BORN HULL 08/01/1885. SON OF EDWARD WOODS (1850-1916) & MARY ANN WOODS, (1848-1938), OF 66, SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL. SON A BAKER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
STEPHEN WORKED AS A CARPENTER & JOINER IN HULL, LIVING AT 5, RICHMOND TERRACE, SCULCAOTES LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE MARRIED ALICE MARY OWST, IN HULL, IN 1912. THEY EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1915. HE WORKED IN REAL ESTATE AND LIVED AT 102 ATLAS AVENUE, WYCHWOOD PARK, TORONTO.
HE ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN MEDICAL CORPS, ON 03/02/1916, AGED 31. PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, FAIR HAIR, METHODIST RELIGION. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, ON 04/04/1917, SUFFERING FROM MELANCHOLY. COMMITTED SUICIDE. FOUND HANGED FROM THE WATER PIPES IN THE TOILET, ON 11/04/1917. AGED 32. BURIED PROSPECT CEMETERY, TORONTO, CANADA.
