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Personal data James Wood 

Source 1
  • He was born about 1824 in New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
  • Occupations:
    • before 1903 Ploughman ; stated on son, James marriage register.Source 3
    • in the year 1881 Distillery Engine Driver in Off Distillery Road, New Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.Source 2
    • in the year 1878 Distillery Labourer, Birth of Son, James.Source 4
    • in the year 1861 Ploughman in Mains of Pittrichie, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Off Distillery Road, New Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.Source 2
    • on June 21, 1861: Ardmore, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1861: Mains of Pittrichie, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • He died before 1903.Source 3
    Son, James marriage register
  • A child of George Wood and Jane Collier

Household of James Wood

He is married to Isabella Yule.

They got married on June 21, 1861 at Thisley Hill, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. James Wood  1878-1956 
  2. William Wood  ± 1868-????
  3. Alexander Wood  ± 1870-????
  4. Helen Jane Wood  ± 1872-????
  5. Isabella Wood  ± 1873-????
  6. Peter Wood  ± 1881-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 21, 1861 in Thisley Hill, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland : David Yule, John Duguid.Source 5


Notes about James Wood

1. No confirmation of death on SP

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Wood

James Wood
± 1824-< 1903

1861

Isabella Yule
± 1837-1918

James Wood
1878-1956
William Wood
± 1868-????
Alexander Wood
± 1870-????
Helen Jane Wood
± 1872-????
Isabella Wood
± 1873-????
Peter Wood
± 1881-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wood and Isabella Yule Parish: Udny; ED: 5; Page: 17; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1861_33 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for James Wood
    Name: James Wood
    Age: 27
    Estimated birth year: abt 1834
    Relationship: Servant
    Gender: Male
    Where born: New Machar, Aberdeenshire
    Registration Number: 249
    Registration district: Udny
    Civil Parish: Udny
    County: Aberdeenshire
    Address: Mains of Pittrichie
    Occupation: Ploughman
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 77
    Line: 8
    Roll: CSSCT1861_33
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Susan Hector 53 Head Farmer of 111 Acres employing 3 Labourers
    Isabella Yule 24 Servant Domestic Foveran Aberdeen
    Annie Gordon 16
    James Ritchie 2
    James Wood 27 Servant Ploughman Old Machar Aberdeen
    W Wall 47
    Jes Pabertson 2
    June Wall 21
    Alexander Wall 11
    Jessie Reid 60
    Isabella Reid 44
    Jessie Reid 17
    Elizabeth 5 Mo
    Gray 13
    Christian 7
    Thomas 4
    Janet Fyffe 70
    Jessie Fyffe 23
    Mury Fyffe 1
    Elizabeth Fyffe 8 Mo
    Anne Maton 37
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wood Parish: Meldrum; ED: 1; Page: 4; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1881_66 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for James Wood
    James Wood
    Age: 47
    Estimated birth year: abt 1834
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabella Yule or Wood
    Gender: Male
    Where born: New Machar, Aberdeenshire
    Registration Number: 229
    Registration district: Meldrum
    Civil Parish: Meldrum
    Town: Old Meldrum
    County: Aberdeenshire
    Address: Off Distillery Rd
    Occupation: Distillery Engine Driver
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 18
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1881_66
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wood 47 Head New Machar
    Isabella Yule or Wood 44 Wife Foveran, Aberdeenshire
    William Wood 13 Son Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
    Alexander Wood 11 Son Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
    Helen Jane Wood 9 Daughter Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
    Isabella Wood 8 Daughter Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
    James Wood 2 Son Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
    Peter Wood 5 Mo Son Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1903 WOOD, JAMES, BEATRICE HOOD (Statutory registers Marriages 697/ 9)
    1903 WOOD, JAMES, BEATRICE HOOD (Statutory registers Marriages 697/ 9)
    Marriages in the Parish of Penicuik in the County of Edinburgh 1903.
    1903 Eighteenth February
    Hamilton Place, Penicuik
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    James Wood
    General Labourer (Bachelor)
    Age 38 Hamilton Place Penicuik
    Parents: James Wood Ploughman (deceased)
    Isabella Wood M.S. Yule
    (Signed)
    Beatrice Hood or Bennett (Widow)
    Age 36 Hamilton Place Penicuik
    Parents: Thomas Hood, Coal Miner
    Janet Hood M.S. Anthony
    (Signed)
    Robert Thomson
    Parish Minister, Penicuik
    (Signed)
    Alexander Meek Anderson Hood, Witness
    Elizabeth Livingston, Witness
    Registered
    1903 February 19th, Penicuik
    Chas A Jones
    Registrar
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1878 WOOD, JAMES (Statutory registers Births 229/ 30)
    1878 WOOD, JAMES (Statutory registers Births 229/ 30)
    Births in the Parish of Meldrum in the County of Aberdeen 1878.
    James Wood
    1878 April Tenth 3.h.45.m. A.M.
    Distillery Road, Old Meldrum M.
    Parents: James Wood, Distillery Labourer
    Isabella Wood M.S. Yule
    m. 1861 21st June , Foveran
    Inf, James Wood Father Not Present
    Registered 1878 April 30th, Old Meldrum
    William Den
    Registrar
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1861 WOOD, JAMES, ISABELLA YULE (Statutory registers Marriages 195/ 4)
    1861 WOOD, JAMES, ISYBELL YULE (Statutory registers Marriages 195/ 4)
    Marriages in the Parish of Foveran in the County of Aberdeen 1861.
    1861 June Twentyfirst
    Thistlehill, Parish of Foveran
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    James Wood
    Age 37 Ardmore, Parish of Udny
    Parents: George Hood, Crofter
    Jane Collier, Farmers Daughter
    (Signed)
    Isybell Yule
    Age 24, Thistlehill, Parish of Foveran
    Parents: David Yule, Crofter
    Elizabeth Yule M.S. Massie
    (Signed)
    John Foster, Minister of Udny
    (Signed)
    David Yule, Witness
    John Duguid, Witness
    Registered
    1861 June 22nd, Foveran
    Daniel Henderson
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage June 21, 1861

  • The temperature on June 21, 1861 was about 19.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
    • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
    • December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

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