When Ann Wood was born on 18 March 1834, in Werneth, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Wood, was 42 and her mother, Alice Hollins, was 33. She married James Green Browning on 6 September 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1861 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 12 July 1912, in Lorenzo, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: William Hawker BIRTH 30 Apr 1854 Staffordshire, England DEATH 5 Feb 1855 (aged 9 months) Crewkerne, South Somerset District, Somerset, England BURIAL Little Butte Cemetery Annis, Jefferson County, Idaho, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 60060603
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.
Possible Related NamesAnn Wood wag born 18 March 1834, the seventh child of James Wood and Alice Hollins, in Wernith, Cheshire, England. There were eleven children in Ann's parents family--nine brothers and one sister. An …
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