Caleb Thomas Woodman

Male3 August 1823–12 September 1898

Brief Life History of Caleb Thomas

When Caleb Thomas Woodman was born on 3 August 1823, in Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joshua Sawyer Woodman, was 34 and his mother, Mary Polly Sturtevant, was 37. He married Eunice Blodgett on 18 June 1850, in Compton, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He died on 12 September 1898, at the age of 75, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

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Caleb Thomas Woodman
1823–1898
Mary M Thorp
1821–1913
Marriage: 2 March 1881

Sources (3)

  • Caleb T. Woodman, "Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916"
  • Caleb T Woodman, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
  • Caleb Woodman, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    2 March 1881Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 2

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1837

    Age 14

    1837: Fayette, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Fayette, Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Iowa Territory, Untied States 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1849: Dakota, Minnesota Territory, United States 1852: Hennepin, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

    1846

    Age 23

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English:

    occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward ), from Middle English wodeman ‘woodman’. In some instances this may be a variant of Wadman .

    from the Middle English personal name Wudemann (Old English Wuduman, from wudu ‘wood’ + mann ‘man’).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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