Dorothy Meshew McNeill1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17072, (1894 - 1976)
FatherRivers McNeill4,5,6 (12 Nov 1858 - 12 Oct 1918)
MotherStella Elizabeth Corby7,8 (abt Apr 1860 - 19 Oct 1896)

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Dec 1894, Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 21 Apr 1924, Cook Co., Illinois, Edmund Burke Wood (9 Aug 1890 - 15 Jul 1941)3,12,13
Death: 12 Apr 1976, Santa Barbara Co., California14,15
Burial: Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Co., California16
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

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Narrative:

     Dorothy Meshew McNeill was born on 4 Dec 1894 in Illinois.9,10,11
     Her mother died on 19 Oct 1896, when Dorothy was less then two years old.17,18,19
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her father, Rivers McNeill, and step-mother, Ella Rebecca de Hart.4
     Dorothy was named an heir in the will of her father, dated 28 Mar 1910 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, and to receive an equal share with her two siblings of all his property.6
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her father and step-mother.5
     Dorothy appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her step-mother.20
     Dorothy married Edmund Burke Wood, son of Dr. Peter Burke Wood and Bertha May Rymal, on 21 Apr 1924 in Cook Co., Illinois.3,12,13
     Edmund and Dorothy were listed in the 1927 city directory of Evanston, Illinois, with one child, living at 907 Elmwood Ave., apartment B1.21
     Dorothy and Edmund moved to California by 1928, when they were living at 1290 New York Ave., in Pasadena.22 They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, at 1221 Morado Place, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $100 per month, and owned a radio. Their son was listed as living with them, as was Louise Menzer, a cook.23
     Dorothy and Edmund apparently returned to Illinois shortly after that, as their next child was born in Chicago in Aug 1930. They appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at 1214 Thorndale Ave., enumerated 18 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $55 per month, and that they had lived in the same city in 1935. Their three children were listed as living with them.24
     Her husband died on 15 Jul 1941 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.25,26
     Dorothy moved to southern California, where she had children living, but when that was is unknown.
     Dorothy died on 12 Apr 1976 in Santa Barbara Co., California, at age 81.14,15 She was buried in Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Co., California.16

Children:
     Children with Edmund Burke Wood

Edmund and Dorothy's two older childen are believed to still be living.
  • Mary Louise Wood27,28,29 (24 Dec 1934 - 24 Nov 2007)

Citations

  1. [S9364] Record of Wills, Cook Co., Illinois, 115:390-1, will of Rivers McNeill, 15 Nov 1918, shows name as Dorothy Meshew McNeill.
  2. [S1391] Frederick J. Kihm household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Dorothy M. McNeill.
  3. [S4935] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Edmund Burke Wood and Dorothy Misha Mcneill.
  4. [S1387] Rivers McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  5. [S1390] Rivers McNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  6. [S9364] Record of Wills, Cook Co., Illinois, 115:390-1, will of Rivers McNeill, 15 Nov 1918.
  7. [S1389] Anderson, "Re: Rivers McNeill," e-mail to author, 3 Apr 2008.
  8. [S8718] Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 243.
  9. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Dorothy M. Wood, citing Soc. Sec No. 318-26-5738, shows date and state.
  10. [S1387] Rivers McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 5, and state.
  11. [S1390] Rivers McNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows age 16 and state.
  12. [S9351] Edmund B. Wood household, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 33, and hers as 29.
  13. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows married.
  14. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Dorothy M. Wood, citing Soc. Sec No. 318-26-5738, shows date and county.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 13587617, Dorothy McNeill Wood, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 13587617, Dorothy McNeill Wood, includes tombstone photo.
  17. [S9029] Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Stella E McNeill, shows date.
  18. [S8966] Illinois State Archives, Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, online, record for McNeil, Stella E, citing cert. no. 14226, shows date and county.
  19. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Stella Elizabeth McNeil, shows date, city, county, and state.
  20. [S1391] Frederick J. Kihm household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  21. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1927, pg 658.
  22. [S8058] Thurston's Pasadena City Directory, 1928, pg 776.
  23. [S9351] Edmund B. Wood household, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  24. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  25. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Edmund Burke Wood.
  26. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Edmund Burke Wood, Soc. Sec. No. 346-10-1598, shows date.
  27. [S4936] "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Mary Louise Wood, citing cert. no. 46516.
  28. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Dorothy's husband.
  29. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Mary Louise Wood, Soc. Sec. No. 334-30-7407.