Brief Life History of John
When John Wood was born in 1731, in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Wood, was 25 and his mother, Eleanor Hethrick, was 23. He married Jane Ovington in 1750. They were the parents of at least 4 sons.
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- John Wood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Wood, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- John Wood, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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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