When Joseph Woodhead was born in 1784, in Todmorden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Woodhead, was 46 and his mother, Rachel Kershaw, was 46. He married Ann Nuttall on 11 April 1805, in Todmorden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bradford St James, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 18 December 1840, in Marsden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56.
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English (Yorkshire): from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + hed, hedde ‘head’ (Old English wudu + hēafod). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived at or near the top or edge of a wood, or habitational, from one of the many places so named, such as Wood Head in Barkisland (Yorkshire), Woodhead in Tintwistle (Cheshire), or Woodhead in Great Casterton (Rutland).
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