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Albert (Al)
Wood
Information from Paul Enge, ~The Bayly-Cole-Comfort-Enge-Hearns-Norgaard-Olsen-Thompson Woods Family Tree Branches and Leaves~, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.
Marriage record, Morpeth, Kent Co., ON:
Albert Wood, 21, lives Howard, born Howard, Bachelor, Farmer, Methodist, s/o Arner? and Martha Wood.
Mary Ann McDonald, 20, lives Howard, born Howard, Spinster, Presbyterian, d/o Alexander and Isabella McDonald.
Witnesses: ?? & ??, Morpeth.
Married by license 18 Nov 1883 in Morpeth by Rev. Geo. R. Park.
1891 personal census, Howard Twp., Kent Co., ON, D1-37:
McDonald Alexander, M, 76, Widower, born Ont, father born Ont, mother born Scotland, Presb., farmer, employer;
Lawson, M, 37, son, born Ont, f.b. Ont, m.b. Scotlant, Presb.;
Wood Mary, F, 26, Widow, daughter, born Ont, f.b. Ont, m.b. Scotland, Presb.;
Burnice, F, 6, daughter, born Ont, f.b. Ont, m.b. Scotland;
William, M, 4, son, born Ont, f.b. Ont, m.b. Scotland.
Chatham Daily News 4 August 1945
Deaths - Spencer: at her late residence 26 Scane street. Friday, August 3, 1945, Mrs. Mary (Wood) Spencer, in her 82nd year. Dear mother of Mrs. William Eberhardt of Detroit, William A. Wood, city; sister of Alex McDonald of Moose Jaw...
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, published in 1904, pages 529-531:
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"Alexander McDonald was born in the log house in the early days of his
parents' pioneer life in Howard Township... Here Mr. McDonald grew to sturdy manhood, and on March 18, 1841, he was married to Isabella Smith, who was born in Scotland, June 23, 1823, daughter of Robert and Isabel Smith, highly esteemed residents of the County of Kent...
Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, two dying in childhood. Of the others we have the following record--...Mary A., born in the present family home in 1865, married first Al Wood, who died in Bay City, Michigan, leaving two children, Verenice and William. She married (second) Fred Spencer of Chatham, and they have
one daughter, Hattie L...
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