Daniel Peters Woodland

Brief Life History of Daniel Peters

When Daniel Peters Woodland was born on 17 February 1882, in Marsh Valley, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, William West Woodland, was 50 and his mother, Laura Peters, was 39. He married Ruth Blanche Hatch on 24 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Oxford, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900 and World for about 5 years. He died on 12 February 1954, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Peters Woodland
1882–1954
Ruth Blanche Hatch
1883–1984
Marriage: 24 June 1909
Hazel Ruth Woodland
1910–1985
Eloise Woodland
1913–1937
Anna Laura Woodland
1915–2022
Iza Woodland
1917–1918
Daniel Platt Woodland
1920–1964
Unita Woodland
1922–2018
David Hatch Woodland
1925–2005

Sources (73)

  • Daniel P Woodland, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1919, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967
  • Daniel P Woodland, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1884 · Logan Temple Dedication

On May 17, 1884, the Logan temple was dedicated by John Taylor. It was the only temple dedicated by him and was the second temple in Utah. The temple went under a major reconstruction project in 1976 to increase the capacity of the rooms inside and was rededicated in 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from Middle English wodeland (wode ‘wood’ + land(e), lond(e) ‘land’, Old English wuduland). The surname may be topographic, for a person who lived at or near a wood or woodland, or habitational, for a person from any of various places so named, such as Woodland (Devon), Woodlands (Dorset), and Woodlands in Almondsbury (Gloucestershire).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

The Horse That Man Couldn’t Conquer, by Daniel P. Woodland

Yes, this is the very spot, but the scene is somewhat changed since that morning in the early part of June, more than thirty years ago, when as a boy I stood on that knoll and viewed a band of wild ho …

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