Brief Life History of John Charles
When John Charles Woodd Sr was born on 31 March 1878, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States, his father, Henry Basil Woodd, was 46 and his mother, Maria Sarah Bockleman Fields, was 29. He married Catherine Teresa Sheehan in 1902, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1910 and Menlo Park, San Mateo, California, United States in 1930. He died on 25 August 1944, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 66.
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- John C Woodd, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Charles Woodd, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- John Charles Woodd in entry for Basil Francis Woodd and Dorothy Kathleen Hubbard, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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: see Wood .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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