When Encora Woodcock was born on 15 October 1822, in Pilley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Woodcock, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Stones, was 28. She married George Batty Jr on 2 December 1844, in Wortley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Toquerville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1870 and Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1892, at the age of 69, her occupation is listed as lady. She died on 26 February 1899, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.
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English:
from Middle English wodecok ‘woodcock’ (Old English wuducocc, a compound of Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cocc ‘cock, bird’), a type of bird that is notoriously easy to catch. Therefore, the name might have been either for a person who caught or sold woodcock, or a nickname for a gullible person.
in some cases, because there can be confusion between -cock and -cot in surnames, and therefore the name may also be a variant of Woodcott, a habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’, such as Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire or Woodcote in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Shropshire, or from any residence at a cottage in or near a wood.
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Possible Related NamesGeorge Batty,Jr. was born April 14,1819 in Watt, Yorkshire County England. He was the eldest son of George Batty,Sr. and Hannah Lancashire, who were honest, sturdy and hard working people. he marri …
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