Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Wood was born in 1834, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Wood Sr, was 35 and his mother, Anne Scribbens, was 28. He married Sylvia Ann VanSkiver in 1864, in Canisteo, Canisteo, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jasper, Steuben, New York, United States for about 15 years and Canisteo, Canisteo, Steuben, New York, United States in 1870. He died in June 1879, in Cameron, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 45.
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- Henry Wood in household of Richard Wood, "United States Census, 1850"
- Henry Wood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Henry Wood in entry for Wm. A. Zickaforse and M. E. Wood, "Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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