Brief Life History of Charles Albert
When Charles Albert Wood was born on 15 April 1889, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Henry Albert Wood, was 27 and his mother, Lily Ellen Davenport, was 27. He married Maude A. Moody about 1910, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1935 and Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 12 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 May 1947, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Charles Albert Wood, "Rhode Island State Census, 1905"
- Charles A Wood, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
- Charles A. Wood, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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