Other Events:

• Occupation: employee in trucking industry
• AltBirth: CA 1906, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Jan 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; carpenter
• Misc: Dec 1979; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
• Obituary: 8 Dec 1979, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

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Obituary:

Obituary

River Philip - John Aubrey Wood, 71, of River Philip, formerly of Oxford, died Friday, Dec. 7th,1979 at All Saints' Hospital, Springhill.  Born in Oxford, he was a son of the late Archibald and Margaret (Stevens) Wood.  Prior to his retirement, he was engaged in the trucking industry.  He is survived by his wife, the former Eva J. MacDonald; four daughters, Evelyn (Mrs. Lewis Simpson), Oxford; Joyce (Mrs. Roy Sherwood); Etta Mae (Mrs. Bryan LaGuarde) both of Coburg, Ont.; Verna (Mrs. Neil Hicks), Shelburne; two sons, Hilbert, River Philip; Eric, Montreal; two sisters, Mrs. Charlotte (Lottie) Fritz, Marguerite (Mrs. Elmer Smith), both of Manchester, Mass.; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.  He was predeceased by four sisters, Lou, Jennie, Levina and Bessie; two brothers, George and Basil.  The body was at Allen's Funeral Home, Oxford, where funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Monday, Rev. Dewis Rector officiating.  Burial was in Mount Pleasant cemetery.

[posted to NSCumber mailing list 24 Jun 2013 by Gerry Mattinson, originally provided by Kathryn Jeffers]

John married Eva Jane McDonald 12 Jan 1928, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Eva (daughter of John Henry MacDonald and Keziah Geneva Mattinson) was born 1 Mar 1911, Rosendale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 31 May 2005, Cobourg, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
she 21, he 22

1. Evelyn Wood was born 1930, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 11 Mar 2016, Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Joyce Wood
3. Etta Mae Wood
4. Verna Wood was born CA 1937, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 15 Oct 1996, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
5. Hilbert N Wood was born 18 May 1932, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 2 Sep 2016.
6. Eric C Wood was born 1935; died 1984.