Brief Life History of Maiden
When Maiden Wood was born on 8 March 1819, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Alexander Wood, was 38 and her mother, Susannah A. Burnett, was 36. She married James Wilson on 27 February 1857, in Kildarton, County Armagh, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1833, at the age of 14.
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Sources (5)
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Wood - Government record: birth-name: Maiden Wood
- Mary Woods, "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898"
- Mary Woods, "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1780–1866 Male
1782–1872 Female
Siblings (14)
1801–1898 Female
1802–1879 Male
1805–1880 Female
1807–1880 Male
1809–1900 Female
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World Events (3)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1820 · Making Land more affordable
Age 1
1822 · Slave Rebellion
Age 3
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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