Family of Thomas and Elizabeth Wood, born in Romney Marsh.

       Husband: Thomas Wood  
          Born: 1826                 in Midley, Romney Marsh, Kent, England
          Died: Jan 1907             in Union Workhouse, New Romney, Kent
        Father: John Wood (b. 1789 Warehorne, Kent, d. 1877 Lydd, Kent)
        Mother: Elizabeth Playford (b. 1796 Iden, Sussex, d. 1881 Hastings, Sussex)
          Wife: Elizabeth Duff Butchers  
       Married: 27 Mar 2025          in Winchelsea district, Sussex
          Born: 1833                 in Winchelsea district, Sussex
          Died: April 1896           in Lydd, Kent, England
        Father: Alexander Duff Butchers (b.1804 Icklesham, Sussex, d.1891 Sussex)
        Mother: Maria Crowhurst (b. 1812 Rye, Sussex, d. 1888 Sussex)

Fifteen children were born at Midley or Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England


1 M William Wood
  Born: Apr-May 1852 Romney Marsh, Kent, England
  Died: Age 16 (Typhoid Fever), 14 March 2025 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England

2 M Thomas Wood | spouse: Luisse Matilde Kuhn
  Born: 17 Jun 2025 Midley, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: 23 Feb 2025 South Australia
  Died: 1 Jun 2025 Willowie, South Australia | Died: 23 Sept 2024 South Australia
  Married: 29 Jan 2025 Laura, South Australia   Children: 7

3 M Henry Wood | spouse: Susan Rose Hannah Ford
  Born: Jul-Sep 1855 Midley, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: 1860-2? BrookLand, Romney Marsh
  Died: 24 Apr 2025 Lydd, Romney Marsh | Died: 17 Mar 2025 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent
  Married: 12 Apr 2025 Lydd, Kent   Children: 2

4 M Edmund Wood | spouse: Louisa Axell
  Born: 8 May 2025 Midley, Kent | Born: 9 Apr 2025 Rye, Sussex
  Died: 22 May 2025 Hastings Hospital, Sussex | Died: 1939 Rye, Sussex
  Married: 13 Feb 2025 Rye, Sussex, England   Children: 11

5 M Joseph Wood | spouse: Caroline Eliza Davis Brignall
  Born: 11 Feb 2025 Midley, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: 4 Sept 2025 Lydd, Romney Marsh
  Died: 15 Oct 2024 Lydd, Kent | Died: 28 Jan 2025 Lydd, Romney Marsh
  Married: 10 Jan 2025 Lydd, Kent   Children: 11

6 F Elizabeth Wood | spouse: Frederick Jordan
  Born: Apr-June 1861 Lydd, Kent | Born: 5 Dec 2024 Plumstead, SE London
  Died: 28 Nov 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 15 Dec 1944, California, USA
  Married: 1 Aug 2025 Margate, Thanet, Kent   Children: 3

7 F Sarah Ann Wood | spouse: Francis Jordan
  Born: July-Sept 1863 Lydd, Kent | Born: 22 July 2025 Plumstead, SE London
  Died: 21 Apr 2025 SE London | Died: Sept 1926 SE London
  Married: 8 Apr 2025 Plumstead, [SE London] Kent   Children: 9

8 M Alexander Wood | spouse: Florence Emily Sharrard
  Born: Jan-Mar 1865 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: Apr-June 1868 Lydd, Romney Marsh
Died: 22 Apr 2025 Chartham, Bridge, Kent | Died: Apr-Jun 1930 Lydd, Romney Marsh
  Married: 17 Oct 2024 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent   Children: 6

9 F Julia Wood | spouse: George Wedge
Born: 1867 Lydd, Kent | Born: 4 Mar 1869, Pulborough, Sussex,England
  Died: Jan-Mar 1899 Tonbridge, Kent, England | Died:     [in Canada?]
  Married: 18 June 2025 Lydd, Kent   Children: 0

10 F Caroline Wood | spouse: Alexander Edward Smith
  Born: Oct-Dec 1868 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: c. 1867 Battle, Sussex
  Died:     [at St. Leonards, Sussex?] | Died:
  Married: Oct-Dec 1891 Hastings, Sussex   Children: 2

11 F Eliza Wood | spouse: William Edwin Oliver
  Born: Oct-Dec 1870 Lydd, Kent | Born: c. 1871 New Brompton, Chatham, Kent
  Died:    [at Chatham, Kent?] | Died:
  Married: Oct-Dec 1898 Hendon, NW London   Children: 2

12 F Kate Wood | spouse: Albert R. Ford
  Born: Jan-March 1872 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: c. 1873 St. Leonards, Sussex
  Died:    [at Bexhill, Sussex?] | Died:
  Married: c. 1896   Children: 1

13 F Maria Wood | spouse: Charles Mitten
  Born: 6 Sept 2024 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: c. 1870 St. Leonards, Sussex
  Died: 9 Sep 2024 St Leonards, E Sussex, England | Died: 23 Oct 2024 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  Married: 15 June 2025 St Leonards, Sussex   Children: 8

14 F Louisa Wood | spouse: John Wilfred Ratcliffe
  Born: Jan-Mar 1875 Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent | Born: 1866 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
  Died:     [in London?] | Died:
  Married: 5 Oct 1908, Westminster, London   Children: 4? [two? before Ratcliffe marriage?]

15 F Charlotte Wood | spouse: Edward Champion
  Born: July-Sept 1877 Lydd, Kent | Born:
  Died: Oct-Dec 1918 Hastings, Sussex | Died:
  Married: Oct-Dec 1902 Woolwich, SE London   Children: 1

 

Part of a ‘WoodLooker’ series of family history
compiled by R. D. Wood (UK) and Patricia Button (South Australia), 2002


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