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Groom: William Albert WOOD.
Birth place: Given as London.

Bride: Esther Sophia BRIGGS.
Birth place: Given as Brunswick.

Year married: 1890.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

William died 1895 in Collingwood, Victoria.
Age: 26 years.
Parents named as William WOOD and Fanny DAY.

Esther was born 1872 in Brunswick, Victoria.
Parents named as Richard BRIGGS and Eliza CORNWALL.
See Post: BRIGGS Richard married Eliza CORNWALL 1851

Esther died 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Age: 66 years.
Parents named as Richard BRIGGS and Eliza CORNWALL.

Esther's second marriage and children to John SKELLY
recorded below

Three children located Victoria for William and Esther.

[1]

Lilian Fanny WOOD.
Born: 1890 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: -

[2]

Esther May WOOD.
Born: 1893 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1921 Fitzroy South, Victoria.
Age: 28 years.

Married: William Joseph DUCKWORTH.
Year: 1914.
Place: Victoria.

[3]

George Cromwell WOOD.
Born: 1895 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1895 Collingwood, Victoria.
Age: 04 months.

Esther's second marriage to John SKELLY.

Groom: John Luke SKELLY.
Birth place: Given as Collingwood.

Sophia WOOD. (nee BRIGGS)
Birth place: Given as Brunswick.

Year married: 1902.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

John died 1958 in Preston, Victoria.
Age: 84 years.
Father named as John SKELLY. Mother unknown.

Birth note.
John was born 1874 in Collingwood, Victoria.
Parents named as John SKELLY and Margaret MACKIE.

Six children located Victoria for John and Esther.

[1]

Elsie Irene SKELLY.
Born: 1903 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1930 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 26 years.

Married: Duncan Christopher MCRAE.
Year: 1925.
Place: Victoria.

Duncan died 1931 in Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 29 years.
Parents named as John Stuart MCRAE and Nellie HARRIS.

[2]

Ruby Evelyn SKELLY.
Born: 1905 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Louis Stanley SHEPPARD.
Year: 1930.
Place: Victoria.

[3]

Myrtle Vera SKELLY.
Born: 1907 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: -

[4]

John Silvester SKELLY.
Born: 1910 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Mary Alice Jean JOHNSON.
Year: 1937.
Place: Victoria.

[5]

Sylvia Olive SKELLY.
Born: 1911 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: William George SCOTT.
Year: 1938.
Place: Victoria.

[6]

Phillys Jean SKELLY.
Born: 1914 Preston, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Kenneth John CRIPPS.
Year: 1939.
Place: Victoria.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria

JN 51128