When Nathan C. Woodard was born on 17 August 1814, in Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, his father, William Woodward, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Whitney, was 22. He married Ann Maria Washburn on 9 December 1843, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1850 and Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States in 1860. He died on 17 January 1868, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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from the Norman Old French personal name Odard, Udard, Middle English Wodard, Wudard. It derives from the ancient Germanic name Authard, Othard, Odard, composed of the elements aud- ‘riches' + hard- ‘hard, bold’.
occupational name from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + herde ‘herd’ (Old English wudu + hierde), for a person who tended animals pastured in woodland.
post-medieval pronunciation of Woodward .
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