Miriam Wylie Wood

b. 20 December 1885
  • Miriam Wylie Wood was born on 20 December 1885 in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
  • She was baptized/christened on 16 June 1886 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
  • Mary Menard Bostwick and John Wylie Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Manhattan, New York, at 168 East 90th Street. Other members of the household included Miriam Wylie Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, John R. Wood, Irma Conover Wood and Clayton Percy Wood.
  • John Wylie Wood and Mary Menard Bostwick appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 481 East 28th Street. Other members of the household included Miriam Wylie Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, Irma Conover Wood and Clayton Percy Wood.
  • She was employed as a stenographer by a steam ship company, according to the 1910 census.
  • She married William Anthony Burnette, son of Henry H. Burnette and Catherine (?), on 16 August 1910 in Kings County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 21 August 1910 in the New-York Tribune: The marriage of Miss Miriam Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wylie Wood, of No. 481 East 28th street, Flatbush, and William A. Burnette was quietly solemnized on Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in the Church of the Nativity. The attendance was limited to relatives and there were no attendants. The bride wore a travelling gown of dark blue cloth, and a hat of the same shade. Mr. Burnette is the son of Dr. H. H. Burnette, of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Burnette on returning from their wedding trip will make their home in Glen Ridge, N. J.
  • William Anthony Burnette and Miriam Wylie Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, at 15 Baldwin Place living not far from Miriam's brother John.
  • Last Edited: 20 May 2011

Family: William Anthony Burnette b. 5 December 1878