1920 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image of the 1920 census shows George S. Wood, 62, in Chicago Ward 3 with birthplace Canada and English mother tongue, which fits the claimed Canadian birth. The implied birth year of 1857 is one year earlier than the claimed 1858, which is tolerable. The record gives no exact date and no town, so it is consistent with the claim but does not establish 26 June 1858 or Granby.
Matches: Line 63: George S. Wood, head of household, white male, age 62, married; Birthplace appears to be Canada (the handwriting is hard to read), with mother tongue English, which fits a birth in Granby, Quebec; Daughter Emilie (18, born Illinois) is recorded with her father born in Canada, which agrees with George's Canadian birth; Immigration year 1886 and naturalization about 1889 are shown, consistent with a Canadian-born man living in Chicago
Limits: A census gives an age, not a birth date, so 26 June 1858 cannot be confirmed; Age 62 on 7 Jan 1920 implies birth in 1857, whereas a 26 June 1858 birth would make him 61. This is a one-year difference, within normal census error, and not a conflict; The birthplace is given only as 'Canada', with no province or town, so Granby, Quebec is not confirmed; The birthplace entry and the immigration and naturalization years are faint and partly overwritten, so they are not fully legible; The record does not show that this George S. Wood is the one who died in 1940