death Registration Month/Year: 1974
Registration district: Southend On Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 2597

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Witnesses from the marriage are Horace Bryant and C Frederick Bryant, both are Mays sibblings. Address for Thomas 59 Victoria Road Southend (I think it reads Victoria - very faint) and Mays address is 174 Eastern Esplande T...Bay ??

I havent looked for their deaths yet as just starting out, but that looks like Mays death.

Id be inclined to get that Bromley birth cert and the Southend death cert if you can afford it....defo get the birth it should have his mom and dad on it