Jessie Geraldine Wood

Female20 October 1918–6 November 1992

Brief Life History of Jessie Geraldine

When Jessie Geraldine Wood was born on 20 October 1918, in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, Cornelius Graham Wood, was 31 and her mother, Muriel Jessie Deacon, was 32. She married William Hamilton Mitchell on 1 October 1955, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She died on 6 November 1992, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

William Hamilton Mitchell
1900–1974
Jessie Geraldine Wood
1918–1992
Marriage: 1 October 1955

Sources (2)

  • Jessie G Wood, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Jessie G Wood, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 October 1955Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High

    Age 3

    British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.

    1924

    Age 6

    First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

    1939 · Britain Enters World War II

    Age 21

    Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

    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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