When Sophia Wood was born in 1840, in Codnor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Wood, was 26 and her mother, Mary Ann Knighton, was 31. She lived in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Spondon, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died in 1885, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, at the age of 45.
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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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