Brief Life History of John Nelson
John Nelson Wood was born about 1803, in Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada as the son of John E. Wood and Almira. He married Prudence Bullard on 12 September 1837, in Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 21 May 1878, in Toledo, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Toledo Cemetery, Toledo, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (19)
- Nelson Wood, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Nelson Wood, "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858"
- Nelson in entry for Collins Marshall and Lucy M Word, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
Spouse and Children
1803–1878 Male
1816–1908 Female
Children (6)
1838–1877 Female
1839–1908 Male
1842–1911 Male
1845–1935 Female
1847–1929 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
– Male
1778–1861 Female
Siblings (7)
1796–1840 Female
1797–1880 Male
1799–1879 Female
1801– Male
1803–1878 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (3)
1831
Age 28
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 64
1869
Age 66
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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