When John Henry James Wood was born on 7 October 1879, in Masbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Wood, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Green, was 23. He married Emily Edith Trayte on 20 December 1902, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Kimberworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1921. He died in 1931, in Masbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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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