Brief Life History of Ethel Mae
When Ethel Mae Woodcock was born on 2 March 1922, her father, John Wesley Woodcock, was 44 and her mother, Eret Goff, was 26. She lived in Beat 1, George, Mississippi, United States in 1930 and Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 1 March 2015, at the age of 92, and was buried in Escatawpa, Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Ethel M Woodcock in household of John Woodcock, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ethel Mae Woodcock, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Ethel Mae Woodcock Canfield, "Find A Grave Index"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1925 · B.B. King is Born
B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English wodecok ‘woodcock’ (Old English wuducocc, a compound of Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cocc ‘cock, bird’), a type of bird that is notoriously easy to catch. Therefore, the name might have been either for a person who caught or sold woodcock, or a nickname for a gullible person.
in some cases, because there can be confusion between -cock and -cot in surnames, and therefore the name may also be a variant of Woodcott, a habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’, such as Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire or Woodcote in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Shropshire, or from any residence at a cottage in or near a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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