Family of Thomas Wood and Elizabeth Duff Butchers

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

This family of fifteen children is central to the WoodLooker series of family history

       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)

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, Kent	\| Died: 17 Mar 2025
	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 1859? Plumstead, SE London
	Died: 28 Nov 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA	\| Died: 15 Dec 1944, Los Angeles, California
	Married: 1 Aug 2025 Margate, Thanet, Kent	Children: 3

7 F	Sarah Ann Wood	\| spouse: Francis Jordan
	Born: July-Sept 1863 Lydd, Romney Marsh, 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: 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: Apr-May 1867 Lydd, Kent	\| Born: 4 Mar 1869, Pulborough, Sussex,England
	Died: 6 Feb 2025 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	\| 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: July-Sept 1933 [Westbourne?, Sussex]	\| Died: Jan-Mar 1940 [St. Leonards?, Sussex]
	Married: Oct-Dec 1891 Hastings, Sussex	Children: 2 (died in teens)

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: 29 Oct 2024 Kilburn, NW London	Children: 2

12 F	Kate Wood	\| spouse: Albert R. Ford
	Born: Jan-March 1872 Lydd, 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, 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: 1965 Westminster, London	\| Died:
	Married: 5 Oct 1908, Westminster, London.	Children: 2

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


Thomas Wood at Willowie 1882	Henry Wood at Brookland 1920	Edmund Wood at Rye 1908


Elizabeth Jordan in England c. 1911 and California c. 1922	Sarah Ann Jordan née Wood circa 1911	Maria Mitten née Wood St. Leonards 1910

WoodLooker series of family history, compiled by R. D. Wood and Patricia Button, 2002/4