When Elizabeth Waddoups was born on 28 June 1853, in Walsgrave on Sowe, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Waddoups Sr., was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Porter, was 37. She married Daniel Cotton Wood on 8 February 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 28 February 1895, in Auburn, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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English (Midlands): variant of Waddup, with post-medieval excrescent -s, a nickname possibly from a Middle English wad-dop ‘gray grebe’, with some allusion to the bird's habits or appearance.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Waddoups were Pioneers in the Horton D. Haight Company, 1868, DEPARTURE 28 July 1868, ARRIVAL 24 August 1868, NUMBER IN COMPANY 42 275 individuals and about 30 wagons were in the company when it began …
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