Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Wood was born on 20 December 1839, in Brown, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Wood, was 39 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Snider, was 36. She married James Moyle on 22 July 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 May 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza Wood in household of Danl Wood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth W Moyle, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Elizabeth, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
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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Elizabeth Wood Moyle (1839-1908)
This story was taken from "The Generations of James Moyle" by Evelyn Moyle Nelson. James Moyle went to work on the farm of Daniel Wood near the present sight of Bountiful, Utah, in April of 1856. Th …
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