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11 February 2025

David March © 2014

JAMES ANDREW ALEXANDER WOOD

James Andrew Alexander Wood was born in January of 1886 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England to James Wood (b 1828) and Elizabeth (b 1828). Although both his parents were born in Scotland, they had settled on the Isle of Wight where his father was a seedsman and florist. James married Isobel Barnes who was born on 2 March 1865 in Holy Trinity Parish, West Cowes, Isle of Wight to Henry George Barnes (1828-1894) and Jane Butler or Muncher (1828-1896).

James and Isobel were married on 18 February 1883 in Newport, Hampshire, England. Two daughters, Gertrude Isabel Temple (b 16 December 1883) and Adelaide Mary (1885-1926) were born on the Isle of Wight and baptized in St Thomas, Newport, Hampshire, England.

On 31 March 1903, the family boarded SS ‘Lake Manitoba’, in Liverpool, England and arrived in St John, New Brunswick on 12 April. Their final destination was given as Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The 1906 census finds James and Isobel farming land on 2-34-4-W3 in the RM of Dundurn, Saskatchewan, about 40 km from Saskatoon. The grant to homestead claim no 1746738 had been issued to James for the NE quarter of this land on 8 January 1907. There was another homestead grant issued to James on 1 March 1916 for land in Biggar RM. This land was located right beside the town of Biggar, about 90 km from Saskatoon. James and Isabel were living on this land by the time of the 1911 census.

The 1921 census found the couple living at 1150 Ave L South in Saskatoon. Their daughter Adelaide who had married William James Shaw in Winnipeg, Manitoba and three of their grandchildren, Mary Isabel (b 1907), Irene Adelaide (b 1910) and Mark Phillip (b 1917) were living at the same address.

Other children mentioned in the obituary of William Shaw, are Ruth, Teresa & Leo James (1905).

To get to Dundurn, from Biggar, one would have to drive through Saskatoon. As this is the only James Wood that we could find living in the vicinity of Saskatoon in 1918, it is presumed that he was living in Saskatoon in 1918 or was on a visit or trip from Biggar to Saskatoon or Dundurn when he signed the quilt.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Wood 3 Tree.