Edmund Burke Wood1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22385, (1890 - 1941)
FatherDr. Peter Burke Wood1,4,5 (1 Feb 1867 - 15 Mar 1923)
MotherBertha May Rymal1,6,7 (16 Jan 1866 - 8 Aug 1948)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Aug 1890, London, Ontario, Canada8,9,10
Marriage: 21 Apr 1924, Cook Co., Illinois, Dorothy Meshew McNeill (4 Dec 1894 - 12 Apr 1976)3,11,12
Death: 15 Jul 1941, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois13,14
Burial: 17 Jul 1941, Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Worth Twp., Cook Co., Illinois13
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

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Narrative:

     Edmund Burke Wood was born on 9 Aug 1890 in London, Ontario, Canada.8,9,10
     He moved to United States with his parents before 1900. He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, in the household of his parents, Dr. Peter Burke Wood and Bertha May Rymal.4
     He returned to Canada with his parents by 1911. He appeared on the 1911 Federal Census of 364 Symengton, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the household of his parents.5
     He was a banker in Toronto.15
     Edmund arrived in Detroit, Michigan, on 16 Nov 1911, on the Grand Trunk railroad from Toronto, Canada, where he was then living.16,17
     Edmund registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living at 240 E 109 St., Chicago, Illinois, reporting he was employed as a clerk by the Pullman Company, in Pullman Illinois. He claimed exemption from draft on the grounds of being physically unfit.2
     Edmund appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at 240 108th St., enumerated 23 Jan 1920, in the household of his younger brother Clifford, with their mother.18
     Edmund married Dorothy Meshew McNeill, daughter of Rivers McNeill and Stella Elizabeth Corby, on 21 Apr 1924 in Cook Co., Illinois.3,11,12
     Edmund filed a Declaration of Intention to be naturalized on 27 Oct 1924 in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, while living at 1374 Greenleaf Ave., Chicago. It appears he never completed the process, as in 1940 he reported he had only filed that declaration.16,19
     Edmund and Dorothy were listed in the 1927 city directory of Evanston, Illinois, with one child, living at 907 Elmwood Ave., apartment B1. He is shown as a vocal teacher.20
     Edmund and Dorothy moved to California by 1928, when they were living at 1290 New York Ave., in Pasadena.21 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.22
     He was a writer in the movie business in 1930.23
     Edmund and Dorothy 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
     He was a salesman, selling wholesale coal in 1940.25
     Edmund died on 15 Jul 1941 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 50.13,14 He was buried on 17 Jul 1941 in Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Worth Twp., Cook Co., Illinois.13

Children:
     Children with Dorothy Meshew McNeill

Edmund and Dorothy's two older childen are believed to still be living.
  • Mary Louise Wood26,24,27 (24 Dec 1934 - 24 Nov 2007)

Citations

  1. [S9361] Registrations of Births and Stillbirths - 1869-1913, Ontario, Canada, microfilm MS-929, Middlesex Co., City of London, no. 019373, Edmund Burk Wood.
  2. [S9356] Edmund Burke Wood, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S4935] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Edmund Burke Wood and Dorothy Misha Mcneill.
  4. [S9353] Peter B. Wood household, 1900 U.S. Census, Silver Bow Co., Montana.
  5. [S9354] Peter B. Wood household, Fifth Census of Canada, 1911, Toronto, Ontario.
  6. [S9353] Peter B. Wood household, 1900 U.S. Census, Silver Bow Co., Montana, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S9354] Peter B. Wood household, Fifth Census of Canada, 1911, Toronto, Ontario, shows him as the son of her husband.
  8. [S9361] Registrations of Births and Stillbirths - 1869-1913, Ontario, Canada, microfilm MS-929, Middlesex Co., City of London, no. 019373, Edmund Burk Wood, shows date.
  9. [S9356] Edmund Burke Wood, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, city, province, and country.
  10. [S9353] Peter B. Wood household, 1900 U.S. Census, Silver Bow Co., Montana, shows month, year, as 1889, age 10, and country.
  11. [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.
  12. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows married.
  13. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Edmund Burke Wood.
  14. [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.
  15. [S9354] Peter B. Wood household, Fifth Census of Canada, 1911, Toronto, Ontario, shows occupation as banker.
  16. [S9358] Edmund Burke Wood, Declaration of Intention (27 Oct 1924).
  17. [S9355] Clifford Wood household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook (Chicago) Co., Illinois, shows year, as 1916.
  18. [S9355] Clifford Wood household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook (Chicago) Co., Illinois.
  19. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows filed first papers (declaration of intention).
  20. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1927, pg 658.
  21. [S8058] Thurston's Pasadena City Directory, 1928, pg 776.
  22. [S9351] Edmund B. Wood household, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  23. [S9351] Edmund B. Wood household, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows occupation as writer and industry as scenario.
  24. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  25. [S9352] Edmund B. Wood household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as salesman and industry as wholesale coal.
  26. [S4936] "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Mary Louise Wood, citing cert. no. 46516.
  27. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Mary Louise Wood, Soc. Sec. No. 334-30-7407.