Arden Ray Wood

Brief Life History of Arden Ray

When Arden Ray Wood was born on 28 August 1875, in Richland, Wisconsin, United States, his father, George Madison Wood, was 35 and his mother, Lorinda Foust, was 29. He married Daisie Porter on 5 December 1900. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 3 October 1955, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Arden Ray Wood
1875–1955
Clara Blood Bruner
1886–1947
Marriage: May 1902
Wallace Trevette Wood
1906–1969
Ivy Myrtle Wood
1907–1986
Doris Angela Wood
1909–1980
Herbert Lincoln Wood
1911–1994
Neil Robert Wood
1914–1991
Emmett Meriam Wood
1915–1985
Lucille Wilama Wood
1921–2010
George Wentworth Wood
1922–1995
Rose McGinnis Wood
1923–1990
Viola McGinnis Wood
1923–1994

Sources (32)

  • Arden Wood, "South Dakota State Census, 1905"
  • Arden Ray Wood, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Arden Ray Wood, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1893

Historical Boundaries 1893: Kootenai, Idaho, United States 1907: Bonner, Idaho, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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