Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Wood was born on 28 December 1850, in Jamestown, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John Wood, was 37 and her mother, Naomi Chase, was 29. She died on 28 November 1851, at the age of 0.
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- Mrs James A Kerr in entry for Mrs Meady Lane Gleason, "Utah, Tremonton and Garland Obituaries, 1959-2013"
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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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[p. 101-102, (Explanation: These excerpts were written by descendants of Sarah Annie Clark, and comes from the life story of Sarah Annie Clark, a daughter of Elizabeth Gower and Daniel Clark. In 1861 …
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