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John (Jack) Wood (1839-1877) coal miner and trade union official
Birth: 29 April 1839 at Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Ireland, son of James Wood, miner, and Anne, née McShane. Marriage: 25 September 1865 at St Joseph’s church, East Maitland, New South Wales, to Ellen Maloney (1838-1924), born at Clarecastle, Clare, Ireland. They had four daughters and four sons. His youngest child was born a month after his death. Death: 21 March 1877 at Waratah, Newcastle, NSW. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
H. J. Gibbney and Ann G. Smith, A Biographical Register 1788-1939, vol 1 (Canberra, 1987); Robin Gollan, The coalminers of New South Wales: a history of the Union (Melbourne, 1963); Edgar Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970).
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29 April,
1839
Pomeroy,
Tyrone,
Ireland
21 March,
1877
(aged 37)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
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