Harriet Wood

21 December 1834–22 December 1873 (Age 39)
Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Harriet

When Harriet Wood was born on 21 December 1834, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Wood, was 34 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Snider, was 31. She married Hiram John Yancey Jr on 22 November 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 22 December 1873, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram John Yancey Jr
1832–1912
Harriet Wood
1834–1873
Marriage: 22 November 1853
Elizabeth Yancey
1855–1855
John Henry Yancey
1856–1922
Parley Pratt Yancey
1857–1857
Adam Yancey
1859–1920

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 November 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1838
    Age 4
    EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: William C Brown BIRTH 1838 DEATH 1838 (aged less–than 1 year) BURIAL Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 99780931 · View Source
    1846
    Age 12
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Woode
    Bois
    Woods

    Story Highlight

    FINDING THE LOST BROTHER by Alice Tolman Yancey

    Adam Yancey was born after his father (Hiram John Yancey, Jr.) left, so never saw his father. After we (Adam and Alice Tolman Yancey) were married, we had letters from Uncle John H. Yancey and he sai …

    Sources (28)

    • Harriet Brown in household of Jas Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Harriet Wood in entry for John H. Yancey, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Harriet Wood in household of Daniel Wood, "United States Census, 1850"

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