Louis W Sherwood

Male1871–1942

Brief Life History of Louis W

When Louis W Sherwood was born in 1871, his father, Herman Sherwood, was 32 and his mother, Mary E Hanford, was 23. He married Dorothea Raubacher on 23 January 1908, in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States. He lived in Otsego, New York, United States in 1920 and Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1942, at the age of 71, and was buried in Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States.

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Louis W Sherwood
1871–1942
Dorothea Raubacher
1885–1971
Marriage: 23 January 1908

Sources (12)

  • Louis Sherwood, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lou W Sherwood, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
  • Louis W. Sherwood, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    23 January 1908Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 1

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · The Amnesty Act

    Age 1

    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 19

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English scīr + wudu ‘bright or clear (perhaps sparsely-grown) wood’. In Yorkshire the name usually refers to Sherwood (Hall) in Eggborough (Yorkshire), but some examples could alternatively derive from Sherwood (House) in Stainforth (Yorkshire) or from the Nottinghamshire forest name in 2 below. The Devon name is from Sherwood (Green) in Yarnscombe (Devon). These are well evidenced as medieval placenames, and there may be similar but unrecorded places that could account for the medieval surname in other counties such as East Yorkshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Sussex. Sherwood occurs in minor placenames in Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, North Yorkshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, but they are recorded only in modern times and in many cases will have been named from the surname or perhaps in imitation of 2 below. This name was established in Ireland in the 17th century. See also Sherrard .

    English: habitational name from Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire (‘the shire wood’).

    Americanized form of some Jewish name.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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