1900 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image is the 1900 census, Philadelphia Ward 24, ED 578, sheet 10. Line 37 lists Norman Wood, son, born Nov 1889, aged 10, born New Jersey, in the household of the Wood family. This fits the claimed birth year, but the record gives only "Norman", so the full name Norman Bentley Wood is not stated. It is consistent with the claim but does not fully establish it.
Matches: Line 37 shows "Norman" Wood, son, in the household of Geo. Q. Wood (head) and Mary (wife); Born Nov 1889, age 10, which fits the claimed 1889 birth year; Census place (Philadelphia Ward 24, ED 578, sheet 10) matches the citation detail; Father born Canada (English); mother born New York, a plausible family pattern
Limits: The census gives only the given name "Norman", not the middle name Bentley; It does not show a death date or year (1950); Nothing in the record links this Norman to the specific Norman Bentley Wood in the database beyond name and birth year; The handwriting is partly hard to read, e.g. the head's name and his birth state