Jessie Neil Woodward

Brief Life History of Jessie Neil

When Jessie Neil Woodward was born on 24 December 1889, in Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Francis Noble Woodward, was 40 and her mother, Virginia G Filson, was 39. She married Robert Charles Heil on 29 June 1908, in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 November 1963, in Scott Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Charles Heil
1884–1931
Jessie Neil Woodward
1889–1963
Marriage: 29 June 1908
Robert Mc Donald Heil
1909–1983
Charles F Heil
1916–1978

Sources (8)

  • Jessie Heil in household of Robert Heil, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jessie Neil Woodward, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Jessie Heil, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).

History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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