Olivia Williams Wood

F, b. 23 February 1860, d. 25 May 1931
FatherJoseph Williams Wood b. 6 Jul 1826, d. 23 Sep 1910
MotherElizabeth Brown Howard b. 26 Jul 1826, d. 4 Jun 1904
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited20 Dec 2020
Olivia Williams Wood, c1881, photo contributed by Ethel Kirkpatrick from her originals in Nov 1979
     Olivia Williams Wood was born on 23 February 1860 at Old Ladies Home, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Olivia is documented to be 71 yrs 3 mos and 2 days old at her death. Daughter of Joseph W. Wood b. Gardner's Creek, and Elizabeth HOward, b. Fairfield, NB.1 She was the daughter of Joseph Williams Wood and Elizabeth Brown Howard. Olivia Williams Wood married Perez Anderson, son of William J. Anderson and Olivia (?), on 25 December 1905 at Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Perez Anderson was aged 48, a widower and teamster, b. St Martins, and Olivia was 46, born Gardners Creek, parish of Simonds. Perez was of the Brethren faith as Olivia was.

Witnesses: Hannah Wood was of Pittsburg, PA and his son William was of Saint John.2,3 Olivia Williams Wood died on 25 May 1931 at Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick, at age 71; She died at the "old Ladies Home", and from pulmonary edema, according to the death certificate.1,4,5 She was buried on 26 May 1931 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; She was buried in Lot 569 (with the McGaws).5
     She appeared on the census of 1901 at Dufferin Ward, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Olevia W. Wood, 40, was living with the McGaw family.6 She lived between 1904 and 1905 at 115 Winter Street, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Saint John City Directories. She appeared on the census of 1911 at River William Street, Oxford, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; Olivia W. Anderson was aged 51, and living as a domestic in the household of her aunt Frances Ann Oxley and her son Charles.7 She lived between 1926 and 1928 at "Old Ladies Home on Broad Street", Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.8

Family

Perez Anderson b. c 1856, d. 6 Jul 1910

Citations

  1. [S1405] FamilySearch.com, 2011: NB, Provincial Deaths 1815-1938 , Death of Alvenia W. Anderson.
  2. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS141B7, Index to New Brunswick Marriages: 1847-1954. St John Co, #1036, B4/1905, Film #F15917.
  3. [S781] Ancestry.ca, 2007: Acadia Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 , Marriage for Percy Anderson & Olivia Wood.
  4. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS141C5, Index to Death Certificates: 1920-1954. St John Co; Registration: 076063; Volume: 076; Microfilm: F18979. Registration was under Alvenia W. Anderson.
  5. [S839] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Brenan's Funeral Home Records (MC793), Olivia W. Anderson, 1931.
  6. [S352] 1901 Canadian Census , New Brunswick, Saint John Co, Saint John. District (#21)
    Dufferin (Ward/Quartier) i-1 Page 32, Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6443.
  7. [S618] Ancestry.com Inc., 2006: 1911 Canada Census , Nova Scotia, Cumberland, Oxford. District Number: 42; Sub-District Number: 21, Place of Habitation: River William St. Page: 14. Household of Frances A. Oxley.
  8. [S242] Letter, Ethel Kirkpatrick to Pam Wood Waugh, various dates 1970's and 80's, dated 7 Nov 1979; Ethel had found "Aunt Levy" in Saint John City Directories.