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Found another marriage announcement.

At St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hull on the 11th inst. by the Rev Dr Wilkinson, Francis G Wood second engineer ss Grodno, to Jane Brown, second daughter of Mr Robert McCover, Greenock.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS 13 Sept 1892


SHIPS LAUNCHED IN 1882.

6 July United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited) Hull Grodno Steamship For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.[87]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ship_launches_in_1882

Wow - thank you - you are all amazing. Thanks for the help.

Just an irrelevant comment -

I though Llowarch must surely be a mistranscription , perhaps of Howarth - but no!
It's an actual name.

Frank and Mary married in Glasgow in 1899, and Frank was born in Oswestry in 1877.

That 1901 matches the info about the mother on Winifred's birth cert.................which is on Scotland's People!! And I used my own credits to look at it for you.......................

She was McMillan when she was born illegitimately to Sarah

Jane DID NOT have any children.................she and Francis took in Winifred and Jessie, and gave them the surname Wood.

You've been given all possible info about these people..............take your time to read and evaluate it.

The man who married Jane is 100% your relation

Possible mother for Winifred only going by area and occupation so only guessing.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
9, Glenfield Street, Glasgow, Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Household members (3 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Frank Llowarch Head
Married Male 23 1878 Wire cleaner England
Mary Llowarch Wife
Married Female 21 1880 - Crarae, Argyllshire, Scotland
>>Sarah McMillan Sister-in-law
Single Female 29 1872 Confectioners saleswoman Crarae, Argyllshire, Scotland

Winifred's probable illegitimate birth was posted by Erikah on 3rd March at 14:04.
Her birth surname was Macmillan.

Then she was taken in by Francis and Jane (Francis may perhaps have been her father, for all we know, although there's no documentary proof).
She is listed as Wood in 1911 and 1921 censuses.

In 1921, she has her birth surname Macmillan as a middle name.

In 1939 she's listed as Wood, which was still her name at the time.
The name Naylor was added later, after her marriage to James H Naylor in 1955.

Winifred appears to be another adopted daughter. Her birth is given by ErikaH on the post 3 Mar 2025 14:04, mother Sarah McMillan. I posted the 1939 register just above this with the same date of birth given to Winifred as her BC which strongly suggests this is the same person. Naylor is her married name.

Marriages Dec 1955 (>99%)
FENWICK Eliza SIMPSON Hull 2a 522
>>NAYLOR James H WOOD Hull 2a 522
SIMPSON Charles FENWICK Hull 2a 522
>>WOOD Winifred M NAYLOR Hull 2a 522


James Henry Wood (known as Harry) and Winnie Wood were badminton partners before marriage. I was reading some newspaper articles yesterday where they were mentioned. They were very successful. In fact one of the death notices for her reads

NAYLOR (nee Wood) Winnie. Passed away peacefully on Sat 3rd June. The lady who introduced junior badminton players to the Hull League. Many happy memories.

HULL DAILY MAIL 8 Jun 1995

Thank you so much everyone for all the information. I will stop looking for now as I am getting very confused with the daughters of this couple now. Winifred especially
seems to have surnames of McMillan and Naylor as well as Wood. I will now look at another family member. As you might realise that I am not very good at finding information because I use Scotlands People for all the information I have and not good at the England information. Regards

Marriage cert is on FMP

Sept 11th 1892
Francis James Wood, Engineer, full age, 315, Hedon(?) Road, Paisley, father, Francis Wood, Sculptor

WOOD - At St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hull, by the Rev Dr Wilkinson, Francis G Wood, Engineer, to Jane Brown, second daughter of Mr Robert McCover, engineer, Greenock.

Greenoch Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette 13 Sept 1892

Does read Francis G not J Wood but this is obviously a mistake.

" I, Francis James Wood, of 98 Welbeck Street, Prince's Ave, Hull, engineer, hereby give notice that I will NOT BECOME ANSWERABLE for any DEBTS or LIABILITIES that my wife JANE BROWN McCOVER may contract on or after this notice.
FRANCIS JAMES WOOD
Witness F F Ayre, 9 Scale Lane, Hull

Greenoch Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette 10 May 1901

I meant the cert for Francis and Jane :-S :-S :-S

You have been given the necessary info to enable ordering from the GRO

I have the marriage cert for Francis James Wood''s parents. They are Francis Wood born c 1840 in Ayrshire on 23/08/1861 to Mary Love born c 1840. His siblings names were Gilbert - Christina - Donald and Francis. His brother Francis born 03/07/1866 is my great grand father. The Francis James I am trying to trace was living in Greenock on the last census I could find in 1881. Its confusing that there are 2 boys with the name Francis but the one I'm tracing was registered as Francis James and the other one just Francis (my great grandfather).

Easy enough to find out.......buy copy marriage cert for father's details ;-) ;-)

Thank you everyone for the information. I am ploughing my way through all this information but finding it difficult to confirm whether this Francis James Wood is my relative.

In 1911, Jane claims to have had one child...............still living. No sign or mention of the other adopted child, Jessie.............

MACMILLAN
WINIFRED
F
1904
644 / 3 / 2463
Dennistoun

Used MY credits to view image.....


DoB 4th SEPTEMBER..........mother Sarah Macmillan, confectionery saleswoman, 2, Downs Street, Glasgow

1939 Register
889 Hedon Road, Kingston Upon Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull C.B., Yorkshire (East Riding), England

Household members (2 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Jane B Wood 04 Aug 1869 Female Cook Widowed 213 1
Winifred Naylor (Wood) 04 Sep 1904 Female Secretary Parting Tins (Partingtons) Butcher Single 213 2




First name(s) Winifred Macmillan
District number 5502B
Last name Naylor
Register number B55A
Sex Female
Entry number 105
Birth day 4
Date of registration mm/yy 0695
Birth month 9
County Yorkshire
Birth year 1904
Country England
Death quarter 2
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Registration month 6
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death year 1995
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
District Hull

Jessie's baptism. Can't find her birth though. See edited post 2 Mar 2025 20:41

First name(s) Jessie Ada Emelie
Country England
Last name Wood
Father's first name(s) Francis James
Sex Female
Father's last name Wood
Baptism year 1901
Mother's first name(s) Jane
Baptism date 31 Jan 1901
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Residence Hull, York, England

Thanks, Alviegal.

Ancestry's transcription had her age as 37. I've submitted a correction, and also corrected her brother and father's relationship.

Jessie (age "less than 4 months") is presumably Jane's daughter, not step-daughter, though I can't find her birth so far.
[EDIT: No, I see she's an adopted daughter, so not necessarily any blood relation to Jane or Francis.]

Can't find Winifred's birth, either.