Matilda Wood

Matilda Mary Wood 

Born: 9 December 1882, Horfield

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], Florence Annie F Wood (b. 1885), Alice Wood (b. 1888) [LDTC 1909], Kathleen Gladys Wood (b. 1897) [LDTC 1918]

In 1891 –

She is at St Thomas Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk in Charge of Telephone Exchange’. Matilda, her mother and siblings (Eleanor, Margaret, William, Florence, Alice and Frederick) are unlisted. 

In 1901 –

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

In 10/02 – 

PT at Sale Memorial, Sheffield.

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Sale Memorial School, Sheffield. £70.

In 10/07 – 

Address is 69 St. Thomas Road, Crookes, Sheffield.

In 1911 – 

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

In 1921 – 

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

In 1939 – 

She is at 9 Manvers Street, Bath. Matilda is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Dorothy Rowley (b. 1909) and Florence Pope (b. 1906) are unlisted. Janet Rowley (b. 1932) is listed as ‘At School’. 

d.         1951, Sheffield