Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Woodward was born about 1890, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Woodward, was 34 and her mother, Emma Walker, was 32.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Alice Woodward in household of George Woodward, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Alice Woodward, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Alice Woodward in household of George Woodward, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
Parents and Siblings
1858–1927 Male
1860–1911 Female
Siblings (5)
1884–1960 Female
1886– Female
1888–1916 Female
about 1890– Female
1892– Male
World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 14
1908
Age 18
1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High
Age 31
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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