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The Wood family apparently immigrated to Canada just prior to 1815, and were Presbyterian thru 1871.
In 1889, John was the correspondent for the [[North Elmsley Meeting Room, ON|North Elmsley Meeting Room]], along with John Ford (who was also the contact thru 1894). Robert Wood was the contact +1878-1894+ for the [[Lombardy Meeting Room, ON|Lombardy Meeting Room]]. In 1881-1911, John & Maria Wood were PB and resided at South Elmsley, Leeds & Grenville, ON. In 1921, William & Clara Wood resided in Perth, their father John Wood resided with them, all registered PB, so likely with the [[Rideau Christian Fellowship, ON|Perth Meeting Room]] then.
* Robert Wood (b. 1787 Peebleshire, Borders, Scot. - d. 1867 Lombardy, ON). 1st wife (1809): Jenny Brown Wood (b. Perthshire, Scot. - d. before 1867 Lombardy, ON). 2nd wife: Mary Mahon Wood (b. 1810 Ireland - d. ON). Lifelong Presby. ** James Wood (b. 1810 [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1873 Lombardy, ON). Wife: Sarah Ann Tweedy Wood (b. 1806 Co. Wexford, Leinster, Ireland - d. 1893 Lombardy, ON), daughter of Robert Tweedy (b. 1776 Ireland - d. Harrylock, Ireland) & Rose Mary Sinnott Tweedy (b. 1770). James was Presby., and Sarah was R.C. in 1871.*** James Wood (1842-1930 Lombardy, ON). Wife (1868 @ Smiths Falls, ON): Anne Wills Wood (1845-1946 Lombardy, ON), daughter of Patrick Wills, Sr. (b. 1809 Ire. - d. 1888 Portend, Lanark, ON) & Margaret Orme Wills (b. 1808 Co. Sligo, Ire. - d. 1876 L&G Co., ON). Patrick Sr. was CoE. *** Jane Wood Covell (1845-1915 Lombardy, ON). Husband (1866 @ CoE, Perth, ON): Nelson Horatio Covell (1841-1918 Lombardy, ON), son of Arthur Wellesley Covell & Maria Ringer Covell. Nelson & Jane were CoE. Nelson's brother John James Covell (1858-1939 South Elmsley, ON) had a son named Henry Edwin Covell (b. 1888 South Elmsley, ON - d. 1977 Rideau Ferry, ON), whose two sons Osborne Henry Covell (1921-2015) and Earl Edward Covell (1925-2020) were longtime correspondents at Rideau Ferry. Osborne was +1985-2015, and Earl was +1962-2005+. *** John Wood (b. 1849 South Elmsley, ON - d. 1923 Lanark Co., ON). 1921 likely at [[Rideau Christian Fellowship, ON|Perth Meeting Room]] near Lombardy. Wife (1871 @ CoE, Smiths Falls, ON): Maria Wills (b. 1849 South Burgess Twp., L&G Co., ON - d. 1920 ON), sister of John's brother James' wife Anne, and his sister Mary Ann's husband Patrick Jr. ************ William George Wood '''+1931-1955''' (b. 1880 Leeds & Grenville Cos., ON - d. 1955 Smiths Falls, ON). Previously @ Rideau Ferry / Lombardy assembly.
***** John "Jack" Albin Wood '''+1931-1986''' (1914-1986)
****** John Kenneth Bruce Wood '''1941-2016''' (1941-2016)
*** Mary Ann Wood Wills (b. 1839 Lombard, ON - d. 1922 Rideau Ferry, ON). Husband: Patrick Wills, Jr. (b. 1840 Co. Sligo, Ire. - d. 1919 Lombardy, ON), Mary Ann's brother James' wife Anne's brother. Patrick Jr. & Mary Ann were PB in Lombardy by 1881.*** Robert Wood (b. 1842 South Elmsley Twp., ON - d. 1893 Leeds Co., ON). +1878- Wife (1866): Joanna Looby Wood (b. 1847 L&G Co., ON - d. 1929 ON), daughter of William Looby (b. 1818 Co. Fermanagh, [[Northern Ireland|N.I.]] - d. 1902 Brockville, L&G, ON) & Jane Graham Looby (b. 1816 - d. 1882 L&G Co., ON). William & Jane were E.C. From +1878-1896+, Robert was correspondent of the Lombardy Meeting Room, which became [[Rideau Ferry Meeting Room, ON|Rideau Ferry]]. ** Robert Wood, Jr. (b. 1812 Scot. - d. 1878 Lombardy, ON). Wife (1841 @ St. Andrews Presby., Perth, ON): Joanna Munro Wood (b. 1819 Scot. - 1895 South Elmsley Twp., Leeds, ON)** Margaret Wood Bowen (b. 1815 Leeds Co., ON - d. 1902 North Crosby Twp., Leeds, ON). Husband (1836): Israel Bowen (b. 1801 Lansdowne Twp., Leeds, ON - d. 1887 North Crosby Twp., ON), son of Israel Bowen, Sr. (b. 1748 Swansea, Bristol, MA - d. 1848 Mooretown, Lambton, ON) & Isabella Lamb Bowen (b. 1750 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Eng. - d. 1830 Lansdowne, Leeds, ON). Israel & Margaret were Methodist Episcopal in 1881, and Margaret was Presby. in 1891-1901.
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