John WOOD

Birth:
28 Sep 1812
Bellfield, Eddlestone, Peebleshire, Scotland
Chr:
16 Oct 1812
Eddlestone, Peebleshire, Scotland
Death:
10 Aug 1883
Hagbrae, Borthwick, Scotland
Marriage:
7 Jun 1839
Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1988 International Genealogical Index
    2. 1992 International Genealogical Index
    3. Old Parochial Register Index Mid-Lothian,Scotland
    4. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil
RESEARCH NOTES:
    Family records indicate that the christening of John Wood was witnessed by Basil Wood and Wm. Tait.

NOTES:
    John was a plowman and a farmer
Mary LINDSAY
Birth:
1815
Eddlestone, Peebleshire, Scotland
Death:
13 Nov 1874
Hagbrae, Borthwick, Scotland
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1861 Census (per family records)
Children
Marriage
1
Alexander WOOD
Chr:
10 May 1840
Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Janet WOOD
Chr:
27 Feb 1842
Temple, Midlothian, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Alexander WOOD
Chr:
19 May 1844
Edinburgh, Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Death:
21 Jan 1887
Moville, Woodbury, Iowa
Christina SOMERVILLE 
Marr:
26 Apr 1866
St. Cuthberts, Leith, Lothian, 
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.
4
John WOOD
Birth:
1853
Cockpen, Lanark, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1861 Census (per family records)
    2. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil
NOTES:
    John was residing in Hagbrae, Scotland 25 May 1869
5
Elizabeth WOOD
Birth:
1854
Currie, Lanark, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1861 Census (per family records)
    2. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil
6
James WOOD
Chr:
2 Nov 1859
Currie, Midlothian, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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John Wood - Mary Lindsay

John Wood was born at Bellfield, Eddlestone, Peebleshire, Scotland 28 Sep 1812. His parents were Alexander Wood and Elizabeth Howison.

He married Mary Lindsay 7 Jun 1839 at Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland . Mary Lindsay was born at Eddlestone, Peebleshire, Scotland 1815 daughter of George Lindsay and Janet Shearer .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Alexander Wood christened 10 May 1840.
Janet Wood christened 27 Feb 1842.
Alexander Wood christened 19 May 1844.
John Wood born 1853.
Elizabeth Wood born 1854.
James Wood christened 2 Nov 1859.

John Wood died 10 Aug 1883 at Hagbrae, Borthwick, Scotland .

Mary Lindsay died 13 Nov 1874 at Hagbrae, Borthwick, Scotland .