John K. D. Wong

M, b. October 1896, d. 14 December 1971
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Richard Shier (1796 - 1877) and Catherine Shier
Last Edited25 Apr 2014
Birth*John K. D. Wong was born in October 1896. 
Marriage*He married Irene Ruth Gawne, daughter of Sylvester Emerson Gawne and Lila Florence Shier, on 9 October 1951. 
Death*John K. D. Wong died on 14 December 1971 at age 75. 

Family

Irene Ruth Gawne b. 11 June 1921

Aaron Mack Wood

M, b. 10 July 1888, d. 25 May 1970
Last Edited5 Oct 2015
Marriage*Aaron Mack Wood married Verlie Margaret Warner. 
Birth*Aaron Mack Wood was born on 10 July 1888. 
Death*He died on 25 May 1970 at age 81. 

Family

Verlie Margaret Warner b. 20 February 1890, d. 4 August 1964
Child

Albert Edward Wood

M, b. 16 August 1869, d. 9 May 1947
FatherBenjamin Wood b. 1846, d. 20 Aug 1885
MotherAnn Heacock d. 1 Mar 1912
Last Edited19 Jul 2020
Birth*Albert Edward Wood was born on 16 August 1869 in York County, Ontario, Canada. 
He was the son of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock. 
Marriage*Albert Edward Wood married Adelaide Castilla Weatherall, daughter of Richard T. Weatherall and Mary Ann Sarah Sadd, on 2 April 1913. 
Death*Albert Edward Wood died on 9 May 1947 at age 77. 
Fact 1*If you (the reader) are a descendant of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock, a Shier cousin would like to make contact with you. Please contact Roger ( below.) 

Family

Adelaide Castilla Weatherall b. 15 June 1881, d. 24 January 1916
Child

Annie Wood

F
Last Edited3 Aug 2020

Family

Thomas Henry Christian
Child

Benjamin Wood

M, b. 1846, d. 20 August 1885
Last Edited4 Aug 2020
Birth*Benjamin Wood was born in 1846 in Quebec, Canada. 
Marriage*He married Ann Heacock. 
Death*Benjamin Wood died on 20 August 1885 in King Twp., York County, Ontario, Canada.
Fact 1*If you (the reader) are a descendant of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock, a Shier cousin would like to make contact with you. Please contact Roger ( below.) 

Family

Ann Heacock d. 1 March 1912
Children

Carl Ross Wood1

M, b. 11 August 1916, d. 2007
FatherHarry Wood1 b. 29 Mar 1889, d. 6 Apr 1938
MotherLillian Maud Speiran1 b. 5 Jan 1895, d. 4 Nov 1989
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited23 Aug 2020
Birth*Carl Ross Wood was born on 11 August 1916 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.1 
He was the son of Harry Wood and Lillian Maud Speiran.1 
Marriage*Carl Ross Wood married Vida Elizabeth Stork, daughter of Earl James Stork and Violet Grant, on 5 December 1936 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. 
Death*Carl Ross Wood died in 2007.1 

Family

Vida Elizabeth Stork b. 4 December 1914, d. 19 October 1958
Child

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.ca, online \Ancestry.ca\, Greenwood Wood James Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.ca.

Cecil Wood

M, b. 28 November 1898
Last Edited8 Mar 2012
Marriage*Cecil Wood married Florence Maude Victoria Fair, daughter of David Joseph Simeon Fair and Eleanor Shields. 
Birth*Cecil Wood was born on 28 November 1898. 

Family

Florence Maude Victoria Fair b. 3 March 1902, d. 19 January 1946

Charles Brock Wood

M, b. 1885
Last Edited18 Jul 2014
Birth*Charles Brock Wood was born in 1885. 
Marriage*He married Grace Hazel Shire, daughter of George Shire and Dorcas White, in 1915. 

Family

Grace Hazel Shire b. 4 November 1888

Clarence Lorne Wood

M, b. 11 February 1927, d. 13 July 1990
FatherHarry Wood b. 29 Mar 1889, d. 6 Apr 1938
MotherLillian Maud Speiran b. 5 Jan 1895, d. 4 Nov 1989
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Apr 2019
Birth*Clarence Lorne Wood was born on 11 February 1927 in Lindsay, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 
He was the son of Harry Wood and Lillian Maud Speiran. 
Death*Clarence Lorne Wood died on 13 July 1990 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada, at age 63.1 

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.ca, online \Ancestry.ca\, Greenwood Wood James Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.ca.

Daniel Hempy Wood

M, b. 1922, d. 1994
FatherAaron Mack Wood b. 10 Jul 1888, d. 25 May 1970
MotherVerlie Margaret Warner b. 20 Feb 1890, d. 4 Aug 1964
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Richard Shier (1796 - 1877) and Catherine Shier
Last Edited5 Oct 2015
Birth*Daniel Hempy Wood was born in 1922. 
He was the son of Aaron Mack Wood and Verlie Margaret Warner. 
Marriage*Daniel Hempy Wood married Joyce Grace Shier, daughter of Reaford (Reaf) Charles Wesley Shier and Edna LaVerna (Verna) McIntosh, in June 1949. 
Death*Daniel Hempy Wood died in 1994. 
Burial*He was buried in Regina Memorial Gardens, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Photo: mrbloggins - findagrave

Family

Joyce Grace Shier b. 5 July 1930, d. 29 September 2015
Child

Donna Maureen Wood

F, b. 14 June 1938, d. 16 September 2011
Donna Maureen Wood-Westergaard (1938 - 2011)
The Leader-Post, Regina
Sept 24, 2011
FatherErnest G. Wood d. 1971
MotherMelva Irene Lodwick b. 23 Oct 1910, d. 27 Mar 1995
Relationships6th great-granddaughter of Hans Adam Scheier
4th cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
7th cousin of Keith Reginald Shier
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of John Shier II (1792 - 1874) and Catherine Piper
Last Edited5 Jan 2022
Birth*Donna Maureen Wood was born on 14 June 1938 in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Ernest G. Wood and Melva Irene Lodwick. 
Married Name As of 1958,her married name was Westergaard. 
Marriage*Donna Maureen Wood married Niels Marinus Westergaard, son of Soren Westergaard and Sorine Unknown, in 1958. 
Death*Donna Maureen Wood died on 16 September 2011 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 73; WESTERGAARD, DONNA Westergaard: Donna Maureen (Nee: Wood) of Swift Current. It is with deepest sadness yet great joy to announce that mom has gone to be with her Lord at the age 73 on September 16, 2011. Donna is survived by her loving family: son Doug Westergaard of Swift Current, daughter Sonja (Harvey) Giesbrecht, grandchildren Sorena (Kole) Oberkirsch and Easton Giesbrecht all of Regina. Brother Ray (Janet) Wood of Broadview, SK., niece Susan (Jerome) Loewen and their children Lanna and Luke of Regina, SK and nephew David Wood of Regina, sister-in-law Mary Westergaard of Maarslet, Denmark and Zoey "Little Man", mom's cat that she so dearly loved. Donna was predeceased by her loving husband of 44 years Niels, her father and mother Ernie and Melva Wood of Whitewood, SK and her father and mother-in-law Soren and Sorine Westergaard of Maarslet, Denmark. Donna was born in Whitewood, SK on June 14, 1938 and graduated from Whitewood High School. In high school, Donna was nominated and selected as a candidate for Miss Saskatchewan Roughrider. During her youth, Donna loved to figure skate and spent her summers at Round Lake with her family and friends. A lot of her youthful activities and events included her brother Ray. Mom and Dad met when he was a business student from Denmark doing his internship at the Whitewood Co-op. The couple was married in 1958. After moving to Swift Current, Donna pursued her great interest in the natural health industry and became manager of Sangster Health Foods, until her retirement. Donna loved to read and continued studying in the health industry. Donna had a great passion for animals and caring for the lost little souls that shower up on her doorstep. The family would especially like to thank her very dear friend Maureen Sigmeth for her caring, friendship and support during mom's illness. Special thanks to Dr Ibrahim and all the nursing staff who cared for mom. A family celebration of Donna's life will be held at a later date. The family request that in lieu of flowers and gifts, a donation be made to the Swift Current S.P.C.A. to honour her memory and great love of animals. Warren's Funeral Home in Care of arrangements. For further information please call 773-8831 or visit our website at www.warrensfuneralhome.com and express your sympathy to the family in our book of condolence.
The Leader-Post, Regina
Sept 24, 2011

Family

Niels Marinus Westergaard b. 9 February 1924, d. 24 October 2002

Edward Wood

M
Last Edited27 Aug 2021
Marriage*Edward Wood married Anna McDermot. 

Family

Anna McDermot
Child

Ernest G. Wood

M, d. 1971
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of John Shier II (1792 - 1874) and Catherine Piper
Last Edited1 Mar 2021
Marriage*Ernest G. Wood married Melva Irene Lodwick, daughter of John Henry Lodwick and Violet May Shier. 
Death*Ernest G. Wood died in 1971. 

Family

Melva Irene Lodwick b. 23 October 1910, d. 27 March 1995
Children

Flora Wood

F, b. 1876
FatherEdward Wood
MotherAnna McDermot
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Henry Shier 1777 - 1830 and Mary Corneil 1771 - 1861
Last Edited27 Aug 2021
Birth*Flora Wood was born in 1876. 
She was the daughter of Edward Wood and Anna McDermot. 
Married Name As of 18 June 1902,her married name was Pangborn. 
Marriage*Flora Wood married William Allen Pangborn, son of Christopher Pangborn and Mary Philip, on 18 June 1902 in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
(Witness) CensusFlora Wood appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of William Allen Pangborn in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan, United States. 

Family

William Allen Pangborn b. 10 March 1873, d. 21 January 1951
Children

Florence Wood

F, b. 17 September 1892, d. 22 December 1973
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Last Edited15 Aug 2017
Birth*Florence Wood was born on 17 September 1892 in Ontario, Canada. 
Married Name As of 1916,her married name was Doupe. 
Marriage*She married Dr. Rupert Gilpin Doupe, son of Adam Amos Doupe and Eliza Jane Gilpin, in 1916 in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. 
(Witness) CensusFlorence Wood appeared on the census of 1940 in the household of Dr. Rupert Gilpin Doupe in Los Angeles Twp., Los Angeles, California, United States. 
Death*Florence Wood died on 22 December 1973 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, at age 81. 

Family

Dr. Rupert Gilpin Doupe b. 4 July 1890, d. 21 March 1953
Children

Frederick Austin Wood

M, b. 1918, d. 1978
FatherHarry Wood b. 29 Mar 1889, d. 6 Apr 1938
MotherLillian Maud Speiran b. 5 Jan 1895, d. 4 Nov 1989
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited23 Aug 2020
Birth*Frederick Austin Wood was born in 1918. 
He was the son of Harry Wood and Lillian Maud Speiran. 
Death*Frederick Austin Wood died in 1978. 
Burial*He was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Garth Daniel Wood

M, b. 5 January 1955, d. 9 June 2021
Garth Daniel Wood (1955 - 2021)
Source: Sylvain Lake News
FatherDaniel Hempy Wood b. 1922, d. 1994
MotherJoyce Grace Shier b. 5 Jul 1930, d. 29 Sep 2015
Relationships7th great-grandson of Hans Adam Scheier
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
7th cousin 1 time removed of Keith Reginald Shier
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Richard Shier (1796 - 1877) and Catherine Shier
Last Edited27 Nov 2022
Birth*Garth Daniel Wood was born on 5 January 1955 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 
He was the son of Daniel Hempy Wood and Joyce Grace Shier. 
Death*Garth Daniel Wood died on 9 June 2021 at age 66; January 5, 1955 – June 9, 2021 It is with great sadness the family of Garth Daniel Wood announce his passing on Wednesday June 9th, 2021 at the age of 66 years. Garth was born on January 5th, 1955 in Regina, Saskatchewan to Daniel Hempy and Joyce Grace Wood. was always a happy go lucky guy and moved to Calgary in 1974 when he met the love of his life Corinne Louise Regnier and her 4-year-old son Derek. They got married in September 1975 and enjoyed 46 years of marriage with lots of great memories including traveling, camping, fishing, and spending time with family and friends. adventures took them all over the world including, USA, Scotland, Hawaii, Taiwan, Thailand, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama Canal, Alaska, and they also lived in Nova Scotia for 1 year in 1977. there they moved to Red Deer, Alberta before settling in Sylvan Lake, Alberta in 1979 where he spent the rest of his days. Garth worked for the city of Red Deer for 30+ years before retiring in 2010. favorite past time was spending time with friends and family and working on antique vehicles. is survived by his wife Corinne, his sons Derek (Cher), Daniel (Andrea), Dominic (his right hand man) and three grandchildren Payton, Bauer and Sebastian, his sister Bonnie (Al) and brothers Larry (Catherine), Lyle (Erin), and Dale (Cheryl). by his Father Daniel, Mother Joyce, and brother Wayne.
~ May the road rise up to meet you and the wind be always at your back. keeping with Garth’s wishes no funeral will be held. 

George Wood

M
Last Edited31 Dec 2019

Family

Hannah Rowat
Child

Gordon LEIGHTON Elmer Wood

M, d. 1976
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Jacob Shier Jr. (1775 - 1845) and Anne Sparling
Last Edited10 Mar 2021
Name Variation Gordon LEIGHTON Elmer Wood was also known as Leighton Wood. 
Marriage*He married Olive Elmona Shaw, daughter of Walter HERBERT Shaw and Arletta Shier, on 14 April 1942 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Leader-Post, Regina
Apr 18, 1942
Death*Gordon LEIGHTON Elmer Wood died in 1976. 

Family

Olive Elmona Shaw b. 26 May 1910, d. 8 March 2006

Harley Lee Wood

M, b. 25 May 1916, d. 12 February 1985
Harley Lee Wood (1916 - 1985)
FatherOmer Lee Wood
MotherKatherine Robertson
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Henry Shier 1777 - 1830 and Mary Corneil 1771 - 1861
Last Edited20 May 2021
Birth*Harley Lee Wood was born on 25 May 1916 in Pennville, Jay County, Indiana, United States. 
He was the son of Omer Lee Wood and Katherine Robertson. 
Marriage*Harley Lee Wood married Ruby Ellen Pangborn, daughter of Harry Taylor Pangborn and Hazel Vesta Snider, on 10 May 1941 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. 
(Witness) Fact 1Harley Lee Wood witnessed the Fact 1 of Ruby Ellen Pangborn in 1966; 25th Anniversary Photo.
Death*Harley Lee Wood died on 12 February 1985 in New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, United States, at age 68. 
Burial*He was buried in Pennville Cemetery, Pennville, Jay County, Indiana, United States; Plaque in Pennville Cemetery. Ashes scattered at sea. 

Family

Ruby Ellen Pangborn b. 9 May 1920, d. 27 February 2008

Harold Henry Wood

M, b. 18 December 1897
FatherGeorge Wood
MotherHannah Rowat
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Jacob Shier Jr. (1775 - 1845) and Anne Sparling
Last Edited16 Jan 2022
Birth*Harold Henry Wood was born on 18 December 1897 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.
He was the son of George Wood and Hannah Rowat. 
Marriage*Harold Henry Wood married Irma Ruby St. John, daughter of George David St. John and Margaret Amelia Bailey, on 16 April 1925 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Family

Irma Ruby St. John b. 1902

Harriet Wood

F, b. 4 December 1870
FatherBenjamin Wood b. 1846, d. 20 Aug 1885
MotherAnn Heacock d. 1 Mar 1912
Last Edited19 Jul 2020
Birth*Harriet Wood was born on 4 December 1870 in King Twp., York County, Ontario, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock. 
Married Name As of 27 September 1899,her married name was Smith. 
Marriage*Harriet Wood married Alexander William Smith on 27 September 1899 in King Twp., York County, Ontario, Canada. 
Fact 1*If you (the reader) are a descendant of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock, a Shier cousin would like to make contact with you. Please contact Roger ( below.) 

Family

Alexander William Smith b. 1875

Harry Wood

M, b. 29 March 1889, d. 6 April 1938
Harry Wood (1889 - 1938)
Photo Credit: Jessesnuffles, Ancestry.ca
FatherThomas Wood
MotherAnnie Austin
Last Edited23 Aug 2020
Birth*Harry Wood was born on 29 March 1889 in Cambray, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 
He was the son of Thomas Wood and Annie Austin. 
Marriage*Harry Wood married Lillian Maud Speiran, daughter of James Speiran and Eugenia Worswick, on 3 May 1916 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.
Death*Harry Wood died on 6 April 1938 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada, at age 49. 
Burial*He was buried on 9 April 1938 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. 

Family

Lillian Maud Speiran b. 5 January 1895, d. 4 November 1989
Children

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.ca, online \Ancestry.ca\, Greenwood Wood James Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.ca.

Irene L. Wood

F, b. 7 October 1897, d. 5 October 1990
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Jacob Shier Jr. (1775 - 1845) and Anne Sparling
Last Edited23 Feb 2022
Birth*Irene L. Wood was born on 7 October 1897. 
Marriage*She married Clifford James Joshua Shier, son of Adam Wellington Shier and Mary Tuck, on 7 April 1920. 
Married Name As of 7 April 1920,her married name was Shier. 
Death*Irene L. Wood died on 5 October 1990 at age 92.
Detroit Free Press
Oct 7, 1990
Burial*She was buried in Glen Eden Memorial Park, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
Source: Barbara 79
Findagrave Mem# 232064081

Family

Clifford James Joshua Shier b. 1 March 1897, d. 28 November 1968
Children

Jane Emmaline (Emma) Wood

F, b. 18 March 1877
FatherBenjamin Wood b. 1846, d. 20 Aug 1885
MotherAnn Heacock d. 1 Mar 1912
Last Edited19 Jul 2020
Married NameHer married name was Graham. 
Marriage*Jane Emmaline (Emma) Wood married Frederick Ernest Graham. 
Birth*Jane Emmaline (Emma) Wood was born on 18 March 1877 in York County, Ontario, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock. 
Fact 1*If you (the reader) are a descendant of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock, a Shier cousin would like to make contact with you. Please contact Roger ( below.) 

Family

Frederick Ernest Graham b. 1869
Children

Joseph Wood

M, b. 1875, d. March 1948
FatherBenjamin Wood b. 1846, d. 20 Aug 1885
MotherAnn Heacock d. 1 Mar 1912
Last Edited19 Jul 2020
Birth*Joseph Wood was born in 1875. 
He was the son of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock. 
Fact 1*Joseph Wood never married. 
Death*Joseph Wood died in March 1948. 
Fact 1If you (the reader) are a descendant of Benjamin Wood and Ann Heacock, a Shier cousin would like to make contact with you. Please contact Roger ( below.) 

Marion Ann Wood

F, b. 1 January 1914, d. 5 April 1995
FatherAlbert Edward Wood b. 16 Aug 1869, d. 9 May 1947
MotherAdelaide Castilla Weatherall b. 15 Jun 1881, d. 24 Jan 1916
Last Edited12 Jul 2020
Birth*Marion Ann Wood was born on 1 January 1914 in Brock Twp., Ontario County, Ontario, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Albert Edward Wood and Adelaide Castilla Weatherall. 
Marriage*Marion Ann Wood married Albert George Jex on 10 November 1934. 
Married Name As of 10 November 1934,her married name was Jex. 
Death*Marion Ann Wood died on 5 April 1995 at age 81. 
Burial*She was buried in Thorah Twp, Stone Church Cemetery, Beaverton, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada. 

Family

Albert George Jex b. 15 April 1909, d. 21 December 1987

Omer Lee Wood

M
Last Edited20 May 2021
Marriage*Omer Lee Wood married Katherine Robertson. 

Family

Katherine Robertson
Child

Patricia Eugenia Margaret Wood1

F, b. 24 October 1930, d. 31 December 2007
FatherHarry Wood1 b. 29 Mar 1889, d. 6 Apr 1938
MotherLillian Maud Speiran1 b. 5 Jan 1895, d. 4 Nov 1989
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Apr 2019
Birth*Patricia Eugenia Margaret Wood was born on 24 October 1930 in Ontario, Canada.1 
She was the daughter of Harry Wood and Lillian Maud Speiran.1 
Married NameHer married name was Greenwood. 
Marriage*Patricia Eugenia Margaret Wood married William Henry Greenwood. 
Death*Patricia Eugenia Margaret Wood died on 31 December 2007 in Mississauga, Peel County, Ontario, Canada, at age 77.1 

Family

William Henry Greenwood b. 20 February 1927, d. 20 December 1998

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.ca, online \Ancestry.ca\, Greenwood Wood James Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.ca.

Raymond Earlen Wood

M, b. 25 January 1933, d. 6 October 2016
Raymond Earlen Wood (1933 - 2016)
Source: Tubman Funeral Home
FatherErnest G. Wood d. 1971
MotherMelva Irene Lodwick b. 23 Oct 1910, d. 27 Mar 1995
Relationships6th great-grandson of Hans Adam Scheier
4th cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
7th cousin of Keith Reginald Shier
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of John Shier II (1792 - 1874) and Catherine Piper
Last Edited5 Jan 2022
Birth*Raymond Earlen Wood was born on 25 January 1933 in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada. 
He was the son of Ernest G. Wood and Melva Irene Lodwick. 
Death*Raymond Earlen Wood died on 6 October 2016 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 83; Raymond Earlen Wood, 83, of Broadview, Saskatchewan was born in Whitewood, Saskatchewan. He went to be with the Lord suddenly in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Raymond worked for CP Rail for forty years and was still currently working part time as a guard at the RCMP detachment. He was a devoted follower of Jesus Christ and a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents Ernest and Melva Wood and sister and brother-in-law Donna and Niels Westergaard. He is survived by his loving wife Janet, who he married on March 9, 1974; his children Susan (Jerome Loewen) and David (fiancée Jody Skinner); grandchildren Lanna, Luke, and Elsa Loewen; niece Sonya (Harvey) Giesbrecht and their children Sorena (son Jace) and Easton Giesbrecht; and nephew Doug Westergaard.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at the Broadview Community Centre with Pastor Marvin Mountney officiating (Broadview Mission Church). Interment to follow in the Broadview Cemetery. If friends so desire contributions in memoriam may be made to Village Missions Canada, 1715 Davies Road, Sorrento, B.C., V0E 2W1. villagemissions.ca. 
Burial*He was buried in Broadview Cemetery, Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

Robert Reese Wood

M, b. 17 March 1951, d. 8 July 2017
Last Edited22 May 2021
Birth*Robert Reese Wood was born on 17 March 1951. 
Death*He died on 8 July 2017 in Windsor, Massachusetts, United States, at age 66. 

Thomas Wood

M
Last Edited23 Aug 2020

Family

Annie Austin
Child

Violet Mary Wood

F, b. 30 December 1947, d. 20 November 2006
FatherCarl Ross Wood b. 11 Aug 1916, d. 2007
MotherVida Elizabeth Stork b. 4 Dec 1914, d. 19 Oct 1958
Relationship3rd cousin of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited23 Aug 2020
Birth*Violet Mary Wood was born on 30 December 1947 in Creemore, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Carl Ross Wood and Vida Elizabeth Stork. 
Married NameHer married name was Miller. 
Marriage*Violet Mary Wood married David A. Miller. 
Death*Violet Mary Wood died on 20 November 2006 in Orangeville, Peel County, Ontario, Canada, at age 58. 

Family

David A. Miller b. 18 August 1937, d. 7 June 2004

Donald Neale Woodcock

M, b. 29 March 1913, d. 25 August 1987
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Henry Shier 1777 - 1830 and Mary Corneil 1771 - 1861
Last Edited14 Feb 2015
Birth*Donald Neale Woodcock was born on 29 March 1913. 
Marriage*He married Lena M. Cutler, daughter of John L. Cutler and A. Maude Wilson, on 2 August 1940. 
Death*Donald Neale Woodcock died on 25 August 1987 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States, at age 74. 

Family

Lena M. Cutler b. 18 September 1911, d. 26 July 2007

Gladis Victoria Woodcock

F, b. 1899
FatherRobert Woodcock
MotherJessie Woodcock
Last Edited4 Jul 2015
Birth*Gladis Victoria Woodcock was born in 1899 in Norland, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 
She was the daughter of Robert Woodcock and Jessie Woodcock. 
Married Name As of 23 October 1918,her married name was Lyle. 
Marriage*Gladis Victoria Woodcock married George Hamilton Lyle on 23 October 1918 in Fenlon Falls, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 
(Witness) CensusGladis Victoria Woodcock appeared on the census of 1921 in the household of George Hamilton Lyle in Bexley Twp., Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 

Family

George Hamilton Lyle b. 1895

Hellen A. Woodcock

F, b. 4 March 1819
Last Edited2 Jul 2015
Birth*Hellen A. Woodcock was born on 4 March 1819 in New Brunswick, Canada. 
(Witness) CensusShe appeared on the census of 1901 in the household of David Shier Armstrong in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. 

Family
Child

Jessie Woodcock

F
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendants of Jacob Shier Jr. (1775 - 1845) and Anne Sparling
Last Edited12 Jul 2021
Name Variation Jessie Woodcock was also known as Jessie Bell. 
Marriage*She married Robert Woodcock. 
Married Name As of 9 September 1920,her married name was Shier. 
Marriage*Jessie Woodcock married George Walter Shier, son of Theophilus Shier and Sophia Gertrude Terrill, on 9 September 1920 in Cannington, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.
(Witness) CensusJessie Woodcock appeared on the census of 1921 in the household of George Hamilton Lyle in Bexley Twp., Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. 

Family 1

Robert Woodcock
Child

Family 2

George Walter Shier b. 28 August 1880, d. October 1962

Mary Adelia Woodcock

F, b. 25 May 1840, d. 17 June 1927
MotherHellen A. Woodcock b. 4 Mar 1819
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendents of Henry Shier (1701 - ? ), New York
Last Edited2 Jul 2015
Birth*Mary Adelia Woodcock was born on 25 May 1840. 
She was the daughter of Hellen A. Woodcock. 
Married Name As of 17 October 1869,her married name was Armstrong. 
Marriage*Mary Adelia Woodcock married David Shier Armstrong, son of Thomas Walter Armstrong and Elizabeth Anne Carmichael, on 17 October 1869. 
(Witness) CensusMary Adelia Woodcock appeared on the census of 1891 in the household of David Shier Armstrong in Parish of St. David, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. 
(Witness) CensusMary Adelia Woodcock appeared on the census of 1901 in the household of David Shier Armstrong in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. 
(Witness) CensusMary Adelia Woodcock appeared on the census of 1911 in the household of David Shier Armstrong in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. 
Death*Mary Adelia Woodcock died on 17 June 1927 at age 87. 

Family

David Shier Armstrong b. 10 June 1840, d. 3 April 1928
Children

Robert Woodcock

M
Last Edited4 Jul 2015
Marriage*Robert Woodcock married Jessie Woodcock. 

Family

Jessie Woodcock
Child

Albert Horace Woodhouse

M, b. 27 July 1932, d. 5 October 2014
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendents of Martin Shier (1770 - ?)
Last Edited5 Mar 2021
Birth*Albert Horace Woodhouse was born on 27 July 1932. 
Marriage*He married Beverley Berma Edith Titford, daughter of Charles William Titford and Frances Carmeleta Shier, on 6 February 1950. 
Death*Albert Horace Woodhouse died on 5 October 2014 at age 82. 
Burial*He was buried in Brampton, Peel County, Ontario, Canada.
Photo Credit:
Canadianheadstones.com

Family

Beverley Berma Edith Titford b. 26 August 1932, d. 23 December 1973
Child

Beverley Berma Woodhouse

F, b. 24 September 1950, d. 16 September 1998
FatherAlbert Horace Woodhouse b. 27 Jul 1932, d. 5 Oct 2014
MotherBeverley Berma Edith Titford b. 26 Aug 1932, d. 23 Dec 1973
Relationships7th great-granddaughter of Hans Adam Scheier
7th cousin 1 time removed of Roger Allan Shier
6th cousin 1 time removed of Keith Reginald Shier
ChartsHans Adam Schrier (1673 - 1758)
Descendents of Martin Shier (1770 - ?)
Last Edited5 Mar 2021
Birth*Beverley Berma Woodhouse was born on 24 September 1950. 
She was the daughter of Albert Horace Woodhouse and Beverley Berma Edith Titford. 
Married Name As of 29 April 1972,her married name was Dawson. 
Marriage*Beverley Berma Woodhouse married Jon Richard Dawson on 29 April 1972. 
Death*Beverley Berma Woodhouse died on 16 September 1998 at age 47. 

Family

Jon Richard Dawson b. 26 January 1949, d. 15 May 2004
Child

William Woodroffe

M, b. 1900
Last Edited6 Mar 2021
Birth*William Woodroffe was born in 1900. 
Marriage*He married Verna Lois Boyd, daughter of Hugh Boyd and Elizabeth Brown, on 23 March 1921 in Parry Sound, District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; Divorced Jan 11, 1932.

Family

Verna Lois Boyd b. 11 April 1902

Beulah Woodruff

F, b. 27 May 1783
FatherHawkins Harvey Woodruff b. 20 Oct 1750, d. 1 Jan 1813
MotherLois Hills b. 2 Feb 1752
Relationship4th great-grandaunt of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Jul 2019
Birth*Beulah Woodruff was born on 27 May 1783.1 
She was the daughter of Hawkins Harvey Woodruff and Lois Hills. 
Married Name As of 1803,her married name was Hayward. 
Marriage*Beulah Woodruff married Paul Hayward in 1803 in Oneida County, New York, United States. 

Family

Paul Hayward

Citations

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Clarissa Clary Woodruff

F, b. 24 March 1774, d. 31 December 1830
FatherHawkins Harvey Woodruff b. 20 Oct 1750, d. 1 Jan 1813
MotherLois Hills b. 2 Feb 1752
Relationship4th great-grandmother of Roger Allan Shier
ChartsAncestors of Roger Allan Shier
Descendants of Jabez Lynde (1773 - 1856) and Clarissa Clay Woodruff (1774 - 1830)
Last Edited3 Aug 2019
Birth*Clarissa Clary Woodruff was born on 24 March 1774 in Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. 
She was the daughter of Hawkins Harvey Woodruff and Lois Hills. 
Married Name As of 1796,her married name was Lynde. 
Marriage*Clarissa Clary Woodruff married Jabez Lynde, son of John Lynde and Sarah Warner, in 1796 in Winchester Centre, Connecticut, United States. 
Death*Clarissa Clary Woodruff died on 31 December 1830 in Whitby, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada, at age 56. 
Burial*She was buried in Society of Friends/Hickssite Cemetery, Pickering Twp., Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

Family

Jabez Lynde b. 12 February 1773, d. 28 July 1856
Children

Elizabeth Woodruff

F, b. 1791
FatherHawkins Harvey Woodruff b. 20 Oct 1750, d. 1 Jan 1813
MotherLois Hills b. 2 Feb 1752
Relationship4th great-grandaunt of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited3 Aug 2019
Birth*Elizabeth Woodruff was born in 1791. 
She was the daughter of Hawkins Harvey Woodruff and Lois Hills. 
Married Name As of 21 April 1807,her married name was Kerr. 
Marriage*Elizabeth Woodruff married John Kerr on 21 April 1807. 

Family

John Kerr b. 1784, d. 1872

Hawkins Harvey Woodruff1

M, b. 20 October 1750, d. 1 January 1813
FatherJames Woodruff b. 23 May 1708, d. 1789
MotherLydia Curtis b. 9 Jul 1721, d. 23 Aug 1810
Relationship5th great-grandfather of Roger Allan Shier
ChartsAncestors of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited4 Aug 2019
Birth*Hawkins Harvey Woodruff was born on 20 October 1750 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. 
He was the son of James Woodruff and Lydia Curtis. 
Marriage*Hawkins Harvey Woodruff married Lois Hills on 4 June 1773 in Winchester, Connecticut, United States. 
Emigration*Hawkins Harvey Woodruff emigrated in 1803 from Ontario, Canada. 
Death*He died on 1 January 1813 in Pickering, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada, at age 62. 
Fact 1*The following article is from Wikitree (Profile Manager Nathan Daniel) copied from an
article by John W. Sabean.

Harvey Woodruff, born in 1750, passed away in 1813. He was living in Winchester Connecticut in 1777, Sheffield Mass. in 1790, and Herkimer Co. New York state in 1800, then moved to Canada. He later died in 1813 in Pickering Township, Upper Canada (Ontario). Hawkins was the founder of the Canadian Woodruffs as the rest of his brothers stayed in the U.S. All of the Woodruffs in Canada are descended from him.
?There's an extensive article about the Woodruff family of Pickering, by John W. Sabean, that I found online:
Heritage Pickering has been researching the Woodruff family for the purposes of obtaining a heritage designation for a house built in the 1850s by a member of the family. The house, which HP refers to as the Woodruff-MacKenzie house, after its first and its most recent tenants, is at 2935 Brock Road (northeast corner of Brock and Taunton) Lot 18, Concession 4; it was built by Hawkins Woodruff, grandson of the pioneer of the same name.
This article is a summary of what we have learned to date. Fortunately, we were greatly aided in our research by the recent publication of Sybil Stirling's book: To a House in Whitby: The Lynde Family Story 1600 to 1900. All of the early history of the Woodruffs and much of the Canadian material is based on her work.
The progenitor of the Woodruff family in North America was Matthew Woodruff (1616-1682). Matthew emigrated from Cambridge, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the mid-17th century, and later removed to Farmington, Connecticut, being one of the organizers of that town. The next three generations of the Woodruff family lived out their lives in Farmington: Matthew (1646-1691), Samuel (1677-1732), and James (1708-1789).
James Woodruff married Lydia Curtis (1721-1810). Their son Hawkins Woodruff (1750-1813) was born in Farmington, 20 October 1750. Hawkins married Lois Hills in Winchester, Connecticut, 4 June 1773, and they bought a farm and resided in Winchester until at least 1777. Clarissa, their first child was born there. She married Jabez Lynde in 1796, in Winchester Centre.
During the American Revolutionary War, Hawkins served the king as a private in Col Hinman's regiment in 1775, in Capt Curtis' company, and in Lt Col Mead's battalion in 1779. In 1780 he served in the 15th Regiment of Militia under Col Noadiah Hooker. He also saw service at Fort Ticonderoga.
Possibly because of his service with the British forces Hawkins moved his family several times over the next few years, but eventually settled in Litchfleld Township, Herkimer County, New York. From there he immigrated finally to Upper Canada in 1803. According to Stirling, Woodruff's name is on the Pickering Survey Plan of l802.1
Clarissa and Jabez Lynde came with the Woodruffs and lived for a time in the Woodruffs' log cabin. It was then that their third child, Hawkins Woodruff Lynde, was born. Eventually, the Lyndes moved on to Whitby where they were among the earliest settlers of that town, settling on Lot 31, Concession 2. 2
In the year 1805, the York Gazette reported a story concerning the Woodruffs and their neighbours, the Mungers:
'Heroic action of an Upper Canada woman, Mrs. Munger, of Duffin's Creek, in the township of Pitcairn [sic], 23 miles from York, hearing her neighbor, Mrs. Woodruff, holler out for help, immediately took down her husband's gun and ran to her assistance; when she arrived ther she was informed that a very large bear had taken off a sow into the bush. His route being shown her this heroine immediately pursued and found the destroyer in the act of devouring the sow; upon which she rested her gun on a stump and shot Bruin through the head. On weighing the bear it proved to be the largest that had been killed in that township.'3
V.B. Blake identifies Mrs. Woodruff as Charity Powell, wife of Hawkins' son Noadiah, but in fact, Noadiah and Charity were not married until 1809.4 This is clearly a story about Lois Hills Woodruff, wife of Hawkins.
The story may provide us with information as to where Hawkins Woodruff had built his cabin. The Mungers had leased Lot 16, Concession 2 from 1801. The properties for which we have a record relating to Hawkins are: Lot 12, Concession 2 (a Clergy Reserve), which he petitioned to lease in 1804, but was not confirmed until 1810, and Lots 21 in the Broken Front and First Concession (Crown Reserves) which he petitioned to lease in 1807, but did not receive confirmation until 1812.5
These, however, would have been too distant for Mrs. Munger to have heard Mrs. Woodruff calling for help. It seems more likely that the Woodruffs were on either Lot 16 or Lot 17. Blake says that Noadiah Woodruff lived just west of the Mungers, but still on Lot 16, and that he moved to Lot 17 after he purchased it in 1813. His father might very well have occupied these locations previously.
From his home, Hawkins Woodruff ran a tavern from 1806 to his death on 1 January 1813. The Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Home District record him as applying for a tavern licence toward the end of December 1805 and again at the end of December 1811. 6 Eli Playter, who was a lieutenant in the Third Regiment of York Militia, had charge of the Whitby Company (of which Jabez Lynde was a member) at the beginning of the War of 1812. In his diaries Playter frequently mentions Woodruff's Tavern, as he travelled to and from York to drill his company or call them to muster.7
Woodruff served as Collector and Assessor for the Township of Pickering in 1806, and as Pathmaster in 1807. He also did jury duty in 1807,1809, and 1811. 8
McKay does not mention a Hawkins Woodruff in his book The Pickering Story, but he does relate the standard story about the origins of Noadiah Woodruff: 'Noadiah was born in Pennsylvania about 1783 and came to Pickering with the Friends settlement.'9 We now know, however, that that story was based more on guesswork then on fact. In the year 1805, Hawkins Woodruff took the Oath of Allegiance required of all immigrants to Upper Canada. He described himself in this way:
'HAWKINS WOQDRUFF late of New York State, a Presbyterian hazel Eyes Dark hair, five feet Seven inches high, a Joiner by Trade, Fifty five Years old, having taken the Oath of Allegiance, Do Subscribe the Same at York the 23d of April 1805.' 10
The Woodruffs were not from Pennsylvania and were not originally Quakers. As will be seen later, some of Hawkins' children did join with the Friends Society after they immigrated to Upper Canada, but there is no evidence that Hawkins ever became a Quaker. In any case the Woodruffs were living in Pickering well before the Quaker settlement began with Timothy Rogers.
Hawkins and Lois Hills Woodruff had seven children: Clarissa, Noadiah, Melinda, Beulah, Lauren, Elizabeth, and Zelotes Harvey.
Hawkins died on 1 January 1813. Although he was 63 years old when he died he had not prepared a will. Noadiah, his eldest son, had to petition the government to administer his father's estate." We have no record of where he was buried.
Clarissa Woodruff (1774-1830), Hawkins' first child, had married Jabez Lynde (1773-1856) in 1796, as we have seen. The Lyndes had come to Upper Canada with the Woodruffs, but settled finally in Whitby. They must have built a log house at first, but in 1810 they erected a frame house. This house is still standing, although it has been moved from its original location along the Kingston Road to Cullen Gardens, on Taunton Road in Whitby, where it serves as a museum.
The only mill available to them to supply sawn lumber was Timothy Rogers' mill in what was to become Pickering Village. Perhaps it was this association with Timothy Rogers and the Quaker community that led Clarissa to join the Friends Society. Jabez, himself, apparently did not join the Quakers, but both Clarissa and her husband are buried in the Friends (Hicksite) Cemetery in Ajax.12
Noadiah Woodruff (1778-1862), eldest son of Hawkins and Lois Woodruff, was born in Farmington, Connecticut, and came with his parents to Upper Canada in 1803. In 1809, he married Charity Powell, a member of one of the Quaker families that Timothy Rogers had invited to Pickering Township. With that association, Noadiah, himself, joined the Friends Society. In 1813, shortly after his father's death, he purchased Lot 17, Concession 2, and there ran a tavern in succession to his father, from 1813 to 1818. McKay (1961) says: 'It is said that the soldiers passing between Toronto and Kingston at the time of the War of 1812 were entertained at the home of Noadiah Woodruff.'13
Noadiah served the nascent community in a number of ways. In 1807, he was appointed a Constable for the Home District. He was appointed a Pathmaster at Pickering's first separate town meeting in 1811, and reappointed to the same position in 1815, 1816,1824.He was Town Warden in 1820; Collector in 1821,1825, and 1828; and Assessor in 1826, 1827, and l829. 14
Among Noadiah's children were: Powell, who built the Brougham Central Hotel; Nelson, a co-owner of Woodruff, Bentley and Company, a patent medicine manufacturer in Brougham — more usually associated with the name of William Bentley, builder of the well-known Bentley House in Brougham; Elizabeth, wife of William Bentley, and Hawkins (of whom more below).
Noadiah died in 1862. His burial site is unknown. The Tremaine Map of 1860 (just 2 years before his death) shows him in possession of the southernmost parts of Lots 17 and 18, Concession 2.
In 1807, Melinda Woodruff (1781-1838), third child of Hawkins and Lois, married Jordan Post, Jr. (1767-1845), the son of Jordan Post and Abigail Loomis.
Post was born in Hebron, Connecticut, and immigrated to Upper Canada about 1782. He was a watch and clock maker, silversmith and jeweler, who was well established in York. He was also a large landowner in York and elsewhere. He owned the whole block from King Street to Wellington Street, between Bay Street and Yonge Street. He laid out the streets through his property, naming one Melinda and another Jordan—names they bear to this day.15
In 1834, Jordan and Melinda moved to Scarborough. Jordan bought 500 acres of land and built a sawmill on Highland Creek. He also kept a general store. Melinda died in 1838; Jordan in 1845. They are both buried in the Methodist Cemetery, Highland Creek. One of their sons was named Woodruff; their other children: Desdemona, Sophronia, Jordan, Melinda, Maria Clarissa.
Hawkins' daughter Beulah (b. 1783) married Paul Hayward in 1803, in Oneida County, New York. By April 1804, the Haywards were living in York from which Hayward acted as agent for Hawkins when he petitioned for a lease of Lot 12, Concession 2, in Pickering.16
In 1810, Hawkins' son Lauren (or Lawrence, 1788-1874) Woodruff was appointed a Constable in the Home District for Pickering Township.17 In July 1811, he did Jury duty with his father, Jabez Lynde, Thomas Matthews (father of Peter Matthews), and others. The next year he saw service in the War of 1812, in Capt. Bigger's Company of Canadian Volunteers. Shortly thereafter he moved to the United States and lived his life out there.18
Just 2 1/2 months after Melinda married Jordan Post, her sister Elizabeth, known as Betsy Woodruff (b. 1791), married John Carr (or Kerr) of Darlington. The marriage is recorded in Belden (1878):
'Twenty-first April, 1807, John Carr, of Darlington, to Betsy Woodruff, of Pickering; with the written consent of her father. Present, Norris Carr and wife, James Burke and wife, and Mr. Woodruff's son.'19
In 1816, the Carrs purchased land in Oshawa from Jabez Lynde (Betsy's brother-in-law) and settled on it, which, according to one historian, made them 'the first bona fide settlerHawkins Harvey Woodruff in the original village of Oshawa.'20 John built a distillery and ran a tavern from his house. They sold the farm in 1829 to James Hall and moved to Pickering where John took over his brother-in-law Noadiah's tav- ern licence.21
When Jabez Lynde made a claim for his (1812) wartime expenses, affidavits were sworn by his brothers-in-law Noadiah Woodruff and John Carr.22
The youngest child of Hawkins and Lois Woodruff was Zelotes Harvey (cl796-1867), who usually went by the name of Harvey. As a lad he was one of the first students of Dr. George Okill Stuart (afterwards Archdeacon of Kingston) at the Home District School, the first public school in York (opened 1 June 1807).23 He probably lived with his aunt and uncle, Melinda and Jordan Post.
Harvey married Ann Lamoreaux (1799-1857),a member of the Loyalist Huguenot L'Amoreaux family that settled in Scarborough. They settled on Lot 18, Concession 2.24 According to the censuses of 1851 and 1861 he was a farmer by occupation and a Quaker by religious affiliation. Harvey and Ann had 11 children. Both Zelotes Harvey and his wife Ann are buried in the Woodruff Cemetery on the east side of Brock Road (opposite Centennial Park; Lot 18, Concession 2). Theirs are the only two existing stones in the cemetery. They read as follows:
'Zelotes H. Woodruff. Died Oct. 4, 1867. Aged 71 Years.'
'Annie Wife of Harvey Woodruff. Born Feb. 4, 1799. Died Aug. 6, 1857.'
The younger Hawkins Woodruff (1812-1878), son of Noadiah Woodruff and Charity Powell, was born on 16 April 1812, in Pickering. Sometime before 1837, he married Mary Tool (1817-1906), the daughter of John Tool and Catherine Wurts. Mary was born in Pine Orchard, Whitchurch Township, and moved as a child to Pickering Township. Hawkins grew up on Lot 17, Concession 2, which was his father's land, and was still living there in 1837 with his wife.25 Their first child, Elizabeth, was born there about 1837.
In 1845, Hawkins purchased 50 acres (N 1/2 of S 1/2) of Lot 17, Concession 4 from John Simcoe Macaulay, a Toronto businessman and politician. Four years later he purchased the adjacent 50 acres of Lot 18 from Chief Justice John Elmsley. It was on the latter lot, which fronts onto Brock Road, that he chose to build his home. According to the 1851 census, the Woodruffs were living in a log house, but by the 1861 census they had built a l l/2 storey stone house. That house is the one which still stands today.
The household in 1851 consisted of nine people: Hawkins, his wife Mary, and seven children ranging in ages from 14 to one. At the next census in l861,the family had grown to 12 people: Hawkins and Mary, 9 children, and a 29-year-old labourer, Adam Tool, probably a nephew of Mary's. Another son was born in October of that year. They had 12 children in all. When the 1871 census was taken, Hawkins was now 60 years old. He was still living on Lot 18, Concession 4. There were still eight people in the household—he, his wife and six children, the youngest of which was a granddaughter, Selena, age 4.
Hawkins was a farmer, according to the census reports. By religious affiliation he was a Quaker. He died on 7 June 1878 and was buried in the Friends Cemetery, Pickering Village. His wife Mary lived until 1906, and was buried beside him.
On the Tremaine Map (1860), Hawkins Woodruff's name appears across the N 1/2 of the S 1/2 of Lots 17 and 18, Concession 4. The Beers Atlas (1877) shows an A. Woodruff on Lot 18, Con 4, but this was undoubtedly a slip of the pen. The Goad Map (1895) shows a Mrs. H. Woodruff on the same property.
The Woodruff family, one of the first to settle Pickering, survived in the township for more than a century. Members of the family, serving as they did in many official capacities, may be numbered among the founders of the community. They were also related by marriage to a number of other prominent families of Scarborough, Pickering and Whitby, such as the Lyndes, Posts, Tools, and Lamoreaux. It is important for the City of Pickering that it remember and commemorate its forebears. One way to accomplish that with regard to the Woodruffs would be to preserve some remnant of their heritage—like having one of their homes designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
NOTES:
1 Stirling(1998), p. 86.
2 Ibid, p. 91.
3 RDHP Report (1956),p. 32; McKay (1961), p. 33.
4 RDHP Report (1956), p. 32.
5 PAO:U.C. Land Petitions (RG1.L3, vols. 544 (a) and 545): C-2967, pp. 33,36, 59,78; and Pickering Township Papers (RG1 C-IV), MS 658, Reel 393,pp. 59,61,63,65,353, 481,490' 732. See also Ridout Map (1823).
6 Fraser (1933),pp. 79,204.
7 PAO: MS 87—31 August -18 October 1812.
8 Fraser, pp. 91,104,110,145,190.
9 McKay (1961), p. 228.
10 York Pioneer (l963),21.
11 PAO: Wills (RG22):MS 638 Reel 71.
12 Friends (Hicksite) Cemetery lists.
13 McKay, p. 228.
14 Fraser,p. 104; Beers (1877), p. ix; PAO: Minutes of Pickering Township Council, 1811-1876.
15 Scadding(1966),p. 51; Scarborough Historical Notes, p. 13.
16 PAO: U.C. Land Petitions (RG1, L3, vol. 545): C-2967,p. 59.
17 Fraser,p. 159.
18 Stirling, p. 148.
19 P. iii.
20 Hood(1978),p.26.
21Kaiser(1921),p. 21; Stirling,p. 97.
22 Stirling, p. 107.
23 Scadding(1873),p. 104.
24 Walton (1837); Census of 1861.
25 Walton(1837).

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Family

Lois Hills b. 2 February 1752
Children

Citations

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James Woodruff

M, b. 23 May 1708, d. 1789
FatherSamuel Woodruff b. 1677, d. 1732
Relationship6th great-grandfather of Roger Allan Shier
ChartsAncestors of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Jul 2019
Birth*James Woodruff was born on 23 May 1708 in Farmington, Connecticut, United States. 
He was the son of Samuel Woodruff. 
Marriage*James Woodruff married Lydia Curtis. 
Death*James Woodruff died in 1789 in Farmington, Connecticut, United States. 

Family

Lydia Curtis b. 9 July 1721, d. 23 August 1810
Child

Lauren L. Woodruff

F, b. 1788, d. 31 May 1874
FatherHawkins Harvey Woodruff b. 20 Oct 1750, d. 1 Jan 1813
MotherLois Hills b. 2 Feb 1752
Relationship4th great-grandaunt of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited25 Jul 2019
Birth*Lauren L. Woodruff was born in 1788.1 
She was the daughter of Hawkins Harvey Woodruff and Lois Hills. 
Death*Lauren L. Woodruff died on 31 May 1874 in Geneseo, Illinois, United States. 

Citations

  1. [S135] Www.woodrufffamilytree.stg.devlin.ca, online \.

Mathew Woodruff

M, b. 1646, d. 1691
FatherMatthew Woodruff b. 1616, d. 1682
Relationship8th great-grandfather of Roger Allan Shier
ChartsAncestors of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Jul 2019
Birth*Mathew Woodruff was born in 1646. 
He was the son of Matthew Woodruff. 
Death*Mathew Woodruff died in 1691. 

Family
Child

Matthew Woodruff

M, b. 1616, d. 1682
Relationship9th great-grandfather of Roger Allan Shier
ChartsAncestors of Roger Allan Shier
Last Edited27 Jul 2019
Birth*Matthew Woodruff was born in 1616 in England. 
Death*He died in 1682. 

Family
Child