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Birthca Feb 1878, Eastbourne, Sussex
Death21 Jul 1947, 55 Apsley House, Finchley Road, St Johns Wood, London
General2nd dau.
FatherColonel Henry Wood (1835-1919)
MotherHelen Mary Brown (ca1849-1922)
Notes for Mary Olive Wood
m. (1) Bernard Salway Grissell, (2) (1920) Thomas Astley Cubitt

Her birth index:

First name(s) MARY OLIVE
Last name WOOD
Birth year 1878
Birth quarter 1
District EASTBOURNE
County Sussex
Country England
Volume 2B
Page 82
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
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Loads of Mary A Wood marriages from 1892 on and I’ve no idea which might be hers, if any.

But found after Nick Williams located a biography of him published in Norwich after his death.
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In 1911 she was in officer’s barracks in India with two daughters, both born in England.  She reported that she had been married for four years and had two children, both of whom were alive.  The children were:

Veronica aged 2 and born in Norwich.
Rosemary an infant and born in Felixstowe.
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A rather late possible daughter of her second marriage???  Mary Olive would have been 50 at this birth...

First name(s) BERYL A
Last name CUBITT
Birth year 1928
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's last name WOOD
District ROMFORD
County Essex
Country England
Volume 4A
Page 895
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
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In 1929 the family was on a votin g register in South Farnborough at Churchill House, Marlborough Lines:
Thomas Astley Cubitt,
Mary Olive Cubitt,
Veronica Grissell,
Nellie Elen Holland,
Hilda Gladys Evelyn Leedham.

This is some distance away from the Romford of the above birth.
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Her death index:

First name(s) MARY O
Last name CUBITT
Gender Female
Birth year 1878
Age 69
Death quarter 3
Death year 1947
District MARYLEBONE
County London
Volume 5D
Page 249
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Mary Olive Wood
Her probate index:

CUBITT dame mary Olive of 55 Apsley House Finchley Road St Johns Wood London N.W.8 widow died 21 July 1947  Probate London 10 February to Michael Grissell major H.M. army and Mark Francis Waters solicitor.

(was Michael Grissell a son?)
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Notes for Bernard Salwey & Mary Olive (Family)
Their separate marriage indexes, note the identical page and line numbers:

(a) Hers

First name(s) MARY O
Last name WOOD
Marriage year 1906
Marriage place CAPE TOWN
Country SOUTH AFRICA
Page 320
Line number 19
Record source GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record set British nationals armed forces marriages 1796-2005

(b) His

First name(s) BERNARD S
Last name GRISSELL
Marriage year 1906
Marriage place CAPE TOWN
Country SOUTH AFRICA
Page 320
Line number 16
Record source GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record set British nationals armed forces marriages 1796-2005
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Notes for Thomas Astley & Mary Olive (Family)
This looks very strongly like her second marriage:

First name(s) Mary Olive
Last name Grissell
Age 42
Birth year 1878
Marriage year 1920
Parish St James, Piccadilly
Spouse's first name(s) Thomas Astley
Spouse's last name Cubitt
Spouse's age 49
Spouse's birth year 1871
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
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And the civil record:

First name(s) MARY O
Last name GRISSELL
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1920
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ MARY O GRISSELL married
THOMAS A CUBITT
Spouse's last name CUBITT
District ST. MARTIN
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1410
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 21 Jan 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220