Brief Life History of Herbert Orlin
When Herbert Orlin Wood was born on 16 December 1898, in Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Oliver Blood Wood, was 50 and his mother, Jennie Mary Ellis, was 40. He married Ruby Mabel Smith on 15 November 1918, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 April 1976, at the age of 77, and was buried in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Herbert Woods, "United States Census, 1930"
- Herbert Arlin Wood, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Herbert Orlin Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1905 · Treaty of Portsmouth Signed
The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5, 1905 and officially brought a conclusion to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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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