Initially, the Knottingley Family History Database family tree comprised individual records for George Robert Wood and Robert Wood as sons of Richard Wood and his wife Hannah (nee Stacey) A form submitted to the IGI by a member of the LDS church (Batch No: 7617726, Sheet 20, Source Call No.: 1058652) records the baptism at Knottingley of George Robert Wood on the 7th September 1834 as son of Richard Wood and Hannah.
Early census returns record only a Robert Wood and indicate his date of birth to be abt. 1836 making it appear that there may be two individual brothers. After his marriage to first wife Charlotte, Robert Wood is recorded on the 1871 and 1881 census returns with his wife and 2 sons, Tom and Robert. However, after the death of Charlotte in 1888, Robert Wood takes his second wife Eliza Ann Bailey, whom he marries at Pontefract in the final quarter of 1890, and on this occasion he is referenced by his correct given names of George Robert Wood.
The second marriage appears to have been a turning point and the 1891 and 1901 census both record the additional given name although more confusingly the 1911 return has them in reverse order as Robert George Wood.
To end as was begun, ‘George Robert Wood’ was finally interred in plot no. 1280 at Knottingley Cemetery on the 15th April 1926 along with his second wife Eliza Ann.
With the evidence uncovered through his second marriage and from subsequent census returns our two individual records for George Robert Wood and Robert Wood have now been merged into a single record
