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Timeline Context

1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII; 1910 King George V; 1936 King Edward VIII; 1936 King George VI
1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War; 1899 Battle of Elandslaagte; 1899 Defence of Ladysmith; 1901 Expedition of Ad Dareja; 1914-1918 WW1

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921
Horace Wood	1838	Smarden	Headcorn	Headcorn [m]	Smarden [d] Farmer	Smarden [d] Farmer	Smarden [d] Farmer	High Halden [b] (1) Farmer	High Halden [b] Farmer	died 1901
Mary J. Wood (Day)	1839	Biddenden	Biddenden	Biddenden	Smarden [d]	Smarden [d]	Smarden [d]	High Halden [b]	died 1896
Julia Homewood (Wood)	1862	Smarden				Smarden [d]	Battersea [f]	Harbledown [h]	Chartham [g]	Stodmarsh [n]	Frittenden
Walter Wood	1865	Smarden				Smarden [d]	Smarden [d] Farmers Son	High Halden [b]		Tenterden Ag.Lab.	Bethersden Farm Labourer
Fanny Farrance (Wood)	1867	Smarden				Charing	Smarden [d]	High Halden Wife of Arthur Farrance	High Halden Wife of Arthur Farrance	Bethersden [p] Wife of Arthur Farrance	Bethersden [p] Wife of Arthur Farrance
Emily Larkin (Wood)	1869	Smarden				Smarden [d]	Smarden [d]	High Halden [b]	High Halden [c] Wife of William Larkin	Rolvenden visiting George R. Orpin
Horace Wood	1871	Smarden				Smarden [d]	Smarden [d]	Chelsea [j] Butchers Ass.	Folkstone [a] Meat Salesman, Butcher
George Wood	1873	Smarden					Smarden [d]	Caterham [k] Butcher	South Africa 5th Dragoon Guards 4656		Romsey Motorman Tramways
Frank Wood	1876	Smarden					Smarden [d]	Caterham	4th Dragoon Guards	West Kents - died on campain in the Yeman 1901
William Wood	1877	Smarden					Smarden [d]	Bethersden Grocers Assist.	Horsmonden Grocers Assist.	Jamaica In Army	Folkstone Gardner
Alice Reeves (Wood)	1878	Smarden					Smarden [d]	Harbledown [h]	Woodchurch	Woodchurch Wife of John Reeves	Woodchurch Wife of John Henry Reeves
Harry Wood	1879	Smarden					Smarden [d]	High Halden [b]	Uplyme Devon [e] Wire Fencer	Tunbridge Wells [o] Carter
Edith Mary Wood	1881	Smarden					Smarden [d]	High Halden [b]	Leysdown Domestic	Harrow Weald [q] Help	Harrow Weald, Midd. Housekeeper
Henley Wood	1882	Smarden						High Halden [b]	Uplyme Devon [e] Wire Fencer	Tenterden Ag.Lab.	died 1912
Bessie Wood	1885	Smarden						High Halden [b]	High Halden [c]	Harrow Weald [q] Housekeeper	Harrow Weald, Midd. Housekeeper
Annie Wood (Mercer, Mitchell)	1851	St Michaels					Tenterden [l]	Tenterden Farmer	High Halden [b]	Charing Sick nurse, wid
Madeline Mitchell	1887	St Michaels							High Halden [b] Farm Assistant

Address Key

[a]	Dover Road, Folkestone
[b]	Hales Place, High Halden
[c]	Hales Place Cottage, High Halden
[d]	Luckhurst, Smarden
[e]	Pilot House, Uplyme
[f]	36 Trollope Street, Battersea
[g]	Houfield Farm, Chartham
[h]	China Farm, Plough Lane, Harbledown
[j]	301 Kings Road, Chelsea, London
[k]	School House, Caterham
[l]	Little Harbourne Farm, Tenterden.
[m]	Brickhouse Farm, Headcorn.
[n]	Ivy House, Stodmarsh
[o]	37 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells
[p]	Potten Farm, Bethersden
[q]	College Farm, Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
(1)	Ann Wood, mother, wid, 82, living on own means, 1809, smarden.

Certificates

Mary Jane Day born 17th June 1839 @ Biddenden to Richard Day, farmer & Sarah Day (Thrift)

Horace Wood born 4th November 1837 @ Smarden to John Wood, farmer & Ann Wood (Cornes)

Horace Wood (23, bachelor, headcorn, farmer, father: John Wood, farmer) married Mary Jane Day (21, spinster, Biddenden, father: Richard Day, Farmer)
on 27th nov 1860 at Biddenden. Witnesses: Richard Day, Fanny Day, Charles Day

Julia Wood born 2nd November 1861 @ Smarden to Horace Wood, farmer & Mary Jane Wood (Day)

Edward Homewood [26, farmer] married Julia Wood [20], 26th April 1882, at The Church, Smarden. Fathers: Edward Homewood [farmer] & Horace Wood [farmer].
Wit: Charles Orpin & Ann Cornes.

Photographs

Horace Wood
Mary Jane Wood (Day)
Julia Homewood (Wood)
Walter Wood
Fanny Farrence (Wood) & Family
Emily Larkin (Wood)
Frank Wood
William Wood
Alice Reeves (Wood)
Edith Wood
Bessie Wood
Hales Place Farm, High Halden

5th Dragoon Guards

The Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Military Records

George Wood
William Wood
Frank Wood

Frank Wood Enlisted in Army on 27th February 1896. He Joined the 4th Dragoon Guards, but soon was transferred to The Royal West Kents on 9th June 1897. Promoted Lance Corporal 18th Oct 1899. In 1901 was a member of the West Kents expedition to Ad Dareja, a force of 400 men and 6 guns, tasked to destroy a defended enemy tower in Aden. Unfortunatley Frank died on 20th July 1901 at Nobat Dakim, probably from heat stroke. See newspaper extract.

Census Returns

1911 Julia Homewood (Wood)
1911 Henley & Walter Wood
1911 Harry Wood
1911 Fanny Farrance (Wood)
1911 Emily Larkin (Wood)
1911 Annie Wood (Mitchell)
1911 Edith & Bessie Wood
1911 Alice Reeves (Wood)

1939 Register

Bessie Wood, Edith M Wood, Emily Larkin (Wood)

Gravestones - Frittenden

In ever loving memory of Edward Homewood, who died october 15th 1928, aged 72 years.
Also Julia, beloved wife of above. 22nd July, 1938, aged 76 years.

Trade Directories

Trade Directory – High Halden 1855 – Edward Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1845 – Henry Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1845 – Richard Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1845 – John Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1845 – William Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1858 – Henry Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1858 – Richard Wood, Farmer
Trade Directory – Smarden 1891 – William Wood, Farmer, Hamden

Notes

Julia Wood born dec 1861, w.ashford. vol 2a, pg 505 } FreeBMD
Horace Wood married Annie Mitchell: dec 1899, tenterden, vol 2a, pg 1750 } FreeBMD
Fanny Wood m. mar 1885 to Arthur Farrance, w.ashford, 2a, 877 } FreeBMD
Emily Wood m. tenterden, 2a, 1651 to William Larkin } FreeBMD
Alice Wood (26, spinster) married John Henry Reeves (34, Bach.), 12th oct 1904 @ Woodchurch. Fathers: Horace Wood (deceased) & John Tolhurst Reeves. Wit: Charles Orpin & Bessie Wood. } mid-kent marriages.
Horace Wood died sept 1901, Tenterden, age 63, 2a, 515 } FreeBMD
Mary Jane Wood, died jun 1896, age 57, Tenterden, 2a, 423 } FreeBMD
William Wood marries Florence E Pentlow, Sept 1917, Cranbrook, 2a, 2007 } FreeBMD
Henley Wood died sept 1912, Tenterden, 2a, 856 } FreeBMD