Maude Lea Woods

Brief Life History of Maude Lea

When Maude Lea Woods was born on 15 September 1904, in Red River, Texas, United States, her father, Oran Robert "O.R." Woods, was 63 and her mother, Harriet Elizabeth Smith, was 38. She married Patrick "Pat" Osteen in 1927. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Jack, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 2, Jack, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 November 1995, in Texas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Patrick "Pat" Osteen
1909–1987
Maude Lea Woods
1904–1995
Marriage: 1927
Clarence Donald Osteen
1929–2002
Frank David Osteen
1933–2002

Sources (14)

  • Maude Woods, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Maudie Lee Woods, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Maude Woods Osteen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

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.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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