Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Wood was born on 8 August 1857, in Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa, her father, Charles Wood, was 32 and her mother, Ann Day, was 27. She married Edward Bennett on 2 March 1877, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1861 and Holden, Millard, Utah, United States for about 60 years. She died on 28 February 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Holden Cemetery, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Jane Bennett in household of Edward Bennett, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Elizabeth Jane Wood, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Elizabeth Jane Wood Bennett, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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1858
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Samuel Brown BIRTH unknown DEATH 5 Oct 1858 BURIAL Holden Cemetery Holden, Millard County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 232303634 · View Source
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1879
British defeat the Zulus in Natal. British and colonial forces destroy Zulu army at Isandhlwana. Griqualand East annexed to Cape Colony.
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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Biography of Elizabeth Jane WOOD
ELIZABETH JANE WOOD BENNETT, BY BARDA MELVILLE. Elizabeth Jane Wood Bennett, Daughter of Charles and Ann Day wood, was born Aug. 8, 1857, in Cape Town, South Africa, where her folks had gone …
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