Individual Details
Melvin V. Wood
(30 Jul 1898 - 26 Jun 1950)
WWI Draft Registration (1918). Melvin is age 20 born 30 Jul 1898 lives at 35 Broadway in Jackson, Amador County, CA. Melvin was a student of the U.S. Army S.A.T.C. Presidio, San Francisco.
Events
| Birth | 30 Jul 1898 | San Francisco, California | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 8 Jun 1900 | (Fred Verillo Wood and Laura May Ivory) Oakland, Alameda County, California |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 9 May 1910 | (Fred Verillo Wood and Laura May Ivory) Amador County, California | | | |
| Draft registration | 12 Sep 1918 | Jackson, Amador County, California | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Aug 1927 | Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California - Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser | | | |
| Census (family) | 10 Apr 1930 | Oakland, Alameda County, California - Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser | | | |
| Census (family) | 11 Apr 1940 | Oakland, Alameda County, California - Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser | | | |
| Death | 26 Jun 1950 | Oakland, Alameda County, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser (1902 - 1988) |
| Child | Curtis Sutherland Wood (1929 - 2016) |
| Father | Fred Verillo Wood (1866 - 1936) |
| Mother | Laura May Ivory (1873 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Mildred Verna Wood (1894 - 1897) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Fred Wood Head M 34 Wisconsin - LawyerLaura M Wood Wife F 26 California
Melvin V Wood Son M 2 California
Clara I Ivory Mother-in-law F 46 California
Lloyd E Ivory Brother-in-law M 19 California - Machinist
Percy V Ivory Brother-in-law M 17 California - at school
Census (family)-shared
Fred V Wood Head M 43 Wisconsin - Superior judge, this countyLaura M Wood Wife F 36 California
Melvin V Wood Son M 11 California
Marriage
Instructor Weds GENEVIEVE SUTHERLAND SWEETSER, Mills college instructor, who is the bride of Melvin V. Wood, son of Judge and Mrs. Fred V. Wood, 1140 Oakland avenue. The wedding took place in South Pasadena. Genevieve Sutherland-Sweetser, Mills college instructor in the department of music, and radio singer-bride of Melvin V. Wood, son of Superior Judge Fred V. Wood and Mrs. Laura Wood. The marriage took place Wednesday in South Pasadena at the home of the bride's father Virgil Sweetser, Los Angeles merchant. Miss Sweetser was graduated in the class of 1925 at Mills college.Oakland Tribune, Sunday, August 7, 1927, page 67.
Census (family)
Melvin V Wood Head M 30 California - Attorney, law practiceGenevieve S WoodWifeF26California - Teacher, college
Curtis S WoodSonM1California
Census (family)
Melvin Wood Head M 42 California - Lawyer, private practiceGenevieve WoodWifeF36California - Music teacher, private school
Curtis WoodSonM11California
Verna KnoppCookF21South Dakota
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PS-17H : accessed 31 October 2017), Clara I Ivory in household of Fred Wood, Oakland city Ward 2, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 346, sheet 8B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,082..
2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2D-NNM : accessed 31 October 2017), Fred V Wood, Township 1, Amador, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 23A, family 347, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 73; FHL microfilm 1,374,086..
3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVC-QR7 : 12 December 2014), Melvin U Wood, 1917-1918; citing Amador County, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,530,662..
4. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J3-4PQ : 31 July 2017), Fred V Wood in entry for Melvin V Wood and Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser, 03 Aug 1927; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,705..
5. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCXW-3MZ : accessed 26 Mar 2014), Curtis S Wood in household of Melvin V Wood, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0115, sheet 11A, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 104..
6. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K98M-3M9 : accessed 31 October 2017), Melvin Wood, Councilmanic District 4, Oakland, Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-136, sheet 11B, line 43, family 230, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 441..
7. "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5R-KKC : 26 November 2014), Melvin V Wood, 26 Jun 1950; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..