Brief Life History of Paul Lucas
When Paul Lucas Woods was born in May 1880, in West Virginia, United States, his father, George Brown Woods, was 29 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Lucas, was 26. He married Sylvia Harper on 4 June 1910, in Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in East Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 23 September 1958, at the age of 78, and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Paul L Woods, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Paul L Woods - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Paul L Woods
- Paul Lucas Woods, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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