Children of Dr. William and Eliza Woods of Bangor and Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Our ancestors Dr. William Woods and Eliza McAlpine lived in Bangor from 1839-1858 and then in Newtownards until their deaths.   


The following children are recorded in the Bangor 1st Presbyterian Church records, found at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland.  All were baptized in Bangor, but some were born in Newtownards.

• William Woods, born 31 Jan 1853, Bangor.  It is believed that he died young.
• Madaline McClure Woods, born 9 Jul 1854, Bangor; married Washington Nicholl in 1876, County Down, Ireland.  Washington was a linen merchant.  They lived on Seacliff Road in Bangor in 1901.  In 1912 they were in Courtrai, Belgium, the linen capital of Europe.  Madaline and Washington had three daughters: 
• Elizabeth Adelaide Nicholl
• Madaline "Quennie" Nicholl married James Brittain
• Mona Kathleen Nicholl , born 1882.  Married on 22 Jun 1906 to William Martin Kennedy
• Edwin McAlpine Woods, born 1 Jan 1856, Bangor; married Fanny Laura Rodgers in Septemeber 1877 at Kensington, London, England.  Edwin was a jute merchant and a commercial clerk in London.  Edwin and Fanny had the following children:
• Roland MacAlpine Woods, born 1878, St. Mary’s, Islington, London
• Nora Geraldine Woods, born 1879, St. Mary’s, Islington, London
• Ernie H. Woods, born 1881, Camberwell, London
• Patrick Edwin Woods, born 1882, Stepney, London.  He married Jemima Mitchell Fairweather, 1911 at Forgan, Fife, Scotland. 
• James Alfred Woods, born 10 Jul 1857, Bangor; died 26 Aug 1859, buried Movilla Cemetery, Newtownards.
• Mary Stevelly Woods, born 30 Jun 1860, Newtownards, married Daniel McCallum - see this post: http://mccallum-omagh.blogspot.com/2011/06/daniel-herbert-mccallum-vii-mary.html
• Clara Woods, married a Mr. Walter, of London.
• Helen Woods, we believe she married but had passed away by 1903.

Oriel House - Daniel & Mary McCallum family residence 1895-1897

After living at Bryansburn House, in Strickland's Glen, the McCallum family moved closer to downtown Bangor.  Oriel House, show below, is named for its 2nd story oriel window and is on the street corner.  The building is still standing today and is sadly now a laundromat on the first floor.