Joe Woods

Ancestors

Son of William Joseph Woods and Margaret Hagen (Skelly) Woods

Descendants

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Biography

Joe Woods was born in Ireland.

This profile is part of the Woods Name Study.

Joe Woods migrated from Ireland to Australia in 1938.

William was born in 1929 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, his parents William Woods and Margaret "Maggie" Skelly ^[1]

They lived in Boyds Terrace in Ballymacash, Lisburn until his mother, Maggie, died in 1936. They then moved in with the Skelly family living in Grand St, Lisburn. He and his brothers lived with various Skelly families in Lisburn.

William's paternal grandparents, uncle & 2 aunts had emigrated to Victoria, Australia in the 1920s.

William and his family emigrated to Victoria, Australia on board the SS Otranto arriving late December 1938. They settled in Summerhill Rd, Footscray and William Joseph Snr re-married in 1942 to the widow Harriet Baxter, nee Holmes (1899-1987).

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In the 1940s and 1950s the Woods family lived at 92 Summerhill Rd, Footscray North, Victoria. ^[2] William Joseph Woods Snr (Agent) and wife Harriet Woods (Home Duties). In 1951 William Joseph Woods (Jnr) was a fitter.

William Woods married Norma Capel on 27 September 1952 at Melbourne, Victoria. ^[3]

They had two children, a daughter and son Tony Woods.

In the early 1960s they moved from the western suburbs of Melbourne to the rapidly growing Cheltenham area where the market gardens were being filled with housing and manufacturing activities. Cheltenham East Primary School was opened in 1956 and Cheltenham High School three years later where their children were to attend. They lived in Voltri Street opposite the Mentone Racecourse that ceased horse racing in 1948 and was now used as a training track. It wasn't uncommon for a Red-Bellied Black, Eastern Brown or Copper Head snake, all venomous, to slither across the road from the training track into the back yard.

For many years Joe worked in sales, suppling compressed air equipment to the construction industry and hire companies, like Coates Hire.

Joe worked for himself at the end of his working life until he was in his 70s.

Joe and Norma moved into a recently built nursing home in South Oakleigh at the end of 2017 and sold their home in April 2018.

Joe passed away in March 2019, aged 89.

He was cremated and interred at the Cheltenham Memorial Park Cemetery.

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Tony Woods and his second cousin. Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, William Skelly and May Roberts. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on amount of shared DNA of 237 centimorgans across 10 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Sources

1. ↑ Copy of Birth certificate held my profile manager Tony Woods
2. ↑ Australian Electoral Rolls, 1942, 1952 and 1954
3. ↑ Copy of Marriage Certificate held my profile manager Tony Woods

• Australian Electoral Rolls
• 1st hand knowledge
• Various conversations with Woods and Skelly family members as well as Joe Woods himself.