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my 3xgrandfather james wood (B) about 1801 linthwaite almonbury, yorkshire, married ann haigh (B) about 1805 marsden ,almondbury (M) 1826 21 aug at almondbury and moved to stalybridge their first born James 1839a butcher living at mount pleasant stalybridge...my question is knowing wood is a common name, how can i find his parents also cannot find his death, have tried many avenues without success, any help would be greatly appreciated
kind regards
ronald

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will revert when looked thru my records....

I have james on 1851 census in aged 50, in 1861 ann is living with Joe(son) and martha(daughter) no sign of James and it looks as if ann is still a butcher...

...closing down for the nite...tks n' ttfn

LINTHWAITE, a chapelry, in the parish of Almondbury, union of Huddersfield, Upper division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Huddersfield.
[...] The chapel, now a district church, dedicated to Christ, was erected in 1828 [...]
From Lewis (1848): http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445

So it would seem your best bet are the Almondbury parish registers - a place search in the library catalog at the LDS site gets:

Title Parish registers for Almondbury, 1557-1934
Authors Church of England. Parish Church of Almondbury (Yorkshire) (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm of original records located at the parish church in Almondbury. Later filming was done of original records at the Registry of Deeds, Wakefield.
Includes indexes.
West Yorkshire Archives Service, Wakefield, call no.: D12/12, D12/16-17, 28-50, 53-57.

Note Location Film
Baptisms 1557-1720, 1726-1783 Marriages 1557-1720, 1726-1763 Burials 1557-1720, 1726-1780 FHL BRITISH Film 20042
Baptisms, burials 1783-1806 Marriage register index 1754-1781 Marriage register 1754-1781 FHL BRITISH Film 20043
Marriage register 1781-1812 . . Another copy. 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. FHL BRITISH Film 20037
Baptisms 1557-1720, 1726-1783 Marriages 1557-1720, 1726-1763 Burials 1557-1720, 1726-1780 FHL BRITISH Film 230649
Baptisms, burials 1783-1793 FHL BRITISH Film 230650
Baptisms, burials 1793-1806 FHL BRITISH Film 230651
Marriage register index 1754-1781 (includes some additional information) FHL BRITISH Film 230652
Marriage register 1754-1791 (banns 1764-1768) FHL BRITISH Film 230653
Marriages, 1799-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 230654
Marriages 1791-1799 FHL BRITISH Film 230655
Baptisms 1851-1934 FHL BRITISH Film 1542076
Marriages 1806-1834 FHL BRITISH Film 1542077
Marriages 1834-1846, 1848-1852 FHL BRITISH Film 1542078
Marriages 1852-1870, 1846-1848, 1870-1905 FHL BRITISH Film 1542079
Burials 1813-1840, 1844-1919 FHL BRITISH Film 1542080

You can contact Wakefield or rent a film to view at any LDS FHC

tks mgnv, that certrainly gives me something to work on
kind regards
ronald

A possibility


JAMES WOOD Pedigree
Male
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 29 APR 1801 Almondbury, Yorkshire, England

Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: JOSEPH WOOD Family
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C017125 1790 - 1793 0230650 Film 6909875 Film

C017125 1793 - 1805 0230651 Film NONE


Sheet: 00

Sharon

Thank you SharoninGreece
Brgds
Ronald

Another Wood/Haigh marriage in Almondbury:

WOOD, James Marriage
Wife: Hannah HAIGH
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1762 Recorded in: Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
Source: FHL Film 230649 Dates: 1646 - 1766

Thank you Margaret maybe the same family who knows??
My James married Ann Haigh 21 Aug 1826 their sons James (b. 31/12/1838 - Joe (b.17/12/1840 there were other siblings don't have certs for them yet....
Brgds
Ronald

Tks Janet H,
will have looksee a bit later out, on tiles tonite tks once again.... ttfn
Ronald