William Wood
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Background
William Henry Wood was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1835. He died in June 1907 at the Kalgoorlie Hospital aged 78. He was buried in the Wesleyan/Methodist section of Kalgoorlie Cemetery.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
William Wood was inside the Eureka Stockade.
Post 1854 Experiences
Family
William Wood was married to Eliza Ann Lyne who died on 11 November 1932 aged 95, and is buried at Payneham Cemetery, South Australia.[2]
Obituary
- The late William Wood, who died at the Kalgoorlie Government hospital, aged 78 years, was in his youthful days, one of the pioneers of Sailor's Gully, Bendigo. He also took his stand in the Eureka Stockade. He was well known as a prospector in Kalgoorlie and Yundamindera. With his son, Mr R.H. Wood, and Mr Jack Stephens, he pegged the Hannan's Reward, and took up the Potosi at Yundamindera. [3]
- WOOD: On June 1, at Kalgoorlie William, dearly beloved husband of Ann Wood, and father of R. H., W. J., and H. H. Wood, and Mrs J Deimel (Adelaide), Mrs G Brealey (Kaniva), Mrs F Burgess (Lillimur), Mrs G Williams (Narrocoorte), Mrs J Fox (Kalgoorlie), aged 78 years. (interred Methodist portion Kalgoorlie Cemetery).[4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Accessed https://www.kalgoorliebouldercemetery.com.au/search/browse.php?s=21000&np=44#store-top.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197586761/eliza-ann-wood, accessed 13 July 2022.
- ↑ Kalgoorlie Miner, 15 June 1907.
- ↑ James Smith scrap book, n.d.
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