Author talk:Esther Jane Wood

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 * Based on the Wikipedia entry for Esther Wood, a search of FreeBMD.org, Familysearch.org and Ancestry.com suggests that her birth name was Esther Jane Walker. There is no birth registration that I can find that is wholly consistent with other information (registration wasn't compulsory at the time). There is a baptism record giving a christening date of 19 Jun 1867, but not a birth date, with parents' names given as Henry and Jane. Census records give her birthplace as London (or some part thereof). Census entries for her in 1871, 1881 and 1891 (aged 4, 14 and 24 respectively) give an estimated birth year of 1866. She was living in London with her parents Henry and Jane in each case. Based on the available information my best estimate is that she was born sometime in the first three months of 1867. She appears to be an only child, her mother being comparatively old (for the time) when she had her.

Marriages Sep 1893 Walker	 Esther Jane	 	 Paddington	 1a	168 Wood	 John William	 	 Paddington	 1a	168
 * There is a marriage record {1893 Q3, Paddington, 1a, 168) for her and on the same page is George William Wood. There are census entries for an Esther Wood, aged 34 and 44 in 1901 and 1911 respectively, the latter giving her occupation as 'Journalist and Author'. In both these instances she is the sole occupant, which is consistent with the divorce date given in the Wikipedia entry.


 * Most of the records referred to above relate to the Paddington registration district. There is a prospective death record for her (location and age are consistent) of 1938, Q3, Paddington, 1a, 59, aged 71. I have not found a record of her will.

One possibly suspect that author:Esther Wood and Esther Jane Wood are the same person. Both operating in the same time and space of London, and publishing under Esther Wood. I don't see other aailable record for another person doing the same stuff. — billinghurst  sDrewth  13:20, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

divorce
Name: 	Esther Jane Wood Gender: 	Female Record Type: 	Divorce Type: 	Wife's petition for divorce [WD] Petition Date: 	1897 Spouse: 	John William Wood Co-Respondent 1: 	Elizabeth Watson Divorce Court File Number: 	18784 Marriage: 2nd September 1893 Residences noted: West Hampstead and Willesden Green
 * The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files, J 77; Reference Number: J 77/615/18784 > Description: Case Number: Surname: 18784: Wood

Marriage
2nd September 1893
 * Copy of marriage certificate in divorce papers

Esther Jane Walker, 27 years, 46 Leamington Road Villas, dau. of Henry Walker, Newspaper mproprietor

Census
Name: 	Esther Jane Walker Age: 	4 Relation: 	Daughter Gender: 	Female Where born: 	London England Civil Parish: 	Islington Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Mark County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Registration district: 	Islington Sub-registration district: 	Islington East ED, institution, or vessel: 	49 Household schedule number: 	110 Piece: 	297 Folio: 	71 Page Number: 	26 Household Members: Name 	Age Henry Walker 	38, public writer Jane Walker 	43 Esther Jane Walker 	4 Mary Preacher 	80 Grace Price 	45 Sara L Johnson 	40
 * 1871 census

Name: 	Esther J Walker Gender: 	Female Age: 	24 Relationship: 	Daughter Father: 	Henry Walker, journalist Mother: 	Jane Walker Birth Place: 	Islington Civil Parish: 	Paddington Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Luke Residence Place: 	Paddington, London, England Registration district: 	Paddington Sub registration district: 	St Mary Paddington ED, Institution or Vessel: 	36 Neighbors: Piece: 	11 Folio: 	28 Household Members: Name 	Age Henry Walker 	57 Jane Walker 	64 Esther J Walker 	24 Annie Harris 	22
 * 1891 England

1939 register
Name: 	Esther J Wood Gender: 	Female Marital status: 	Widowed Birth Date: 	6 Feb 1867 Residence Year: 	1939 Address: 	59 Finchley Court Residence Place: 	Finchley, Middlesex, England Occupation: 	Author & Journalist Re Schedule Number: 	65 Sub Schedule Number: 	1 Enumeration District: 	BGAO Registration district: 	131/3 Household Members: Name Esther J Wood

Death
Deaths Mar 1953 WOOD	 Esther J	 86	 Paddington	 5d	329
 * FreeBMD


 * The Times, Friday, Feb 27, 1953; pg. 1; Issue 52557 — Deaths
 * states née Walker; Funeral Golders Green Crematorium, Tues 3 March

Baptism
Name: 	Esther Jane Walker Gender: 	Female Record Type: 	Baptism Baptism Date: 	19 Jun 1867 Baptism Place: 	Hornsey Rise, Islington, England Father: 	Henry Walker Mother: 	Jane Walker Register Type: 	Parish Registers
 * London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P83/MRY2/001

no birth date noted

Probate
Name: 	Esther Jane Wood Death Date: 	26 Feb 1953 Death Place: 	Paddington Hospital, London, England Probate Date: 	8 May 1953 Probate Registry: 	London, England
 * Calendar of the Grants ...

executor Lucy Embling Mortimer widow