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In Loving Memory of

MY DEAR HUSBAND

GEORGE WOOD

WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 7TH 1906

AGED 38 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE ANN,

WHO DIED MARCH 14TH 1916

AGED 50 YEARS

"GONE, BUT NOT FOGOTTEN"


John George Wood, known as George, was born about 1868 at Desborough, the son of John Wood and Mary Elizabeth Smith.

George worked as a carpenter and joiner before and after his marriage to Ann Swingler in 1893.

Ann was born at Wilbarston about 1866, the daughter of Samuel Swingler and Hannah Ingram.

Ann and George had two sons: George, born at Stamford in 1894, and John L, born at Desborough in 1897.