Wood family - papers, 1899-1940

MLMSS 5962

fonds

1899-1940

88004

3 boxes - 0.54 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)

Rev. Fred W. Wood (1872-1947) worked in the legal profession before entering full-time ministry for the Presbyterian Church. In 1907, he married Catherine ('Katie' or 'Kit') Isabella Fell (1877-1951), an active member of the YWCA of New South Wales, and daughter of James Walter Fell and Helen Wilson Fell (nee Thomson). They had two children, John Fell Dalrymple Wood (born 1909) and Catherine ('Casheen') Helen Dalrymple Wood (born 1912). In 1918, Rev. Fred Wood was appointed to the church at Collarenebri, NSW. In 1921, he and his wife served as missionaries in Sholinghur, India for one year. During that year, the children lived with their grandmother, Helen Wilson Fell ('Da'), at her home in North Sydney called 'Branxholme'. Rev. and Mrs Wood returned to Collarenebri and worked there for many years, while the children remained in Sydney to finish their education.

Feb. - Aug. 1921; Catherine I. Wood - diary, written while in India (original MS and typed transcript) (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/1/1)
Apr. - Aug. 1936, July - Aug. 1937; Catherine I. Wood - travel diary describing holiday in Europe, written in carbon letter book (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/1/2)
1904-1934; Correspondence between Rev. Fred Wood and Catherine I. Wood (nee Fell) (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/1/3-7)
1899-1934 and undated; Catherine I. Wood - letters received, mainly from Helen Wilson Fell (mother, 'Mith'), including carbon copies from Helen Fell's diary. (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/2/1-5)
1901-1934; Rev. Fred W. Wood - letters received, mainly from Helen Wilson Fell and Annie Thomson (a missionary in India). Also 2 letters from soldiers fighting in the Boer War (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/2/6)
1922-1940; Rev. & Mrs F.W. Wood - letters received from John Wood (son) and Catherine ('Casheen') Wood (daughter) (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/3/1-6)
July 1933 - Feb. 1934; John F.D. Wood - travel diary, written in carbon letter book (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/3/7)
1913-1934; John F.D. Wood and Catherine H.D. Wood - letters received, mainly from Rev. Fred Wood, Catherine I. Wood, and Helen Wilson Fell (grandmother, 'Da') (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/3/8)
unknown; "The Wreck of the Meridian" by Mrs M. Walters Moore (typed transcript copy) (Call No.: ML MSS 5962/3/9)

Chronological within series

See also related collections: Fell family papers at ML MSS 1114 and ML MSS 1114, ADD ON 2032; and Thomson family papers at ML MSS 5955.