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The Wood Family and Wainuiomata. Written 1970. Story compiled by Horace William Wood, son of John William and Eliza Wood, Bunnythorpe. The Wood FamilyThis family came from Harrogate in Yorkshire in 1851 and 1855. The New Zealand story really begins with the arrival of James Jackson, 30, and his wife Emma, 25. They had no children.
They came out on the ship ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ – a sailing ship, of course. The ship arrived in Port Nicholson on 7th February 1840. Mr Jackson was the brother of Mrs John Wood who arrived in 1851. On the voyage our Mr John Wood, my great-grandfather, died at sea. Mrs John Wood, now a widow, went to live with her sister-in-law, Mrs Jackson, at Lowry Bay.


Just a small section from http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/woodhoracewilliam_story.pdf. Very informative and I would think all the answers you are looking for would be in this.

The Woods of 'Woodlands' Wainuiomata / Vicky Alexander.

Date
1995
By
Alexander, Vicky., Wainuiomata Historical Museum. Society.
Identifier
ISBN 047303381X (pbk.)
Series
Booklet (Wainuiomata Historical Museum. Society) ; no. 4.
Notes

Map inside front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 56).
Publisher
[Wainuiomata, N.Z.] : Wainuiomata Historical Museum Society, 1995.
Format
56 p. :ill., facsim., geneal. tables, map, ports. ;21 cm.

from this record

Eliza Wood

in the New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007


Name: Eliza Wood
Death Age: 72
Birth Date: abt 1804
Death Date: 1876
Death Place: Wainuiomata
Burial Place: Wellington, Wainuiomata
Cemetery : Wainuiomata-Homedale Methodist

Name: Eliza Wood
Birth Date: 1804
Death Date: 28 Sep 1876
Death Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Cemetery: Woodlands Farm Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Has Bio?: Y
Children: John Wood
George Wood
Isabel Jackson Sinclair

Name: John Wood
Birth Date: 1830
Death Date: 5 Jul 1866
Death Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Cemetery: Woodlands Farm Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Has Bio?: N
Mother: Eliza Wood
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Name: George Wood
Birth Date: 1837
Death Date: 3 Feb 1884
Cemetery: Woodlands Farm Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Has Bio?: Y
Mother: Eliza Wood
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Wood
Children: Kate Constance Wood
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Name: Isabel Jackson Sinclair
Birth Date: 1845
Death Date: 1875
Cemetery: Sinclair Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Has Bio?: N
Mother: Eliza Wood
Spouse: John Sinclair
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Name: Isabel Wood
Gender: Female
Marriage Year: 1868
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Spouse: John Sinclair
Relation: Bride (Wife)
Folio Number: 857

Thank you Yes the trees on ancestry do look as though they copy each other that's why I like to clarify I did get the death from a grave for one of them

There are quite a few trees on ancestry with this family. Here is one I have picked starting with Emma 1840. They do seem to have mostly copied from each other.


Death of Father John William Wood(1796–1851)
December 1851 • at sea on board the Duke of Portland, bound for New Zealand

1851

12
Death of Sister Ursula Wood(1825–1853)
10 Oct 1853 • Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

1853

14
Death of Sister Catherine (Kate) Wood(1835–1862)
1862 • Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, NZ

1862

23
Death of Brother Thomas Wood(1827–1863)
10 Aug 1863 • Victoria

1863

24
Death of Brother John Wood(1830–1866)
5 July 1866 • "Woodlands", Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, NZ

1866

27
Death of Sister Isabel Jackson Wood(1845–1875)
1 Jan 1875 • Wainuiomata, Wellington, New Zealand

1875

36
Death of Mother Elizabeth Jackson(1804–1876)
28 September 1876 • Hutt Valley NZ

1876

37
Death
27 May 1879 • Mount View Asylum,Wellington New Zealand

The passenger list has the names

Catherine
Eliza
George
Nancy
Ursula

No age info, so no knowing which Eliza....................

One must assume Thomas and John were living independently by 1851.

Emma and Isabella don’t seem to be accounted-for after 1851. Have you looked for them?

So that people know who to look for

1841

First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
John Wood Male 45 1796 Yorkshire, England
Eliza Wood Female 35 1806 Yorkshire, England
Ursula Wood Female 15 1826 Yorkshire, England
Thomas Wood Male 14 1827 Yorkshire, England
John Wood Male 10 1831 Yorkshire, England
Nancy Wood Female 8 1833 Yorkshire, England
Catharine Wood Female 6 1835 Yorkshire, England
George Wood Male 4 1837 Yorkshire, England
Emma Wood Female 1 1840 Yorkshire, England
Thomas Wood Male 75 1766 Yorkshire, England

Is this the correct 1851 for them? They have 7 children?

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Church Square, Knaresborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Wood - Married Male 56 1795 Cooper Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Wood Wife Married Female 47 1804 - Yorkshire, England
Usurla Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 25 1826 Dress Maker Yorkshire, England
Ann Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 18 1833 Dress Maker Yorkshire, England
Catherine Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 15 1836 At Home Yorkshire, England
George Wood Son Unmarried Male 14 1837 Coopers Son Yorkshire, England
Emma Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 11 1840 At Home Yorkshire, England
Isabella Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 5 1846 Scholar Yorkshire, England
Eliza Wood Daughter Unmarried Female 3 1848 At Home Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Mary Hammond Lodger Unmarried Female 20 1831 Dress Maker Ripon, Yorkshire, England


and these are the names on the list for 'The Duke of Portland.'

WOOD Catherine
WOOD Eliza
WOOD George
WOOD Nancy
WOOD Ursula

I've just found a tree that has them on Apparently their was another ship ? Duke of Malborrough so not sure now what's going on The children were too young to travel alone

The passenger list looks like them but I think those are some of the children 5 I did read that their were 7 that sailed so it looks as though that info wrong and it looks as though the parents are missing? John & Eliza Thank you

No that isn't him 1851 he had children living with him The youngest being Eliza b 1848 Harrogate
I'll look at the passenger list

John Wood
England and Wales Census, 1851
Name:
John Wood
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1851
Event Place:
Bentley With Arksey, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Registration District:
Doncaster
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Marital Status:
Married
Occupation:
Agr Labourer
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Birth Year (Estimated):
1794
Birthplace:
Bentley, Yorkshire
Page Number:
10
Registration Number:
HO107
Piece/Folio:
2348 / 9
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John Wood Head Male 57 Bentley, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Wood Wife Female 56 Thorne, Yorkshire

Here is the passenger list
http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/dukeofportland.html

They had 10
Yes I've looked at later censuses but Wood is a common name and their is nothing to say yes this is the one ?

How many children did they have?

Have you thought of looking to see which ones appear on records in the UK after 1851?

Hi
I have the Wood family emigrating to New Zealand in 1851 Mother ,Father and 7 of their children. They were travelling on the Duke of Portland John the father died en route in Dec 1851 John Wood b 1794c Yorkshire his wife Eliza Jackson 1804c
Is their any way of finding out which of their children went with them

Thank you