« Reply #7 on: Sunday 14 May 17 16:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Mamajan, it looks as if Juju9999uk hasn't been on rootschat for most part of 5 years (if you click on her name you can see last active).
I have WOODs in Shoreditch and wonder if they dovetail in with yours. My earliest known WOOD is Thomas, who was born around 1790 or so. I've only found him on one census so it's a bit vague, but at that time he was a cabinet maker living in Spitalfields. Going down my direct line, his son George was bap 1834 in Shoreditch, George's son Frederick William was born 1866 in Shoreditch and Frederick's daughter Emily Louisa (my grandmother) was born 1904 in Shoreditch. All of the men were cabinet makers. They made the furniture that the French Polishers finished.
Now that we have mmn available pre-1911 on the GRO website I've been able to work Juju's line back another generation (assuming that the 1908 John suggested by Cougar was the right one) and it looks like his father was also John, married in 1904, suggesting a birth prior to 1888. The only John I currently have would have been too young. As things stand at the moment I don't have a Joseph. Do you have parents for your GGF?
I've shied away from trying to research my WOODs any further back - common surname, densely populated area, the usual excuses - but I can't prevaricate forever. DNA testing has given a few distant matches in Canada but we've been unable to find a link and have assumed they're spurious. Up till now I've only established my direct line and the rough birthdates/places of my their siblings, if obvious from censuses. In theory if we all do this, going back as far as we can, any shared ancestors should be obvious - easier said than done! I'll start filling in a bit more. Your Joseph's father may well have been a brother or cousin of one of my direct ancestors, if there are two of us "attacking" it from different directions we might get a breakthrough.
Best wishes
Jane :-)
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BARR, BARRATT, BERRY, BRADLEY,BRAMLEY,BRISTOW,BROWN,BUGBIRD,BUTLER
CAIN,CARR,CHAPMAN,CHARLES,CH*LTON,CHESTER,COCKETT
COLLASON,COLLYER,CORKERY
DARLING, DENYER,DICKERSON,DOLLING,DURBAN
FARMER,FURNELL
GIBSON,GILES,GROOMBRIDGE
HALL,HAMBIDGE,HARMES,HART,HICKS,HILL,HOLLOWAY
JACKSON
K*AT*S
LANCASTER,LINTON
MCDONALD,MCFADEN,MEARS,MILLARD
NICOLAS,NOAK,NORTH
PARFIT,PORTER
RIPPINGALE,ROBINS
SEARLE,SPENCER,STEDHAM
TYLER,TILLY,TUCKWELL
WADE,WAGER,WALKER,WATSON,WEBB,WITHRINGTON,WOOD