Agnes Wood
2x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #29, MMFM)
✓ Sourced record
Born
24 April 1876, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Died
1st Apr 1953, Orr St, Glasgow
Parents
Life details
From a second, independently-built 2011 family tree archive — not the primary source this site is built from, and not independently verified against a certificate or register.
Born
136 Garngad Road, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Died
Cause of death: Cardiac Thrombosis
Census trail
1881 Chalmers, Glasgow1891 Govan, Glasgow1901 Townhead, Glasgow1911 London Road, Glasgow
⚠ Place discrepancyThis archive gives her birth address as 136 Garngad Road. Her birth certificate reads 138 Garngad Road.
Documents
15 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1876
Source: McClure Gavigan — Agnes Wood 1876 Birth.pdf
Census, 1881
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1881_644_04_001_000_2_012Z.pdf· match unconfirmed
The household is schedule 45 on the page. Several ages are struck through or hard to read.
Census, 1891
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1891_644_11_073_000_2_019Z.pdf
The household is schedule 109 on the page.
Census, 1901
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1901_644_03_070_000_2_002Z.pdf
The household is schedule 5 on the page. The parish headings at the top are too faint to read.
Military history sheet, Black Watch, 1892 to 1902
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1366.jpg
Birth, 1906
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Joseph Gavigan 1906 Birth.pdf
Death, 1906
Source: McClure Gavigan — Thomas Wood 1906 Death.pdf
1911 Census, London Road, Glasgow
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Agnes Gavigan 1911 Census.pdf· view full page
Statement as to disability, 1919 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1353.jpg and P1354.jpg
Two pages of the same form, joined side by side.
Casualty form, promotion, India and return, 1915 to 1919 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1361.jpg and p1362.jpg
Two pages of the same form, one above the other.
Birth, 1920
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — Agnes wood gavigan birth certificate.pdf
Particulars of marriage and children for pension allowances, 1920
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1367.jpg
Electoral register, Orr Street, Glasgow, about 1950
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh jOSPEH Gavigan vOTERS ROLLS GLASGOW 1950.jpg· match unconfirmed
The date comes from the file name. The page itself shows no year in the part that was photographed.
Death
Source: McClure Gavigan — Agnes Gavvigan nee Wood Death Entry.pdf
Marriage
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Gavigan Agnes Wood Marriage entry.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Birth of Hugh Joseph Gavigan, 1906
Statutory Births 644/04 0954 · Calton district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 318, entry 954
Name
Hugh Joseph Gavigan
Born
10 October 1906, 12:00 am (midnight)
Place of birth
34 Abercromby Street, Glasgow
Sex
Male
Father
Hugh Gavigan, Carter
Mother
Agnes Gavigan, maiden surname Wood
Parents' marriage
3 April 1899, Glasgow
Informant
Hugh Gavigan, father
Registered
22 October 1906, Glasgow
ℹ Date confirmedThe certificate confirms 10 October 1906 as in the GEDCOM. The 2011 archive had 6 October. It also confirms the parents' marriage on 3 April 1899 and the address at 34 Abercromby Street.
Death of Agnes Gavigan, 1953
Statutory Deaths 644/03 0199 · Camlachie district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 67, entry 199
Name
Agnes Gavigan
Died
1 April 1953, about 12:30 am (time hard to read)
Place of death
19 Orr Street, Glasgow
Sex and age
Female, 76 years
Marital status
Married to Hugh Gavigan, Fish Market Porter
Father
Thomas Wood, Iron Tool Maker (deceased)
Mother
Mary Wood, maiden surname McMillan (deceased)
Cause of death
Myocarditis; cerebral thrombosis
Informant
Hugh Gavigan, widower, present
Registered
1 April 1953, Glasgow
⚠ 1953, not 1954A family history note in the research folder gives her death as 1 April 1954. The register page is headed 1953 and the GEDCOM has 1953, so 1953 is right.
ℹ Husband still aliveHer husband Hugh Gavigan reported the death and is described as a widower, working as a fish market porter. That fits Hugh living on until 1961 as recorded in his life details.
Birth of Agnes Wood, 1876
Statutory Births 644/03 0658 · Dennistoun district, County of Lanark, page 220, entry 658
Name
Agnes Wood
Born
24 April 1876, about 2:00 pm (time hard to read)
Place of birth
138 Garngad Road, Glasgow
Sex
Female
Father
Thomas Wood, Iron Rivet-maker (journeyman)
Mother
Mary Wood, maiden surname McMillan
Parents' marriage
2 June 1871, Glasgow
Informant
Mary Wood, mother (signed with her mark)
Registered
8 May 1876, Glasgow
⚠ Street number differs from the 2011 archiveThe certificate reads 138 Garngad Road. The 2011 archive recorded her birth at 136 Garngad Road. The certificate is the primary record, but the digit is written small, so it is worth a second look.
ℹ Date confirmedThe date 24 April 1876 and her parents' marriage on 2 June 1871 both match the GEDCOM.
Death of Thomas Wood, 1906
Statutory Deaths 644/04 0030 · Calton district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 10, entry 30
Name
Thomas Wood
Died
23 January 1906, about 4:20 pm
Place of death
34 Abercromby Street, Glasgow
Sex and age
Male, 54 years (as read)
Occupation and status
Sewing Machine Inspector, widower of Mary McMillan
Father
John Wood, Boilermaker (deceased)
Mother
Susanna Wood, maiden surname Seaton
Cause of death
Pneumonia, 7 days
Informant
Agnes Gavigan, daughter, present
Registered
January 1906, Glasgow
ℹ Confirms the family linkThe informant is Agnes Gavigan, who is Agnes Wood (P19), and the parents and late wife are those shown in the tree.
⚠ Age does not quite fitThe age reads 54, which would put his birth around 1851 to 1852. The GEDCOM and the Girvan baptism give 17 Nov 1849, which would make him 56. The digits are hard to read, so this may be a misreading or an error in the register.
Birth of Agnes Wood Gavigan, 1920
Statutory Births 644/3 1612 · Calton district, Burgh of Glasgow, 1920, page 538, entry 1612
Name
Agnes Wood Gavigan, girl
Born
17 September 1920, 8.30 pm
Place of birth
19 Orr Street, Glasgow
Father
Hugh Gavigan, carter
Mother
Agnes Gavigan, maiden surname Wood, married 3 April 1899, Glasgow
Informant
H Gavigan, father
Registered
20 September 1920, Glasgow
ℹ The aunt is confirmedThis is the sister of Hugh Joseph Gavigan whom the family confirmed. The Ancestry export had her as Agnes Nancy, born 3 September 1920. The certificate says Agnes Wood and 17 September, so her name and date now follow the certificate.
ℹ Same name as her nieceHer niece, Colin's grandmother, was also registered as Agnes Wood Gavigan (born 1926). Take care not to mix the two.
ℹ Entry 1612 onlyEntries 1613 and 1614 on the page (Margaret Graham, Mary Robertson McGranaghan) are other families.
Statement as to disability, Hugh Gavigan
Army Form Z.22 · Signed at Jhansi, India, 11 July 1919
Unit
1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 21396, Private
Former service
2nd Black Watch, 4662, discharged on the expiry of his time (the year is hard to read, the service papers say 3 January 1904)
Permanent address
Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow (the number reads 17 here and 19 on the other forms)
Age last birthday
47
First joined for duty
28 August 1914 at Glasgow, category A1
Service in this war
Home 28 August to 13 November 1914, France 13 November 1914 to 8 April 1915, Home 8 April 1915 to 10 February 1916, then India from 10 February 1916
Disability
Gunshot wound in the head, 8 April 1915
Hospitals
No. 3 General Hospital, Boulogne, then a hospital in Kent (the name is hard to read)
Last employer before the army
John T Boyle, Fishmarket, Glasgow
Occupation
Stanceman
Health insurance society
Scottish Legal
Medical officer
Gunshot wound, head, healed. A small piece of shrapnel (probably) in the scalp. Attributable to service. Final stationary. Less than 20 per cent.
⚠ Date he reached FranceThis form says 13 November 1914. The medal index card and the casualty form say 24 November 1914.
ℹ StancemanA stanceman was a man who looked after a stance, the place where carts and horses waited for hire. It fits his earlier work as a carter.
Casualty form, promotion and India, Hugh Gavigan
Army Form B.103 · Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396
Next of kin
Wife, Mrs Agnes Gavigan, 23 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow (an earlier address, probably in St Andrew Square, is crossed out)
Age on enlistment
40 years 53 days, born at Glasgow
Enlisted
28 August 1914 at Glasgow
16 November 1915
Appointed lance corporal
10 February 1916
Embarked at Devonport. Disembarked at Bombay on 4 March 1916.
28 August 1916
Deprived of lance stripe for misconduct, at Jhansi
21 August 1918 to 30 January 1919
Granted a furlough
25 October 1919
Embarked at Bombay for the UK on the troopship Neuralia
Service in all
Home 28 August to 23 November 1914, France 24 November 1914 to 26 April 1915, Home 24 April 1915 to 9 February 1916, India 10 February 1916 to 17 November 1919, Home from 18 November 1919
16 December 1919
Transferred to Class Z Army Reserve on demobilisation, at Hamilton. Home address 19 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow.
ℹ Address on the formAgnes was at 23 Orr Street at one stage and 19 Orr Street by 1919. The Gavigans were at 19 Orr Street in 1920 and 1950.
⚠ Two dates for FranceThe service summary on this form has him in France from 24 November 1914 to 26 April 1915 and home from 24 April, which overlaps. The wound was on 8 April and he was invalided on 17 April, so the end dates are probably slips.
Military history sheet, Hugh Gavigan
Army Form B.200, military history sheet · Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
Home
4 January 1892 to 3 January 1899, 7 years
Home
4 January 1899 to 21 October 1899, 292 days
South Africa
22 October 1899 to 5 March 1901, 1 year 134 days
Home
6 March 1901 to 30 April 1902
Campaign
South Africa
Wounded
At Magersfontein (slight). The date is hard to read. The Ancestry casualty list gives 11 December 1899, the day of the battle.
Marriage
Agnes Wood, spinster (the other columns are blank)
ℹ Wife namedThe sheet names his wife as Agnes Wood, which is the Agnes Wood he married at the Gorbals registry office on 3 April 1899 (see the particulars of marriage on the pension form).
Particulars of marriage and children, Hugh Gavigan
Pension allowance form · Completed about 24 March 1920
Husband
Hugh Gavigan
Wife
Agnes Wood
Married
3 April 1899, Registry Office, Gorbals, Glasgow
Children
Thomas, born 12 March 1905. Hugh, born 10 October 1906. Francis, born 2 March 1911. Margaret, born 5 March 1913. Peter, born 29 July 1916.
Checked
"Verified from M and B certs 24 3 20" (marriage and birth certificates)
ℹ New children and exact datesThis gives exact birth dates for Thomas and Francis, who were only known from the 1911 census, and adds Margaret (1913) and Peter (1916).
ℹ Not listedMary (born about 1900) is not listed, probably because she was over 16 by 1920. Agnes Wood Gavigan was born in September 1920, after the form was filled in.
Electoral register, Orr Street, 19 Orr Street
Print 21, page 7 · Burgh of Glasgow, Bridgeton Division, Polling District Y, 4th Municipal Ward
Entries at number 19
851 Gavigan, Agnes M. W. | 852 Gavigan, Hugh | 853 Gavigan, Hugh J. | 854 Gavigan, Margaret | 855 Gavigan, Margaret B. | 856 Gavigan, Peter
Street
Orr Street, number 19, Bridgeton
Other names
857 Gilmour, Margaret, and 858 to 865 are other households at number 19
ℹ Who is whoAgnes M. W. is Agnes Wood Gavigan (Hugh junior's wife). Hugh is Hugh junior (the soldier), and Hugh J. is Hugh Joseph, his son. Peter is their son Peter, born 1916. Of the two Margarets, one is probably Hugh Joseph's wife Margaret Sarah and Margaret B. is probably Margaret Brock Gavigan. Margaret Gavigan, born 1913, Hugh senior's daughter, is another possible match.
ℹ Hugh junior was aliveIf this is the 1949 to 1950 register, Hugh Gavigan junior, the soldier, was still alive at about 74. His death has not been found yet.
⚠ Margaret B.Voters had to be 21. A Margaret Brock Gavigan born in 1932 would not be on a register in 1950, while one born on 18 August 1928, as the Galloway tree has her, would be. The birth index entry (Calton 1932) and the death index entry in 1983 (age 51) both point to 1932, so the roll is unexplained. Margaret B. may be a different person, or the date of the roll may be later than 1950.
ℹ The dateThe file name says 1950. The part of the page photographed has no year.
1911 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/02 026/00 005, census night 2 April 1911.
Address
London Road, GlasgowThe house number is written over and hard to read; it appears to be 281, carried forward by ditto marks.
Area
Civil parish of Glasgow, Mile End ward
Dwelling
1 room with one or more windows, 6 people in the house
Schedule no.
37The schedule number looks like 34 in the handwriting, but it follows schedule 36 and comes before 38 on the page, so 37 is the likely number.
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh GaviganMarried | Head | 35 (M) | CarterFish SalesmanWorker (employee) | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Agnes GaviganMarriedMarried 11 years, 4 children born alive, 4 still living | Wife | 34 (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Mary Gavigan | Daughter | 10 (F) | School | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Thomas Gavigan | Son | 6 (M) | School | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Hugh Gavigan | Son | 4 (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Francis Gavigan | Son | 1 month (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
⚠ Hugh's age and birthplace do not match the GEDCOMThe census gives Hugh's age as 35, which points to a birth around 1875 or 1876. The GEDCOM had 19 June 1870 at Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, backed by an index entry in the research folder (Ireland Births and Baptisms, Ballyshannon, 19 June 1870, father Hugh Gavigan, mother Florinda Elliott). The 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses all agree with age 35 here (5, 15 and 25), so the tree now shows a Glasgow birth about 1875 or 1876. The Ballyshannon baby was probably an earlier Hugh who died young. The birthplace column here is ditto marks, carried down from a Glasgow-born household above, so on its own it proves little. Two things help. The earlier censuses name Glasgow in full. And on this page the census clerks wrote the Irish-born code (a blue 37) beside every Irish-born person in the birthplace column, but not beside Hugh or anyone in his household.
ℹ The marriage details fit the treeAgnes is recorded as married 11 years with 4 children born and 4 living. That fits her marriage to Hugh on 3 April 1899 (11 complete years on census night) and the four children listed: Mary, Thomas, Hugh and Francis.
ℹ Two children are new to the treeThomas (aged 6) and Francis (aged 1 month) are not in the GEDCOM. They have been added as supplementary people and are marked as such on their pages. Mary and Hugh match the existing records for Mary (about 1900) and Hugh Joseph (born 10 October 1906).
ℹ Reading the handwritingThis table was transcribed from the handwritten schedule image. The industry reads 'Fish Salesman', but the handwriting is hard to read, so check it against the image above.
1881 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/04 001/00 012, census night 3 April 1881.
Address
118 Abercromby Street, GlasgowThe street is carried down by ditto marks from schedule 44.
Area
City parish, quoad sacra parish of Chalmers, Royal Burgh of Glasgow
Dwelling
2 rooms with one or more windows, 11 people in the house
Schedule no.
45
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John WoodMarried | Head | 5? (struck through) (M) | Hard to read, looks like "plumber" | Lanarkshire, Springburn |
| Suzannah WoodMarried | Wife | 52 (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Thomas WoodMarried | Son | 32 (M) | Sewing machine operator | Ayrshire, Girvan |
| William WoodMarried | Son | 24 (M) | Reed maker | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Mary WoodUnmarried | Daughter | struck through (F) | Warehouse girl | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Isabella WoodMarried | Daughter-in-law | 22 (F) | none stated | Renfrewshire, Paisley |
| Susannah WoodUnmarried | Grandchild | 7 (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Agnes WoodUnmarried | Grandchild | hard to read (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Isabella WoodUnmarried | Grandchild | 7 months (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| John WoodUnmarried | Grandchild | 2 (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| William WoodUnmarried | Grandchild | 9 months (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
⚠ Agnes and Susannah are a medium-confidence matchThe two grandchildren are Susannah (7) and Agnes. They fit Susannah Wood (born 1874) and Agnes Wood (born 24 April 1876), daughters of Thomas Wood, and Thomas is in the house. The tree has Agnes as the daughter of Thomas and Mary Macmillan, but Mary is not in this household. The ages of both children are hard to read.
⚠ Two babies listed as William's childrenIsabella (7 months) and William (9 months) cannot both be the baby of William and Isabella Wood, who also have John (2). The tree has John (1879) and Isabella (about 1881) only. One of the infants may belong to Thomas, or an age is misread.
⚠ Birthplace of JohnJohn Wood is born at Springburn, Lanarkshire. The tree has him born in Dundee in 1821. The 1861 and 1871 censuses also say Glasgow.
ℹ Hard handwritingSeveral ages in the first rows are struck through or overwritten. Thomas is read as 32 and the other adult ages as given. The household above (schedule 44, John Devit) and the one below (schedule 46, William Preston) are unrelated.
1891 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/11 073/00 019, census night 5 April 1891.
Address
399 Mathieson Street, GlasgowThe street is written for schedule 106 and carried down by ditto marks.
Area
Civil parish of Govan, Municipal Burgh of Glasgow, Fourteenth Burgh Ward
Dwelling
1 room with one or more windows, 4 people in the house
Schedule no.
109
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas WoodMarried | Head | 40 (M) | BoxmakerEmployed | Ayrshire, Girvan |
| Mary WoodMarried | Wife | 40 (F) | none stated | Renfrewshire, Johnstone |
| Agnes WoodUnmarried | Daughter | 14 (F) | French polisherEmployed | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Robert WoodUnmarried | Son | 9 (M) | Scholar | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
ℹ Mary was alive in 1891Mary (Macmillan) is here, aged 40 and born at Johnstone. By 1901 Thomas is a widower, so she died between 1891 and 1901.
⚠ Thomas's Carnwath-born children are not hereThe tree has David, Maggie, Eliza, William, Isabella and Christina born around Douglas and Carnwath between 1875 and 1890. Only Agnes and Robert live with their parents in 1891. The others may have been out working or placed elsewhere, or the tree may have merged two families.
ℹ Agnes at 14Agnes, the future wife of Hugh Gavigan, is working as a French polisher at 14.
1901 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/03 070/00 002, census night 31 March 1901.
Address
7 Carlston Avenue, GlasgowThe street name is written once at the top of the block and carried down by ditto marks. The parish headings are too faint to read.
Area
Glasgow (the printed headings are too faint to read)
Dwelling
2 rooms with one or more windows, 4 people in the house
Schedule no.
5
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh GaviganMarried | Head | 25 (M) | Soldier, 2nd Black WatchWorker | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Agnes GaviganMarried | Wife | hard to read (about 24) (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Mary Gavigan | Daughter | about 11 months (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks) |
| Thomas WoodWidower | Father-in-law | 50 (M) | Box makerWorker | Ayrshire, Girvan |
⚠ Hugh at 25, born in GlasgowThe third census to put Hugh's birth in Glasgow about 1875 or 1876, which is now the birth shown in the tree.
ℹ A soldier of the Black Watch at homeHugh is entered as a soldier of the 2nd Black Watch. The 2nd Battalion fought in South Africa in 1899 and 1900, so he may have been a reservist or invalided home by this date.
ℹ Thomas Wood is now a widowerHe lives with his daughter and her family, so Mary Macmillan had died by this date. He is written as 50; his birth date of November 1849 would make him 51.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 3 April 1899, Glasgow
Children