WOOD James
Colne
Preston
COL/48/15
9 p 94
At time of marriage textile worker from Colne, Lancashire, England.
Returned to England abt 1898 with his wife and daughter because of illness of his mother.
Between 1909 - 1912 Wood family returns to New Bedford.
Prof. (1901 British Census): Tape Sizer. Lived 1901 with his wife Bertha and children George, Herbert and Ida 23 Bright Street Colne, Lancashire, England.
29 Apr 1909 the family arrived back in Boston, USA with SS Ivernia. According to the Ships Manifest they are all American Citizens. Address 12 Oct 1896 Norwich, CT. Address 1909: 43 Highlaw St, New Bedford. Left the USA with intention to return, awaiting the death of his mother. Children never registered (as citizen), papers proof citizenship.
Name: James Wood
Home in 1920: New Bedford Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts [104 Peckham St]
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Bertha Wood
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of Immigration: 1894
Year of Naturalisation: 1900
Occupation: Warp Twister at Cotton Mill
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes