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Matthew Smith Wood 1833–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 May 1833

Birth Location: Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Death Date: 06 Dec 1918

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William Wood

Mother: Margaret Enman

Spouse(s): Emma ♦

Children(s): Leonard Wood, Ida Wood

Matthew Smith Wood was born in 1833 in Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada, the child of William John Billy The Caulker Wood And Margaret Mary Enman. Matthew Smith Wood married Emma June Rayner, and had children including Ida Maude Wood, Leonard Southmeade Wood. Matthew Smith Wood passed away in 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Matthew Smith Wood was born in 1833 in Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada, the child of William John Billy The Caulker Wood And Margaret Mary Enman.
  • Matthew Smith Wood married Emma June Rayner, and had children including Ida Maude Wood, Leonard Southmeade Wood.
  • Matthew Smith Wood passed away in 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Wood
1807–1884
Birth Location: Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
WW
Margaret Enman
1813–1888
Birth Location: Pownal, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
ME

Spouses(s)

Emma ♦
1846–1915
Birth Location: Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
E♦

Children(s)

Leonard Wood
1875–1952
Birth Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
LW
Ida Wood
1877–1952
Birth Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
IW

Matthew Wood's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Wood
1833–1918
Birth Place: Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Parents
William John Billy The Caulker Wood
1807–1884
Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Margaret (Mary) Enman
1813–1888
Pownal, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Grandparents
Joseph (Smith) Wood
1783–1818
Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Elizabeth (Frances Dawson) ♦
1785–1866
Coote Hill, Cavan, Ireland
David (Leslie) Enman
1778–1841
New York, New York, USA
Mary (Chandler) Mellish
1777–1841
Pownal, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Great-Grandparents
William Sr.✔️
1746–1820
Prudence Wood
1759–1824
Thomas ♦
1762–1804
Elizabeth ♦
1766–1849
Jeremiah Enman
1748–1783
Margaret Benoit
1751–1842
Thomas Mellish
1744–1780
Jane Douglas
1758–1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert ✔️
1710–1800
Elizabeth Carter
1713–1813
Joseph Smith
1731–1790
Mary ✔️
1728–1811
Michael Inman
1705–1806
Hannah Benson
1705–1776
Thomas Condon
1691–1759
Elizabeth Mellish
1695–1781
Wiliam Douglas
1735–1759
Jane Bayne
1736–1758

Matthew Wood's Descendants

1.
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Matthew (Smith) Wood (23 May 1833–06 Dec 1918) m. Emma (June Rayner) ♦ (22 Dec 1846–07 Jun 1915)
  1. 1. Leonard (Southmeade) Wood 1875–1952 m. Maude (Esther Cook) ♦ 1879–1952
    1. 1. Chester (Alvin) Wood 1906–1969 m. Ilda (ELVA Paoli) ✔️ 1912–2005
      1. 1. Audrey (Maude Wood) ✔️ 1937–2023 m. George (Frederick Lewis) ✔️ 1933–2022
    2. 2. Edith (Alexandria) Wood 1900–1971 m. Martin (L) McCullough 1903–
    3. 3. Shirley (Elinor) Wood 1917–1992
    4. 4. Everetta (Maude) Wood 1902–1969 m. Francis (Wellington Lahey) Sr 1902–1965
      1. 1. Shirley (Elinor) Lahey 1928–1989 m. Eldon (Wade Sherman) ✔️ 1921–2011
      2. 2. Francis (Wellington Lahey) Jr.✔️ 1926–2008 m. Frances (Mae Guidaboni) ✔️ 1932–2022 m. Margaret (Chapman) Nickerson 1910–1973
        1. 1. Dennis (Chapman Nickerson) ✔️ 1947–2013
    5. 5. Melville (Southmeade) Wood 1897–1970 m. Elsie (J) Wood 1891–
    6. 6. Irving (Leon) Wood 1908–1939
    7. 7. Leonard (Elton) Wood 1912–1961
    8. 8. Merrill (Westcott Wood) ✔️ 1915–2004 m. Sophie (Mary) Bellerive 1920–1999
      1. 1. Eric (Charles Wood) ✅ 1950–2024
    9. 9. Everett (Bernard) Wood 1897–1973 m. Gertrude (Edmondson Sawyer) ✔️ 1902–1970
      1. 1. Barbara (Sawyer Wood) ✔️ 1923–2011 m. Francis (Patrick BOB) Farley 1922–1982 m. Gerald (LeRoy Torrence) ✔️ 1911–2004
      2. 2. Jane (Ernestine Wood) ✔️ 1929–2016
  2. 2. Ida (Maude) Wood 1877–1952 m. George (Folger Webber) ♦ 1876–1943
    1. 1. Arthur (Whitman) Webber 1911–1995
    2. 2. Grace (Marion) Webber 1903–1970
    3. 3. William (Chester) Webber 1898–1965 m. M. (Ester Sawyer) ♦ –1928 m. Harriet (Webber) ♦ 1888–1974
      1. 1. Paul (Arthur Webber) ✔️ 1923–2005
      2. 2. William (John) Webber 1922–1994
    4. 4. Charles (Homan) Webber 1908–1968

Matthew Wood's Timeline

3 Records

1833
23 May 1833
Birth of Matthew Smith Wood in Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1836
07 Aug 1836
Age 3
Matthew Smith Wood was baptized in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Prince Edward Island, Canada
1918
06 Dec 1918
Age 85
Death of Matthew Smith Wood in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 May 1833
    Event Place: Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] TITLE
    [2] Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 07 Aug 1836
    Event Place: Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Record Source: Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Dec 1918
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: TITLE
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