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     Sarah Burness was born on 9 May 1862 in 1 Court, Woodcock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Burness and Elizabeth Davis.^1,2,3 She married Alfred Shaw on 5 December 1886 in St Barnabas Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.² She died in 1908 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.⁴
     Sarah Burness (daughter, age 9) was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in Number 5, 28 Court, Grosvenor Street West, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of Henry Burness.³ Sarah Burness (niece, age 18) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 4 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of George E. Wood.⁵ Sarah Shaw (wife, age 28) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1891 in 4 Back, 41 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of Alfred Shaw.⁶ Sarah Shaw (wife, age 39) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 1 Court, 4 House, 39 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of Alfred Shaw.⁷

     George Edward Wood was born on 14 October 1842 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.^2,3 He married Rebecca Burness, daughter of William Burness and Sarah Porter, on 5 June 1876 in Gosford Street Chapel, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.¹ He died on 20 August 1908 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, at age 65.^4,5
     George E. Wood was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 4 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, as a shoe maker, age 38 with Rebecca Wood, George E. Wood, Jane E. Wood and Sarah Burness in his household.³
     George E. Wood was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1891 in 49 Back 41 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, as a boot maker, age 48 with Rebecca Wood, George E. Wood and Nellie Wood in his household.⁶
     George E. Wood was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Rose Cottages, Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, as a clothier and outfitters dealer, age 58 with Rebecca Wood, George E. Wood, Nellie Wood and Charles Webb in his household.⁷

     George Edward Wood was born on 6 August 1877 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.^2,3 He was the son of George Edward Wood and Rebecca Burness.^3,4,5 He married Florence May Cox in 1907 in Bishop's Stortford, Herefordshire, England.^6,7
     George E. Wood (son, age 3) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 4 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of George E. Wood.³ George E. Wood (son, age 13) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1891 in 49 Back 41 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of George E. Wood.⁴ George E. Wood (son, age 23) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Rose Cottages, Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, in the household of George E. Wood. He was a clothier's assistant.⁵
     George Edward Wood was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Boldmere Road, Wylde Green, Warwickshire, England, as a bootmaker and clothier shopkeeper, age 33, with Florence May Wood, George Edward Lawrence Wood, Rebecca Wood and Nellie Wood in his household.⁷

     Jane Elizabeth Wood was born in 1880 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.² She was the daughter of George Edward Wood and Rebecca Burness.² She died in 1882 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.³
     Jane E. Wood (daughter, age 10 months) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 4 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in the household of George E. Wood.²