Brief Life History of William R
When William R Wood was born in 1806, in Osnabruck Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, Roger Wood, was 40 and his mother, Margaret Drew, was 35. He married Ann Hawn on 10 December 1822, in Osnabruck Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 21 December 1840, in Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 34, and was buried in Osnabruck Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- William R. Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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