Brief Life History of James Theodore Travis
When James Theodore Travis Wood was born on 4 December 1922, in Avery, Red River, Texas, United States, his father, Lewis William Wood, was 39 and his mother, Mae Florence Medford, was 37. He married Edra Lagertrude Estes on 31 May 1953. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Red River, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 20 September 1988, in Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Avery Cemetery, Avery, Red River, Texas, United States.
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- Theo Woods in household of Lewis W Woods, "United States Census, 1930"
- James T Wood, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- James T Wood, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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