When George Burdette Woodard was born on 3 January 1901, in Yolo, California, United States, his father, Roy Wellington Woodard, was 26 and his mother, Mamie Inez Williams, was 22. He married Olivia Julia Barner on 15 October 1923, in Yolo, California, United States. He lived in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States in 1930 and Capay Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 6 February 1981, in Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Marys Cemetery, Yolo, Yolo, California, United States.
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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