Manitowoc Herald-Times

Image ID: none (text transcription, 2manitowoc 89CSchuobit.html#woodnorman)

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier index.
The obituary transcription supports birth in 1889 in Ridgefield, New Jersey, matching the claimed year and place. It does not give the day and month, so 6 November is unverified. The "Richfield" wording conflicts internally with "Ridgefield" in the same obituary and is probably an error, but it is worth noting.
Matches: Name Norman B. Wood matches Norman Bentley Wood; Birth year 1889 matches; Place: native of Ridgefield, N.J. matches Ridgefield, Bergen, New Jersey; Obituary dated 1950 matches death year 1950
Flags: Obituary text also says "born in Richfield, New Jersey", a variant that differs from Ridgefield (likely a typo or transcription error, since the same obituary says "native of Ridgefield, N.J.")
Limits: Obituary gives only the year 1889, not the day and month (6 November); No image; text transcription only, so the original wording cannot be checked; Obituary is a secondary source for birth information, written by informants after death; County (Bergen) not stated in the excerpt, though Ridgefield NJ is in Bergen County