Dr. William Woods, MRCSE, Surgeon of Fever Hospital, Newtownards Workhouse

The father of Mary Stevely Woods was William Woods, who was a physician and druggist in Bangor, County Down, and the Medical Officer and Surgeon of the Newtownards Union Workhouse Infirmiry and Fever Hospital from 1861-1869.  He was born about 1810/11 to John Woods of Ravara, Killinchy, County Down.

Here is a chronology of his life:

Date	Event	Place
1810/11	Birth of William Woods	most likely Killinchy Parish, Down
1825	Birth of Elizabetha McAlpine, William Woods' wife	Broadisland/Ballycarry, Antrim
1838	Dr. Woods earned Licentiate Midwifery	Glasgow, Scotland
1839, May 10	Inducted as member of Royal College of Surgeons London	Bangor, Down
1843-1846	RCSL, Resides: Fore Street	Bangor
1846	Potato Famine hits County Down
1847-48	Cholera Epidemic in Belfast
1852, Jan 9	Marriage of Dr. Woods to Eliza McAlpine	Ballycarry, Antrim
1853-1854	Dr. William Woods, MRCSE (Royal College of London become Royal College of England)	Bangor
1858-1859	Family move from Bangor to Newtownards, Down	Newtownards
1859, Jan 3	Lived on Regent Street	Newtownards, Regent Street
1861-63	Medical Officer of Union Infirmiry and Fever Hosp.	Newtownards
1863-64	Listed on Griffith's Valuation (property census)	Newtownards, South Street
1864	Resides Newtownards	Newtownards
1869, Mar 20	Death (will probated 11June1869 at Belfast)	Newtownards, Francis Street
1876	Mrs. Dr. Wm. Woods owned property - 8 acres	Newtownards