Brief Life History of Maxine Virginia
When Maxine Virginia Woods was born on 31 October 1916, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Lester Valentine Woods, was 35 and her mother, Vesta Gertrude Roach, was 32. She married Peter Edward Eckerman on 8 May 1937, in Lawrence, South Dakota, United States. She lived in Weston, Wyoming, United States in 1930 and Election District 2, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States in 1940. She died on 14 June 2000, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Maxine V Eckerman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Maxine V Woods in household of Lester V Woods, "United States Census, 1930"
- Maxine V. Eckerman in entry for Pete. E. Eckerman, "Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966"
Spouse and Children
1907–1994 Male
1916–2000 Female
Parents and Siblings
1881–1941 Male
1884–1976 Female
Siblings (8)
1909–1977 Male
1911–1976 Female
1913–2000 Female
1916–2000 Female
1919–1995 Female
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World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Age 3
1941
Age 25
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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