Sarah Wood, can you help with more info?

[CuriousKat]

Hello I am trying to trace back my tree & have hit a little stumbling block.
I'm looking for information on Sarah Wood, I don't have much to start with.
Sarah Wood married Thomas Butterfield at All Saints Bingley 18th April 1813 he was a widower she was a spinster. It does not give ages & 1 of the witnesses was John Wood. Father? Brother?
they had 3 children John 1818, Hannah 1820 & Benjamin 1824.
There is a burial for a Sarah Butterfield wife of Thomas at Bingley All saints 24/7/1825 & it says she was 43.  I can't find her on the 1840 census but i do find Thomas, Hannah & Benjamin.
I'd love to be able to trace the family back further. Hope you can help. 

[PaulineJ]

Where were these Thomas, Hannah & Benjamin in 1841?
(what's the GRO reference?

[CuriousKat]

Hi Pauline, i'm not very good with GRO's?
They were in Bradford East End, Bradford Moor looks like ?Mortimor? Row.  Thomas is 70 & a wool comber, Benjamin 15 also a wool comber & Hannah is 20 & a Worsted weaver. Hope that helps?

[LizzieL]

Assuming Sarah was born in Bingley and her age at death is correct, the best match is Sarah Wood d/o Joseph (mother not recorded) bapt Bingley 7 July 1782 (born 27 may 1782). I can't see a John who also has a father called Joseph. There are Johns of similar age in Bingley, and also a John fathering children in the 1780s, so the John (witness) could be cousin or uncle.

[spendlove]

Hi,

There is another child for Thomas & Sarah:-

Bingley All Saints, Bingley, Yks.

Thomas Butterfield born 5th March 1814 Bpt 10th April 1814, son of
Thomas Butterfield Wool Comber and Sarah Wood.

This son may have died, because in the  England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers:-

Thomas Butterfield born 28.1.1816 Bpt April 1816 son of Thomas & Sarah Butterfield,
Residence - Eldwick Moor Side, Parish of Bingley
Occupation -  Wool Comber.

All info from Ancestry with images.

Spendlove

[LizzieL]

Other Wood marriages in Bingley.
Mary Wood (spinster) to James Anderton (wool comber) on 14 Nov 1813, witnesses John Wood and William Wood. John's signature doesn't look the same as on Sarah's marriage record.

Abraham Wood married Martha Briggs 28 Nov 1814, wit John Wood and Abraham Briggs. John Wood's signature looks similar to that on Sarah's marriage record

John Wood married to Elizabeth Sykes 16 Aug 1813. John's signature different again.

So at least three different John Woods

These are on Ancestry (FindMyPast has BT's so not original signatures)

[CuriousKat]

Hi,

There is another child for Thomas & Sarah:-

Bingley All Saints, Bingley, Yks.

Thomas Butterfield born 5th March 1814 Bpt 10th April 1814, son of
Thomas Butterfield Wool Comber and Sarah Wood.

This son may have died, because in the  England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers:-

Thomas Butterfield born 28.1.1816 Bpt April 1816 son of Thomas & Sarah Butterfield,
Residence - Eldwick Moor Side, Parish of Bingley
Occupation -  Wool Comber.

All info from Ancestry with images.
Thank you i completely missed this one. :-)


Spendlove

[CuriousKat]

Other Wood marriages in Bingley.
Mary Wood (spinster) to James Anderton (wool comber) on 14 Nov 1813, witnesses John Wood and William Wood. John's signature doesn't look the same as on Sarah's marriage record.

Abraham Wood married Martha Briggs 28 Nov 1814, wit John Wood and Abraham Briggs. John Wood's signature looks similar to that on Sarah's marriage record

John Wood married to Elizabeth Sykes 16 Aug 1813. John's signature different again.

So at least three different John Woods

These are on Ancestry (FindMyPast has BT's so not original signatures)

Do you think it's unlikely that John was related & it could of been coincidence?

[LizzieL]

It's really impossible to say, Wood is a common surname and the population of Bingley was about 11,000 in 1841, presumably less in 1812, but still sizeable as it was expanding rapidly due to the  Industrial revolution.