Brief Life History of Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Watson was born on 26 October 1917, in Saluda, South Carolina, United States. He had at least 1 son with Polly Ann Robinson. He lived in Bishopville, Lee, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 June 2004, in West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Woodrow Watson in household of Albert W Watson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Woodrow W Watson in entry for Clarence Watson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Woodrow Watson in household of Albert Watson, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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