Alexander WOOD

Birth:
Chr:
19 May 1844
Edinburgh, Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Death:
21 Jan 1887
Moville, Woodbury, Iowa
Marriage:
26 Apr 1866
St. Cuthberts, Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Father:
John WOOD
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Letter from Alice Wood Riggs 29 Apr 1970
    2. Letter from Edna Wood 17 May 1971
    3. A History of the Alex Wood and Christina Somerville family by Mrs. John Riggs
    4. Ancestral File - nil
    5. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil

BIRTH:
    Alexander was christened in Currie or Hagbrae Parish

NOTES:
    Alexander was a sheepherder. He sailed with his wife from Scotland 26-30 May 1869 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Christina SOMERVILLE
Birth:
24 May 1843
South Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Death:
2 Jun 1927
Moville, Woodbury, Iowa
Children
Marriage
1
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
2
John James WOOD
Birth:
21 Jun 1870
Preston, Grant, Wisconsin
Death:
1 Feb 1945
Emma Susan GRAY 
Marr:
28 Dec 1903
of Grant, Wisconsin 
3
Edward Alexander WOOD
Birth:
13 Mar 1873
Preston, Grant, Wisconsin
Death:
14 May 1873
 
Marr:
 
4
Mary WOOD
Birth:
9 Feb 1874
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
Death:
24 Feb 1948
Sutherland, O'Brien, Iowa
Jonathan Garrett THARP 
Marr:
12 Dec 1894
Moville, Woodbury, Iowa 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    May have been 2 Sep 1874
5
Alexander WOOD
Birth:
22 Aug 1877
Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa
Death:
12 Jul 1954
Mathilda ROGERS 
Marr:
of Davis, Iowa 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Alexander "Sandy/Alex/Alec" WOOD
6
Henry WOOD
Birth:
26 Nov 1879
Blakesburg, Wapello, Iowa
Death:
1 Sep 1967/68
Addie Craig ANDERSON 
Marr:
9 Oct 1907
of Wapello, Iowa 
7
Janet WOOD
Birth:
3 Apr 1882
Marion Twp., Davis, Iowa
Death:
George E. THOMAS 
Marr:
14 Dec 1904
of Wapello, Iowa 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Janet/Jeanette "Etta" WOOD
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Alexander Wood - Christina Somerville

Alexander Wood was christened at Edinburgh, Leith, Lothian, Scotland 19 May 1844. His parents were John Wood and Mary Lindsay.

He married Christina Somerville 26 Apr 1866 at St. Cuthberts, Leith, Lothian, Scotland . Christina Somerville was born at South Leith, Lothian, Scotland 24 May 1843 daughter of James Somerville and Christina Knight .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Blocked
John James Wood born 21 Jun 1870.
Edward Alexander Wood born 13 Mar 1873.
Mary Wood born 9 Feb 1874.
Alexander Wood born 22 Aug 1877.
Henry Wood born 26 Nov 1879.
Janet Wood born 3 Apr 1882.

Alexander Wood died 21 Jan 1887 at Moville, Woodbury, Iowa .

Christina Somerville died 2 Jun 1927 at Moville, Woodbury, Iowa .