The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameLaura Elizabeth Wood
Birth14 Jan 1887, Westbury, Wiltshire, England
Death11 Mar 1985, New Zealand
FatherWilliam Rigby Wood (ca1847-1923)
MotherMary Anne Mold (ca1847-1922)
Misc. Notes
Name “Laura Wood” from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Second given name, year and country of marriage to “Charles Ernest Oliver” from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018:
1908/6792. Bride: Laura Elizabeth Wood. Groom: Charles Ernest Oliver

Full date of marriage to “Charles Ernest Oliver” of 9 September 1908 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at May 2020.

There is a record of death on the New Zealand BDM website found in May 2020:
1949/26148. Oliver, Laura, died age 74Y [Therefore born circa 1875]
From above entry, a date of death of 7 August 1949 is found by incrementally changing the date range for the death. Brian of nzolivers is not sure if this is for our ‘Laura Elizabeth Oliver (nee Wood)’.

The last time Laura appears in the New Zealand Electoral Roll is the 1949 New Plymouth General Roll, found in May 2020:
Oliver, Laura Elizabeth, 23 Mt Edgecombe St., married
Oliver, Charles Ernest, 23 Mt Edgecombe St., retired farmer

Remarried to a “Guilford” after the death of her husband Ernest, according to letter dated 29 July 1979 to Muriel Leo (nee Oliver) from Fay Christiansen (nee Andrews).

Year and country of death, date of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1985/29670. Guilford, Laura Elizabeth. Date of birth: 14 January 1887
Full date of death of 11 March 1985 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Given names of second husband, date and place of marriage, found in May 2020 from:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Oliver-7803

Place of birth, parent’s names, found in May 2020 from:
http://winsomegriffin.com/Cone/FamtreeGuilford2.html
Spouses
Birth3 Oct 1871, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Death16 Mar 1951, New Plymouth, New Zealand
BurialTe Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer
FatherFrancis Oliver (1840-1926)
MotherElizabeth Ann Langman (1843-1916)
Marriage9 Sep 1908, New Zealand
ChildrenJoan Bullot (Adopted) (1918-2011)
Birth9 Sep 1876, Pleasant Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand
Death27 Oct 1961, New Plymouth, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Harrison Guilford (1838-1906)
MotherAnn Benbow (1849-1930)
Marriage9 Aug 1951, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Last Modified 17 May 2020Created 19 Feb 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh