When George Wood was born about 1823, in Horsleydown, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Michael Wood, was 32 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Moody, was 22. He married Eliza or Elizabeth Frances Knight on 23 August 1846, in Deptford, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 11 daughters. He lived in Horsleydown, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in December 1877, in Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55.
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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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