18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Harriett Elizabeth St Clair Erskine Yates  1  
                Born: ABT 1851             in Canada  
              Census: 1901                 in Edinburgh   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1920 - 1921          at Dysart House, 5 Luard Road, Trumpington  2
              Census: 1921                 at Dysart House, 5 Luard Road, Trumpington   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1941                 in Cambridge  3
                Died: 1941                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 3)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: German Sims Woodhead     
       Also known as: Sir German Sims Woodhead 
             Married: 1881                   5
                Born: 1855                 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire  6 (see note 4)
           Education:                      King's College, Cambridge  5 (see note 5)
              Census: 1901                 in Edinburgh   (see note 6)
          Occupation: 1901                 Professor of Pathology University of Edinburgh  
          Occupation:                      Professor of Pathology, Fellow of Trinity Hall  7
             Resided: 1913 - 1921          at Dysart House, 5 Luard Road, Trumpington  7,3,2
              Census: 1921                 at Dysart House, 5 Luard Road, Trumpington   (see note 7)
          Occupation: 1921                 Professor of Pathology, Cambridge University  
                Died: 1921                 in Lincolnshire  6 (see note 8)
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Sims_Woodhead
          Media desc: Wikipedia

Sources:
(1) Husband's probate record. 
(2) Electoral Register. 
(3) Probate record. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) Alumni Cantabrigienses. 
(6) FreeBMD website. 
(7) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 50, born Victoria B.C., with husband German S Woodhead
Note (2) Age 70, born Victoria, with husband German Sims Woodhead
Note (3) Sep 1941 Cambridge 3b 853   age 90
Note (4) Jun 1855 Huddersfield 9a 339
Note (5) Name: 	German Sims Woodhead
College: 	KING'S
BORN: 	29 Apr 1855
Died: 	29 Dec 1921
More Information: 	M.A. 1899. Adm. at KING'S, Oct. 7, 1899. Professor of
Pathology, 1899-1921. Fellow of Trinity Hall, 1900-21. [Eldest s. of Joseph, of
Longdenholme, Huddersfield. B. at Huddersfield, Apr. 29, 1855. School,
Huddersfield College; M.B. and C.M. (Edin.) 1878; M.D. (Edin.)]; M.R.C.P. 1880;
F.R.C.P. 1882. F.R.S.E. Hon. LL.D., Birmingham. President of the R. Med. Soc.,
Edinburgh; Vice-Pres., R. Physical Soc., Edinburgh. Director of Research Lab.,
Conjoint Board. Research Scholar, Grocers' Company. Superintendent of the
Research Laboratory, R.C.P., Edinburgh, 1879-90. Demonstrator in Pathology and
Anatomy at Edinburgh University. President, Royal Medical Society, 1878. Member
of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, 1902. Member of Executive, Cancer
Committee. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Colonel, R.A.M.C., Sanitary
Service; Brevet Colonel; mentioned twice in Secretary of State's List for
‘valuable services’). K.B.E., 1919. Married, 1881, Harriet Elizabeth St Clair
Erskine Yates. Author, medical. Editor of the Journal of Pathology and
Bacteriology. Died Dec. 29, 1921. Brother of the above. (King's Coll. Reg., 296;
Univ. War List; Medical Directories; Who was Who.)
Note (6) Age 45, born England.  Professor of Pathology University of Edinburgh, with
wife Harriett E
Note (7) Age 66, born Huddersfield.  Professor of Pathology, Cambridge University,
with wife Harriett E
Note (8) Dec 1921 Lincoln 7a 590   age 66

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