Brief Life History of Olive
When Olive Wood was born on 16 April 1796, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Cpt Joseph Wood Jr., was 36 and her mother, Sarah Gerrish, was 30. She married Leicester Emerson on 22 January 1826, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Elmira Township, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States in 1860 and St. Charles, Winona, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. She died on 26 December 1878, in Saint Charles Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Saint Charles Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States.
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- Olive Emerson in household of Joseph L Brige, "United States Census, 1870"
- Olive Wood, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Olive Wo Or Wood, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
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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