Brief Life History of Raymond William
When Raymond William Wood was born on 28 December 1905, in Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, George Wesley Wood, was 29 and his mother, Frieda Wilhemina Marie Brei, was 23. He married Florence Miller on 2 January 1934, in Cook, Illinois, United States. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 6 March 1959, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Raymond W Wood in household of Raymond L Etzkorn, "United States Census, 1930"
- Raymond Wood, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- Raymond W Wood, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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