Brief Life History of Morris L.
When Morris L. Wood was born on 3 July 1880, in Beaver City Election Precinct, Furnas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Hiram S. Wood, was 31 and his mother, Arvilla McNeil, was 26. He married Stella Weir on 8 September 1906, in Milford, Seward, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Eureka Township, Furnas, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935. He died on 18 January 1955, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- M L Wood, "United States 1950 Census"
- M L Wood, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- M L Wood, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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