Elmer Wood

Elmer Wood

Male 1908 - 1946  (37 years)


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  • Name Elmer Wood  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 18 Sep 1908  Nissequogue, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Jan 1946  Greenlawn, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Melville, Suffolk County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I55605  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Elkanah Ellis Wood,   b. 2 Apr 1871, Greenlawn, Suffolk Co, LI, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1941, Greenlawn, Suffolk Co, LI, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ella May Norton,   b. Jan 1893, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1925, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johanna Henrietta Trey,   b. 13 Jul 1911, Berlin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1994, Huntington Station, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jul 1929  Greenlawn, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Elmer Wood
    Family ID F18369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The Long-Islander., January 10, 1946, Page 1, Image 1 - Body of Greenlawn Man Found In Home - The body of Elmer Wood, 37, of Beatty Ave., Greenlawn, was found hanging from a beam in the cellar of his home by his wife, Hanna, Sunday afternoon at 5:45 when Mrs. Wood returned home after paying a short call on relatives. Wood was pronounced dead by Dr. Anton Pospisil of East Northport. Coroner Grover A. Silliman was notified and at the request of the family directed the body removed to the Fasbender Funeral Home in Huntington. Police said Wood had been in ill health for some time. He is survived by his wife and a son, William, 16.

      Burial: Melville Cemetery, Suffolk Co, NY
      Occupation: Carpenter

  • Sources 
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    2. [S33] Ancestry.com, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T627_2785; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 52-105B.

    4. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T625_1269; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 250.

    5. [S346] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1651; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0070; Image: 978.0; FHL microfilm: 2341385.

    6. [S184] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 08; Assembly District: 02; City: Huntington; County: Suffolk; Page: 6.