The Woode Family
The Woode Family
“It‘s a small world” - Whilst researching a vicar call Wilfred Woode from a village called Sculthorpe near Fakenham, I found his father who was Charles Edward Woode, who was at one time the rector of Fersfield! Further research led to a tragic accident that happened at the Bircham Newton airfield in 1925. So developed a story of a family involved in the church and also the armed services. Below are the facts and events related to the Fersfield rector, his wife, and their 5 children .....
| WOODE, Charles Edward | |
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| Family Historian Individual Narrative Charles Edward WOODE, son of Enoch WOODE (c. 1844-c. 1903) and Elizabeth SPEAKMAN (c. 1841-c. 1916), was born on 2 May 1872 in Hindolveston, Norfolk. He was baptised on 7 July 1872 in Hindolveston - parents Enoch and Elizabeth. Charles appeared in the census in 1881 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk - 9, scholar, living with parents Enoch (37, Curate of Bures) and Elizabeth (39), brother Alfred (4), and servant Elizabeth Palmer (15). Charles appeared in the census in 1891 at 11 Green West Side in Barro..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 02.05.1872 : Hindolveston, Norfolk : 1872 Q2 Aylsham Norfolk Vol 4B Page 75 |
| Baptism: | 07.07.1872 : Hindolveston, Norfolk |
| Marriage: | 00.00.1902 to Margaret Ethel MARSHALL : 1902 Q2 Thingoe Suffolk Vol 4A Page 1259 |
| 1881 Census: | Bures St. Mary, Suffolk : 9, scholar, living with parents Enoch (37, Curate of Bures) and Elizabeth (39), brother Alfred (4), and servant Elizabeth Palmer (15) (RG11 Piece 1826 Folio 47 Page 20) |
| 1891 Census: | 11 Green West Side, Barrow, Suffolk : 18, preparing for university, living with parents Enoch (47, curate of Barrow) and Elizabeth 49), brother Alfred F (14, school boy), and domestic servant Clara Carter (19) (RG12 Piece 1448 Folio 17 Page 2) |
| 1901 Census: | Barrow Green, Barrow, Suffolk : 28, undergraduate, a visitor in the household of Frances MARSHALL (67, surgeon) and his family including Frances’ daughter Margaret E who was to become Charles’ wife (RG13 Piece 1752 Folio 23 Page 13) |
| 1911 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 38, Clergyman in the Established Church, living with wife Margaret Ethel (38), sons Cecil Stanley Marshall (6), Francis Meredith Marshall (4) and Wilfred Derek Marshall (2), and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (16) and Laura Agnes LUSHER (14) (RG14 PN11450 RD230 SD2 ED8 SN12) |
| 1921 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 49:02, Rector of Fersfield, living with wife Margaret Ethel (48, home duties) and children Audrey Joan Marshal (9:05) and Gerald Marshall (4:09) (RG15 Piece 09784 RD 230 RS 2 ED 5) |
| 1939 Reg.: | The Vicarage, Reepham Road, Walsingham, Norfolk, Walsingham, Norfolk : b. 02.05.1872 : Clerk in Holy Orders (RG101/6584F/010/8 : TSBB) |
| Death: | 08.09.1982 : Norfolk and Norwich Hospital : usual residence was The Vicarage, Briston, but died in the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital : 1952 Q3 Norwich Norfolk Vol 4B Page 469 |
| Burial: | 11.09.1952 at Fersfield, Norfolk |
| Probate: | 10.10.1952 at Norwich, Norfolk : WOODE the reverend Charles Edward of the Vicarage Briston Norfolk clerk died 8 September 1952 at The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Norwich Probate Norwich 10 October to Francis Meredith Marshall Woode hotel proprietor. Effects £599 11s. |
| Occupation: | 1912 Kelly’s Directory - Fersfield - “Woode Rev. Charles Edward B.A. (rector), The Rectory” |
| Occupation: | 1933 Kelly’s Directory - “Woode Rev. Chas. Edwd. M.A. Vicarage, Briston, Melton Constable” |
| Elect. Roll: | 1908 Electoral Roll living at London Road, Attleborough, qualified as an Occupation Voter |
| Elect. Roll: | 1910 Electoral Roll living at The Rectory, Fersfield, qualified as an Occupation Voter |
| Elect. Roll: | 1915 Electoral Roll living at The Rectory, Fersfield, qualified as an Occupation Voter |
| Elect. Roll: | 1931 Electoral Roll living at The Rectory, Briston, qualified by residence and occupation |
| Newspaper: | Diss Express, 13 March 1908 - Page 4 FERSFIELD. CLERICAL APPOINTMENT. - On Saturday the Rev. Charles Edward Woode, B.A., was licensed to the curacy of Fersfield. On Sunday the new vicar of Swaffham, the Rev. F. Keeling Scott (late of Fersfield), read himself in at the morning service, and preached at the evening service to a very large congregation. |
| Newspaper: | Diss Express, 15 Dec 1911 - Page 5 FERSFIELD. NEW RECTOR. - On the 4th inst. the Rev. Charles Edward Woode, B.A., was instituted to the rectory and parish church of Fersfield, on the presentation of Mr. Arthur Wansbrough Jones, solicitor, Norwich, on the nomination of Mrs. E. Woode of Fersfield. |
| Newspaper: | Diss Express, 13 Jan 1928 - Page 5 FERSFIELD. CLERICAL. - On Tuesday last, at the Palace, Norwich, the Rev.Charles Edward Woode, B.A. (for many years Rector of Fersfield), was collated and instituted by the Bishop of Norwich to the Rectory of Burgh Parva with the Vicarage and Parish Church of Briston annexed. The living is in the gift of the Bishop for this turn by reason of lapse. |
| Newspaper: | Diss Express, 12 Sep 1952 - Page 4 THE REV. C. E. WOODE (BRISTON WITH BURGH PARVA) The death occurred on Monday at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital of the Rev. Charles Edward Woode. Mr. Woode, who was Vicar of Briston with Burgh Parva, had spent some years at Fersfield, moving there in 1908. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and took an honours degree in Classics. He was ordained deacon at St. Albans in 1901 and was made a priest the following year. He held curacies at Colchester and Harrow-on-the-Hill, before he came to Fersfield he was curate of Attleborough. He has been Vicar of Briston since 1928. Mr. Woode had been fond of cricket and lawn tennis. He leaves three sons and a daughter. He survived his wife by seven months. The funeral service, held at Fersfield Parish Church on Thursday, was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. T. E. Hopkins. The Bishop of Thetford (the Rev. P. Woodhouse) took the commital. Mr. G. P. Parnell, the organist of Briston (who also represented Briston Primary School scholars and staff), was the organist for the hymn “Nearer my God to Thee” and the 23rd Psalm. The family mourners were: Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Woode, son and daughter-in-law; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brereton, daughter and son-in-law; Mr. John Woode and Mr. Gerald Woode, grandsons. The Rev. Derek Woode and Mr. G. I. Woode (sons) and Mrs. B. Woode (sisters-in-law) were unable to be present. Others present included: Mrs. L. Mears, Mr. R. L. Brooks, Mr. P. Brooks, Mrs G. B. Parnell, Mr. A. Coleman, Rev. A Karling (Rector of Thurling), Mr. and Mrs. I. Bartrum, Miss D. Bartrum, Mr. B. L. Palmer (Church warden of Briston Church, also representing Briston Parochial Church Council and Primary School managers), Mrs. S. T. Marshall, Mr. C. Spurling, Mr. R. S. Copeman, Mr. D. Bowing, Mrs. B. Burroughes, Mrs. T. H. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs F. Ramsey, Miss M. R. Page, Mr. A. Inkpen, Mr. H. R. Hayward (Burgh Parva Church warden), Mrs. C. Cooper (the honorary secretary, Briston Parochial Church Council and the Briston’s Women's Institute), Mrs. E. H. Gill, Mr. E. G. Duffield (Church warden). There were many beautiful floral tributes from friends and members of the family and from the Church and parishioners of All Saints’, Briston, the managers, staff and scholars of Briston Primary School, and the Parochial Church Council and parishioners of Burgh Parva. |
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| MARSHALL, [WOODE] Margaret Ethel | |
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| Family Historian Individual Narrative Margaret Ethel MARSHALL, daughter of Francis (Frank) MARSHALL (1833-c. 1913) and Eleanor CORNER (c. 1839-c. 1908), was born on 28 August 1872 in Hartest, Suffolk. She was baptised on 26 October 1872 in Hartest. She appeared in the census in 1891 at Green South Side in Barrow, Suffolk - 18, living with parents Francis (57, general medical practioner) and Eleanor (50), siblings George L W (21), Mary Cecil (19) and Gilberta G E (17), and domestic servants Harriet REEVE (22, cook) and Alice M M HAYH..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 28.08.1872 : Hartest, Suffolk |
| Baptism: | 26.10.1872 : Hartest, Suffolk |
| Marriage: | 00.00.1902 to Charles Edward WOODE |
| 1891 Census: | Green South Side, Barrow, Suffolk : 18, living with parents Francis (57, general medical practioner) and Eleanor (50), siblings George L W (21), Mary Cecil (19) and Gilberta G E (17), and domestic servants Harriet REEVE (22, cook) and Alice M M HAYHOE (20, housemaid) (RG12 Piece 1448 Folio 20 Page 8) |
| 1901 Census: | Barrow Green, Barrow, Suffolk : 28, living with parents Francis (67, surgeon) and Eleanor (60), siblings Gilberta G E (27), Herbert C (25, no occupation) and Walter C (24), and visitor Charles E WOODE (28, undergraduate); she went on to become Charles’ wife (RG13 Piece 1752 Folio 23 Page 13) |
| 1911 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 38, living with husband Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church), sons Cecil Stanley Marshall (6), Francis Meredith Marshall (4) and Wilfred Derek Marshall (2), and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (16) and Laura Agnes LUSHER (14) (RG14 PN11450 RD230 SD2 ED8 SN12) |
| 1921 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 48:10, home duties, living with husband Rev. Charles Edward (49:02, Rector of Fersfield) and children Audrey Joan Marshal (9:05) and Gerald Marshall (4:09) (RG15 Piece 09784 RD 230 RS 2 ED 5) |
| 1939 Reg.: | The Vicarage, Reepham Road, Walsingham, Norfolk, Walsingham, Norfolk : b. 28.08.1872 : Unpaid domestic duties (RG101/6584F/010/8 : TSBB) |
| Death: | 21.02.1952 : Briston, Norfolk : 1952 Q1 Fakenham Norfolk Vol 4B Page 468 |
| Burial: | 25.02.1952 at Fersfield, Norfolk |
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| Probate: | 23.05.1952 at Norwich, Norfolk : WOODE Margaret Ethel of Briston Vicarage Melton Constable Norfolk (wife of the reverend Charles Edward Woode) died 21 February 1952 Probate Norwich 23 May [1952] to the said the reverend Charles Edward Woode clerk and Francis Meredith Marshall Woode hotel proprietor. Effects £1551 14s. 8d. |
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| WOODE, Cecil Stanley Marshall | |
| Family Historian Individual Narrative Cecil Stanley Marshall WOODE, son of Charles Edward WOODE (1872-1952) and Margaret Ethel MARSHALL (1872-1952), was born circa 1904 in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. He was baptised on 9 October 1904 in Greenhill, Harrow, London - father given as Curate of Greenhill. Cecil appeared in the census in 1911 at The Rectory in Fersfield, Norfolk - 6, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), brothers Francis Meredith Marshall (4) and Wilfred D..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 1904 : Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex : 1904 Q3 Hendon Middlesex Vol 3A Page 244 |
| Baptism: | 09.10.1904 : Greenhill, Harrow, London |
| 1911 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 6, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), brothers Francis Meredith Marshall (4) and Wilfred Derek Marshall (2), and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (16) and Laura Agnes LUSHER (14) (RG14 PN11450 RD230 SD2 ED8 SN12) |
| 1921 Census: | The Grammar School, The Close, Norwich, Norfolk : 16:10, a boarder and full time scholar at the school (RG15 Piece 09696 RD 225 RS 1 ED 36 Page 2) |
| 1939 Reg.: | n/a |
| Death: | 27.02.1925 : Bircham Newton, Norfolk : He is mentioned in the R.A.F. No. 99 Squadron Operations Record Book “BIRCHAM NEWTON; 27.2.25; Pilot Officer C.S.M. Woode (an ex CRANWELL Cadet) was killed in an Avro 504K (This is the only fatal accident in No. 99 (B) Squadron) (to date)” : 1925 Q1 Docking Norfolk Vol 4B Page 370 |
| Burial: | 04.03.1927 at Fersfield, Norfolk |
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| Newspaper: | Summary of several reports: On 27 Feb 1925 an Avro 504K of 99 (bombing) Squadron RAF, registration H3083, crashed on approach to RAF Bircham Newton. The crew was completing a local training mission and on the landing approach, the aircraft entered a dive and crashed. There were two crew members on board; Pilot Officer Cecil Stanley Marshall Woode (pilot, aged 20) was killed, AC1 Ernest Forrester (Service Number 253189) was seriously injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair, |
| Newspaper: | The most comprehensive of the newspaper articles was in the Diss Express and Norfolk and Suffolk Journal - Friday 6 March 1925 - Page 5. Read a full transcript here. |
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| WOODE, Francis Meredith Marshall | |
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| Family Historian Individual Narrative Francis Meredith Marshall WOODE, son of Charles Edward WOODE (1872-1952) and Margaret Ethel MARSHALL (1872-1952), was born on 17 May 1906 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He was baptised on 21 July 1906 in Attleborough. He appeared in the census in 1911 at The Rectory in Fersfield, Norfolk - 4, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), sons Cecil Stanley Marshall (6) and Wilfred Derek Marshall (2), and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 17.05.1906 : Attleborough, Norfolk : 1906 Q2 Wayland Norfolk Vol 4B Page 234 |
| Baptism: | 21.07.1906 : Attleborough, Norfolk |
| Banns: | 27.07.1930, 03.08.1930, 10.08.1930 : South Lopham, Norfolk |
| Marriage: | 1930 at South Lopham, Norfolk to Evelyn Grace NOTTIDGE |
| 1911 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 4, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), sons Cecil Stanley Marshall (6) and Wilfred Derek Marshall (2), and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (16) and Laura Agnes LUSHER (14) (RG14 PN11450 RD230 SD2 ED8 SN12) |
| 1921 Census: | The Grammar School, The Close, Norwich, Norfolk : 15:01, a boarder and full time scholar at the school (RG15 Piece 09696 RD 225 RS 1 ED 36 Page 2) |
| 1939 Reg.: | The Vicarage, Reepham Road, Walsingham, Norfolk, Walsingham, Norfolk : b. 17.05.1906, at one time a Royal Naval Reserve, on emergency list of the Admiralty : School Master (temporary Principal of a Private School) (RG101/6584F/010/8 : TSBB) |
| Death: | 1967 : Sheringham, Norfolk : 1967 Q2 North Walsham Norfolk Vol 4B Page 644 |
| Memorial: | Sheringham, Norfolk : IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / FRANCIS MEREDITH MARSHALL / WOODE / DIED 10TH JUNE 1967 / AGED 61 YEARS / AND REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WIFE / EVELYN / 1907 - 2000 / DEARLY BELOVED MOTHER OF JOHN AND GERALD |
| Military: | Although there is some doubt as to the validity of Francis’ military career, there are references to an attestation in Royal Artillery, record no. 1488948, but noted that he was then commissioned in the Royal Navy, and also several records of associations with the Royal Naval Reserve. |
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| WOODE, Wilfred Derek Marshall | |
| Family Historian Individual Narrative Wilfred Derek Marshall WOODE, son of Charles Edward WOODE (1872-1952) and Margaret Ethel MARSHALL (1872-1952), was born on 8 July 1908 in Fersfield, Norfolk. He was baptised on 20 September 1908 in Fersfield. He appeared in the census in 1911 at The Rectory in Fersfield - 2, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), brothers Cecil Stanley Marshall (6) and Francis Meredith Marshall, and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 08.07.1908 : Fersfield, Norfolk : 1908 Q3 Depwade Norfolk Vol 4B Page 212 |
| Baptism: | 20.09.1908 : Fersfield, Norfolk |
| Marriage: | 14.06.1937 to Margaret Emmeline BRADSHAW : 1937 Q2 Erpingham Norfolk Vol 4B Page 144 |
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| 1911 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 2, living with parents Charles Edward (38, Clergyman in the Established Church) and Margaret Ethel (38), brothers Cecil Stanley Marshall (6) and Francis Meredith Marshall, and general domestic servants Gladys Lawrence PINNOCK (16) and Laura Agnes LUSHER (14) (RG14 PN11450 RD230 SD2 ED8 SN12) |
| 1921 Census: | n/a |
| 1939 Reg.: | Norfolk House, Norwich Road, Dereham, Norfolk, Dereham, Norfolk : b. 08.07.1908 : Clerk in Holy Orders (RG101/6525E/009/9 : TQDE) |
| Death: | 1975 : Fakenham, Norfolk : 1975 Q4 Fakenham Norfolk Vol 10 Page 1135 |
| Burial: | 15.11.1975 at Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
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| WOODE, [BRERETON] Audrey Joan | |
| Family Historian Individual Narrative Audrey Joan Marshall WOODE, daughter of Charles Edward WOODE (1872-1952) and Margaret Ethel MARSHALL (1872-1952), was born on 18 January 1912 in Fersfield, Norfolk. She was baptised on 17 March 1912 in Fersfield. She appeared in the census in 1921 at The Rectory in Fersfield - 9:05, living with parents Rev. Charles Edward (49:02, Rector of Fersfield) and Margaret Ethel (48:10, home duties), and brother Gerald Marshall (4:09). Audrey married John Jerningham BRERETON circa 1937 - reg: Erpingham No..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 18.01.1912 : Fersfield, Norfolk : 1912 Q1 Depwade Norfolk Vol 4B Page 388 |
| Baptism: | 17.03.1912 : Fersfield, Norfolk |
| Marriage: | 1937 to John Jerningham BRERETON : 1937 Q3 Erpingham Norfolk Vol 4B Page 136 |
| 1921 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 9:05, living with parents Rev. Charles Edward (49:02, Rector of Fersfield) and Margaret Ethel (48:10, home duties), and brother Gerald Marshall (4:09) (RG15 Piece 09784 RD 230 RS 2 ED 5) |
| 1939 Reg.: | Brampton Hall, Brampton, Norfolk, Brampton, Norfolk : b. 18.01.1912 : Unpaid domestic duties (RG101/6573A/003/2 : TRUK) |
| Death: | 07.12.1995 : Cawston, Norfolk : 1995 M12 Norwich Norfolk Dist 6391C RN C15B Entry 128 |
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| WOODE, Gerald Ives Marshal | |
| Family Historian Individual Narrative Gerald Ives Marshall WOODE, son of Charles Edward WOODE (1872-1952) and Margaret Ethel MARSHALL (1872-1952), was born on 20 September 1916 in Fersfield, Norfolk. He was baptised on 26 November 1916 in Fersfield - parents were Charles Edward and Margaret Ethel. Gerald appeared in the census in 1921 at The Rectory, Fersfield in Fersfield - 4:09, living with parents Rev. Charles Edward (49:02, Rector of Fersfield) and Margaret Ethel (48:10, home duties), and sister Audrey Joan Marshal (9:05). On 4 ..... View full FH text (See notes below) | |
| Birth: | 20.09.1916 : Fersfield, Norfolk : 1916 Q4 Depwade Norfolk Vol 4B Page 314 |
| Baptism: | 26.11.1916 : Fersfield, Norfolk |
| 1921 Census: | The Rectory, Fersfield, Norfolk : 4:09, living with parents Rev. Charles Edward (49:02, Rector of Fersfield) and Margaret Ethel (48:10, home duties), and sister Audrey Joan Marshal (9:05) (RG15 Piece 09784 RD 230 RS 2 ED 5) |
| 1939 Reg.: | The Vicarage, Reepham Road, Walsingham, Norfolk, Walsingham, Norfolk : b. 20.09.1916 : Student, member of the Civil Service Guard (RG101/6584F/010/8 : TSBB) |
| Death: | 2005 : Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland |
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| Elect. Roll: | Between 2003-2005 the Electoral Register shows him living at 75 High Street, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland |
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