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Birth4 Jan 1890, Norwich, Norfolk
Death17 Mar 1973, Three Gates, Cromer Rd West Runton Norfolk
General4th dau.
FatherColonel Henry Wood (1835-1919)
MotherHelen Mary Brown (ca1849-1922)
Notes for Mary Holly Wood
Her birth:

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1890   (>99%)
Wood Mary Holly Norwich 4b 120
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Lots of Mary H Wood marriages on FreeBMD but none near Norfolk, so all guesses are off!
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In fact in her father’s short obituary published in a Norwich n ewspaper one of his daughter was said to be married to a Major Bridgwater.  This corroborates with this marriage in the indices:

First name(s) MARY H
Last name WOOD
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1914
MarriageFinderâ„¢ MARY H WOOD married
HAVARD N BRIDGWATER
Spouse's last name BRIDGWATER
District MARYLEBONE
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 969
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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At her father’s death her husband was said to be serving in Egypt, possibly meaning she was still in England.

There were three births of Bridgwater children with a Wood mother from 1915 to 1922.
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In 1939 her family was:

Broomfield Morley Road , Sheringham U.D., Norfolk, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS  SCHEDULE  SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Mary H Bridgwater 04 Jan 1890 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties  Married  216  2
~??? Bridgwater 18 Dec 1878 Male Solicitor & Local Government Officer  Married  216  1
Alice Russell 23 Jan 1862 Female Incapacitated  Widowed  216  3
Gertrude ? Moxley 08 Nov 1883 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties  Single  216  4

[I have put in a correction for Havard’s forename]

There is a 5th occupant of this house whose entry has been redacted.  Any of their three children would hav been well over 100 now so I wonder who this was.
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Her death index:

First name(s) MARY HOLLY
Last name BRIDGWATER
Gender Female
Birth day 6
Birth month 1
Birth year 1890
Death quarter 1
Death year 1973
District NORTH WALSHAM
County Norfolk
Volume 4B
Page 2159
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Mary Holly Wood
Her probate index:

BRIDGWATER, Mary Holly of Three Gates, Cromer Rd West Runton Norfolk died 17 March 1973  Probate Ipswich 21 December £5565 731102869J.
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Notes for Havard Noel & Mary Holly (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s) MARY H
Last name WOOD
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1914
MarriageFinderâ„¢ MARY H WOOD married
HAVARD N BRIDGWATER
Spouse's last name BRIDGWATER
District MARYLEBONE
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 969
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 17 Jan 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220