When William Wood was born on 18 November 1853, in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Wood, was 24 and his mother, Ann Winward, was 19. He married Mary Ann Renshaw in 1874. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 9 March 1934, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Richland Cemetery, Richland Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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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