Albert McDill Woods

Brief Life History of Albert McDill

When Albert McDill Woods was born on 14 April 1870, in Biggsville, Henderson, Illinois, United States, his father, William Faris Woods, was 29 and his mother, Frances Ellen McDill, was 23. He married Mary Ella McVicker on 13 October 1903, in North Bend, Dodge, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lawrence, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Lead, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 21 January 1944, in Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert McDill Woods
1870–1944
Mary Ella McVicker
1875–1973
Marriage: 13 October 1903
Frances Jean Woods
1907–2003
MacDill McVicker Woods
1910–1979

Sources (10)

  • Bert M Woods, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Albert M Woods, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Bert MacDill Woods, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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1875

Historical Boundaries: 1875: Lawrence, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Lawrence, South Dakota, United States

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

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

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Marriage of Charles K Watson & Margaret McVicker

From HISTORY OF DODGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, NEBRASKA, by William Henry Buss, read on www.ebooksread.com: "In April, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McVicker to Miss Jennie H. Miller, daugh …

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