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About Timothy Norris Wood, Sr.
Timothy Norris Wood's middle name is spelled as Norish on his marriage record. Source: FamilySearch.org.
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A Timothy Wood (no middle-name) was baptized on 29 Oct 1799 in St. Michael and All Angels, Stokenham, Devon, son of John Wood and Mary. Source: FindMyPast.co.uk
On 14 Feb. 1787, a John Wood married Mary Norish in Stokenham. Source: FindMyPast.co.uk.
It is possible these are Timothy's parents and that his middle-name, Norris, derives from his mother's maiden name, Norish.
Timothy was named in the 1825 Will of his father, John Wood; he received one shilling. Source: FamilySearch.org
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According to Timothy's marriage record, he was "of Townstal", which is a parish within Dartmouth, Devon. Source: FamilySearch.org
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In the baptism records of Timothy and Sally's sons, Timothy's occupation is given as Carpenter; however, in the baptism record Priscilla, which was after the Wood family had left London, and returned to Devon, living in Paignton, Timothy's occupation is given as Mariner. It is possible that he was a carpenter on a ship.
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Possibly died aged 40, Oct. 18, 1843, according to the Death Notice of a Timothy Norris Wood; according to the Death Notice it is believed he had a wife and children but their names are not recorded. He was a carpenter and died in the Lunatic Asylum of Somerset Hospital.
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It's possible that Timothy was entered into the Old Somerset Hospital, not because he was a Lunatic, but because he was poor, following a series of expensive court cases.
It is known that the New Somerset Hospital, opened in 1862 two decades after Timothy died, was used as a poor house; the Old Hospital might have been as well. Source: Worden, van Heynegin and Bickford-Smith, Cape Town: The Making of a City
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Surname: Wood
First Name: Timothy
Profession: carpenter
Street Address: 12 Boom Street, Cape Town
Source: 1841 Cape Almanac
Source Location: National Archives & National Library
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Timothy snr. may have only briefly lived at 12 Boom Street as a Gerrit Scholtz is recorded as living here in 1838. (Source: Ancestry24.co.za)
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At the time of John Wood's 18 April 1830 christening in Holborn, the Wood family were living in Back Hill, Holborn, Middlesex, England.
Source: John Wood's christening record, Ancestry.co.uk
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Timothy Norris Wood, Sr.'s Timeline
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October 29, 1799
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St. Michael and All Angels, Stokenham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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1799
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Stokenham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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| 1819 |
1819
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England (United Kingdom)
Timothy Wood jnr. was baptized 1819
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| 1820 |
1820
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England (United Kingdom)
Edward Wood was baptized 1820.
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| 1824 |
November 29, 1824
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Devon, England, United Kingdom
Authur Wood was baptized in 1824
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| 1830 |
March 29, 1830
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England, UK
Source: FamilySearch.org |
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| 1833 |
July 26, 1833
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Paignton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Source: Priscilla Dryden's Estate Papers Priscilla Dryden's baptism record on FamilySearch.org says she was baptised in Paignton, 1833 - http://tinyurl.com/4tbte8 |
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| 1839 |
June 22, 1839
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
A John Timothy Norris Wood, son of Timothy Norris Wood, is baptised 12 Dec. 1849 at the Cathedral Church, Cape Town. A note reads "Fathers title and occupation: late Mr". (Ancestry24.co.za; Cape Government Gazette of 7 February 1850) |
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| 1843 |
October 18, 1843
Age 44
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Lunatic Asylum, Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Image of Death Notice: http://tinyurl.com/6udnm2 Name of the Deceased: Timothy Norris Wood
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