Agnes Wood

Agnes Mary Wood

Born: 27 April 1890, St. Faiths, Norfolk 

Father: Thomas Henry Wood (b. 1864)

Mother: Agnes Wood (b. 1863) 

Stepmother: Lily Ethel Wood (b. 1873)

Brothers: Henry Herbert Charles Wood (b. 1896)

Sisters: Lily Dorothea Wood (b. 1894)

Half-sisters: Ethel M Wood (b. 1900)

In 1891 – 

She is at Stone Hill School House, Green Farm Lane, Rackheath. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Agnes and her mother are unlisted. Her aunt, Alice Wood (b. 1868), is listed as ‘Certified Teacher’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Board School, Matlask. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Her stepmother is listed as ‘Assistant School Mistress’. Agnes and her siblings, Lily, Henry and Ethel, are unlisted. There is a servant, Laura Cunningham (b. 1885).

In 1911 – 

She is at Matlask, Hanworth, Norfolk. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Head Teacher’. Agnes, her stepmother and a boarder, Frederica Mitzner (b. 1884), are listed as ‘Uncertificated Teacher’. 

In 10/13 – 

PT at Matlask and Barningham Co., Aldborough, Norwich.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. Exam. 1909.

In 10/15 – 

Appointed to Great Ormsby, Yarmouth. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 17 Belgrave Road, Plaistow as a boarder. The head of the house, Ada Mary Harlwey (b. 1872), is unlisted. Her daughter, Amy Nelliw Harlwey (b. 1900), is listed as ‘Shorthand Typist’. Agnes is listed as a boarder and ‘Teacher’. William Watkin Owen (b. 1891) is listed as boarder and ‘Ship Carpenter’. William’s wife, Annie Owen (b. 1892) is an unlisted boarder. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 144 High Street, Brentwood. Daisy Bryant (b. 1887) is unlisted. Agnes, Laura Bryant (b. 1889) and Edith Bryant (b. 1894) are listed as ‘School Teacher’.

d.         2 March 1964, Ilford 

WOOD, Agnes Mary of 87 Cambridge Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, spinster died 2 March 1964 at London Hospital, Stepney, London E.1. Administration (with Will) Gloucester 7 May to Ethel Marian Wiseman, widow. £1336