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Robert
WOOD
= Harriet
GILL
b. 1812 in
Pontefract
b. 1818 in Knottingley
d.
1870
d. 1880
married. 1841
Robert was a waterman.
Harriet was the daughter of John GILL and his wife Mathilda SPENCE of Ferry
Fryston.
Children:
1. William, b. 1841, waterman
2. John, b. 1843
3. Ellen, b. 1845
4. Mary, b.1850
5. Harriet, b. 1850, domestic servant
6. Robert, b 1853 (see next generation)
7. Mary
8. Sarah
1871 Census
Robert Jr. was living with his widowed mother & was a potter.
Robert
WOOD
= Mary
Elizabeth SPEIGHT
b. 1853 in
Knottingley
b. 1852 in Kellington
d.
1920
d. 1915
married. 1875 in Pontefract
Robert was a potter at the Ferrybridge Pottery. He mixed the colours for
the other potters.
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of John SPEIGHT, b. 23 April 1834, labourer of Birkin and his wife
Elizabeth MANTLEY of Kellington.
Children:
1. Fred
, b. 1876 in Ferrybridge
2. Lucy
, b. 1878 in Ferrybridge
3. Mary Ellen
, b. 1880 in Ferrybridge
4. Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1881 in Ferrybridge (my
grandmother)
5. Jack
, b. 1882 in Ferrybridge
6. George
, b. 1884 in Ferrybridge
7. Robert
, b. 1886 in Ferrybridge
1881 Census
Robert WOOD
m.
27
potter
Mary E. WOOD
wf
29
Fred
WOOD
s
5
scholar
Lucy
WOOD
d
3
Mary Ellen WOOD d
1
Robert Jr. & Jack lived on Vale Terrace, Ferrybridge with their families.
If anyone has any further information about anyone mentioned here, I would love
to hear from you.
Shirley
Parent
yorkie@sympatico.ca
http://www3.sympatico.ca/yorkie/
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