Hi Karen CANAL MISCELLANY BOOKLET I'm not researching WOOD myself, but here are a few WOOD listings which may be of interest to you: Bedworth 1861 Census Bulkington Lane (southside): WILLIAM WOOD - h - mar - 41 - Boatman - Shilton or Shenton, War. ELIZABETH WOOD - w - mar - 43 - Hinckley, Leics. + 7 WOOD children: George, Lucy, Eliza A., William, Emma, Samuel, Priscilla, and again in the Bedworth 1871 Census: WILLIAM WOOD - h - m - 50 - Boatman - Stretton under Fosse (not Shilton or Shenton as before) ELIZABETH WOOD - w - m - 51 - Hinckley + 5 WOOD children: Sarah Louise, William, Priscilla, Rose Ann, Samuel. The children of the above were born in different places, let me know if you want the full details. Aston 1881 Census, 7 Forge Street - SIMEON WOOD - 33 - Puddler - ?Stf Bedworth 1881 Census ref 3064 - Bulkington Lane WILLIAM WOOD - h - m - 31 - boatman - Stoke on Trent MAY WOOD - w - m - 31 - Bedworth SAMUEL WOOD - son - 2 - Bedworth. Regards, Elaine -----Original Message----- From: Adrian & Karen Fraser <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 22 May 2000 18:29 Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Wood boatpeople - Staffordshire >I have many Wood ancestors who were boatpeople from Tunstall, Staffordshire >from 1800 - 1920. One branch moved to Wolverhampton during the early 1900s. > >I would like to hear from anyone researching the possible same family. > >Karen Fraser >[email protected] > > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >