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WOOD, Caroline
1857 - 1904 (47 years) Has 11 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1819 - 1882 (63 years)-
Name WOOD, Caroline Birth 1857 Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Christening 21 Mar 1858 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Gender Female Death 1904 Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Person ID I8017 Edgoose Last Modified 7 Aug 2026
Father WOOD, Charles, b. 1819, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1882, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (Age 63 years) Mother HORRY, Emma, b. 1828, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1892, Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 64 years) Marriage 16 Sep 1851 Navenby, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F2888 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HORRY, John Henry, b. 1856, Gedney Dyke, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1877 Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. HORRY, Charles Henry, b. 26 Jul 1881, Nottingham Registration District, England d. 18 Sep 1959, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 78 years)Family ID F2896 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - CAROLINE HORRY née WOOD 1857-1904
The birth of Caroline WOOD was registered in 1857.
(GRO December Q 1857 Grantham 7a 401)
Charles Henry, Frederick, and Caroline, sons and daughter of Charles WOOD, basket maker of Spittlegate and Emma his wife, were baptised at Grantham St. Wulfram, Lincolnshire, on 21 March 1858.
From the 1861 census of Wharf Road, Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, taken on 7 April:
Charles WOOD, head, aged 42, basket maker, born at Grantham, Leicestershire (sic);
Emma WOOD, wife, aged 34, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Emma E. WOOD, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Spittlegate;
Frederick WOOD, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Spittlegate;
*Caroline WOOD, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Spittlegate;
William WOOD, son, aged 2 months, born at Spittlegate.
(RG9/2352/71/29)
The marriage between Caroline WOOD and John Henry HORRY was registered in 1877.
(GRO December Q 1877 Grantham 7a 996)
The 1881 census of Wharf Road (basket shop), Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire:
Charles WOOD, head, married, aged 62, basketmaker, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Emma WOOD, wife, married, aged 53, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Emma E. WOOD, daughter, unmarried, aged 28, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Fredk WOOD, son, unmarried, aged 25, basketmaker, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline HORRY, daughter, married, aged 24, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Rebecca A. WOOD, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
William WOOD, son, aged 20, basketmaker, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Henry WOOD, son, aged 18, tailor's apprentice, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Tom WOOD, son, aged 15, plumber's apprentice, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3233/110/34)
Their son Charles Henry HORRY was born on 26 July 1881.
(GRO September Q 1881 Nottingham 7b 358)
From the 1901 census of 24 Sanvey Gate, Leicester, Leicestershire:
John Henry HORRY, head, married, aged 43, confectioner, employer, working at home, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline HORRY, wife, aged 42, born in Lincoln;
Chas HORRY, son, single, aged 19, baker and confectioner's baker, worker, born in Nottingham.
(RG13/2986/148/4)
The death of Caroline HORRY aged 47 was registered in 1904.
(GRO December Q 1904 Ecclesall Bierlow 9c 246)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1891 Census: Untraced
(revised 06.08.2026)
- CAROLINE HORRY née WOOD 1857-1904