Jane Wood

Brief Life History of Jane

Jane Wood was born about 1775, in St Mary in the Marsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom. She married John Smith Norris on 12 April 1796, in Dover St Mary the Virgin, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died in September 1837, in Milton, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

John Smith Norris
1771–1823
Jane Wood
1775–1837
Marriage: 12 April 1796
Ann Norris
1796–1872
George Norris
1798–
Lydia Norris
1800–1803
John Smith Norris
1803–1887
James Norris
1806–
Betsy Murray Norris
1808–1881
Jane Norris
1811–1888
Mary Ann Norris
1811–
Esther Norris
1813–

Sources (23)

  • Jane Wood, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Jane Wood, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"
  • Jane Wood, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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World Events (5)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

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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