Farmer, community activist.
Born at Baie St. Paul on 6 March 1896, son of Thomas Wood and Elizabeth Ann Brown, he farmed near Marquette until retirement in 1966 except during service in the First World War. Active in co-operative farm organizations, he was the founding President of the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation (1945-?), a director and Vice-President of the Federated Co-operative for many years, and a President of District No. 6 of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. On 18 July 1942, he married Mary Eleanor Dure (1901-1977) at Winnipeg and they had a son. He was a Justice of the Peace at Marquette and a member of the Anglican church. He died at the Middlechurch Home on 10 December 1973 and was buried in the St. John's Anglican Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Thomas Wood, Elizabeth Ann Brown], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Clifford Edwin Wood], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Clifford Edwin Wood, Mary Eleanor Dure], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Wood re-elected agriculture chief,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1947, page 5.
“Wood elected M.F.A. head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 June 1948, page 26.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 December 1973, page 29.
Obituary [Mary Eleanor Wood], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 March 1977, page 52.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 April 2024
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