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Wood family Goole East Yorkshire

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emmahollins1986

emmahollins1986 Report 15 Jan 2016 14:09

I am looking for any information about the Wood family from Goole East Yorkshire. My grandfather was Walter Frederick Wood born 20 Seprember1928 and died 26 February 1992. I never met him and we have no information about any of his family.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Jan 2016 14:53

When & who did he marry ? The cert should name his father if known

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Jan 2016 14:55

Just because it came up

First name(s) WALTER FREDERICK
Last name WOOD
Gender Male
Birth day 20
Birth month 9
Birth year 1928
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1992
District SCARBOROUGH
Register number 292
County Yorkshire
Volume 2
Page 2691
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Jan 2016 15:01

There's no birth for a Walter Frederick .this is the only one that may fit the birth date ie reg in the last qtr of1928


First name(s) WALTER
Last name WOOD
Birth year 1928
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name SELLARS
District PONTEFRACT
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9C
Page 152
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Jan 2016 15:11


Only Yorkshire marriage that comes up from 1945

Marriages Jun 1951
GAY Kathleen WOOD Richmond 1b 1333
WOOD Walter F GAY

Is this his marriage ??

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 15 Jan 2016 17:55

actually there is this Walter F

Births Sep 1928
Wood Walter F (Chadwick) Sculcoates 9d 223

that would match a dob of 20 Sep 1928 as shown in the death record

(we can't be sure he was born in Goole?)


I guess we should message 'Unknown' to ask them to return and tell us anything that is known

(edit - done, with info about finding thread, replying, PMs, etc)


someone here has in their family tree

Walter Fredrick Wood 1928 Sculcoats(Hull) York

and someone else has

Walter Frederick Wood 1930 Richmond

for which there is no matching birth in the index

link to those search results: http://tinyurl.com/gpnv7n8

emmahollins1986

emmahollins1986 Report 15 Jan 2016 18:06

hi sorry just getting used to this. my name is Emma hollies will change my board name and that marriage is correct he was married to Kathleen wood. I couldn't find it though. I don't have any certificates for him because when he died he was estranged from his family. I couldn't even tell you who his next of kin was.

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 15 Jan 2016 18:27

there you are!

what you need to do is get his marriage certificate, as it should tell you his father's name

then might be able to identify his parents' marriage

the info you need for ordering the marriage certificate here

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

is what Shirley posted ... the details are

Apr-May-Jun quarter, 1951
groom WOOD Walter F
registration district Richmond
volume 1b
page 1333

when a possible marriage is found for his father, then you check here

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

to find a birth with the two parents' surnames, to see whether a Walter was born at the right time with those parents

of course there may be more than one possible marriage for his father's name since the surname is common, but it should be possible to work it out that way

just order that marriage certificate and come back here when you have the details, and we can help you do the next search

emmahollins1986

emmahollins1986 Report 15 Jan 2016 19:13

thank you I will order one as soon as I can