Abraham was baptised on 14 July 1800 at Pole Moor Chapel, near Scammonden, Yorkshire, the son of James Wood of Bank Nook, Slaithwaite.[1]
He married Sarah Bennett on 1 February 1834 at Huddersfield. Both of that parish, he signed she marked, witnesses James France and Thomas Bottomley.[2]
Abraham died aged 63 in March 1864[3] and was buried on 13 March 1864 at St Luke, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield.[4]
His son George married the following month, naming his father as Abraham Wood, weaver, on the marriage entry.[5]
"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQP6-9HX : 23 May 2019), Abrahm Wood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPM4-4MZ : 11 September 2019), Abraham Wood, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 10, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C6-T3K : 3 March 2021), Abm Wood, Lockwood, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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