Kathleen Wood

Kathleen Gladys Wood 

Born: 15 January 1897, Ecclesall Bierlow

Baptised: 17 February 1897, Sheffield 

Father: William Thomas Wood (b. 1847)

Mother: Alice Matilda Wood (b. 1856)

Brothers: William Archibald A Wood (b. 1885), Frederick Wood (b. 1891), John Wood (b. 1893), Thomas Wood (b. 1899)

Sisters: Eleanor Grace Wood (b. 1879), Margaret Catherine Alice Wood (b.1881) [LDTC 1903], Matilda Mary Wood (b. 1882) [LDTC 1904], Florence Annie F Wood (b. 1885), Alice Wood (b. 1888) [LDTC 1909]

Marriage:        1923, Walthamstow 

Husband:         Walter Godfrey Holmes 

                        b. 9 April 1899

                        Motor Transport Instructor 

In 1901 –

She is at 69 St Thomas Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk’. Kathleen, her mother and siblings (Alice, Frederick, John and Thomas) are unlisted. Her sister, Margaret, is listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Her sister, Matilda, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Electrical Engineer’. Her sister, Florence, is listed as ‘Lady Clerk’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 33 Conduit Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Army Pensioner – Clerk’. Kathleen, her mother and siblings (Florence and Thomas) are unlisted. Her brothers, Fred and Thomas, are listed as ‘Clerk’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher City Council’. Her sisters, Matilda and Margaret, are listed as ‘Head Teacher City Council’. 

In 10/16 – 

School: Neepsend Junior Council School, Sheffield

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916.

In 11/18 – 

Appointed to Sale Memorial Church of England Girls and Infants, Sheffield. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 175, Upperthorpe, Sheffield. Her sister, Matilda, is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her mother and nephew, Deuxberry Russell Hugh Moore (b. 1916), are unlisted. Kathleen and her brother, Thomas, are listed as ‘Teacher’. There is a servant, Mabel Lawson (b. 1905). 

In 1939 – 

She is at 133 Hoarwithy Road, Hereford. Her husband is listed as ‘Motor Transport Instructor’. Kathleen is unlisted.

d.         1961, Battersea