Alexander Wood

Alex Wood & Son, photo-lithographic artists and zincotypers, were listed at No. 1 from 1882 to 1884.¹ This may have been a business or studio address, as Alexander Wood and his family were recorded living nearby at 6 St Bernard’s Row in 1881 and 1891. The St Bernard’s Row address was also listed 1882 to 1884.

Alexander Wood was born at Lanark on 10 April 1817, son of a merchant, James Wood, and his wife Mary Hamilton.² He was an excise officer until about 1878, when he began to work as a professional photographer. He died on 18 June 1896.³

He married Elizabeth Gaskin at Great Salkeld, Cumberland on 07 November 1857. She was born in Cumberland, England in 1826, the daughter of John Gaskin, a shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth Bell.  She died at Govan on 13 November 1916, aged 90.⁴

Their son John Gaskin Wood continued the photographic business.

1. PO Directories 1882-83 and 1883-84.
2. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Lanark, Lanarkshire. 13 April 1817. WOOD, Alexander. 648/ 191. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 21 January 2024.
3. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 29 July 1896. WOOD, Alexander. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 November 2024.
4. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Govan, Glasgow. 16 November 1916. WOOD, Elizabeth. 644/20 306. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 21 January 2024