Brief Life History of Gladys Marguerite
When Gladys Marguerite Wood was born on 6 April 1916, in Turon, Reno, Kansas, United States, her father, Jacob Bartine Wood, was 39 and her mother, Edna Grace Bunyan, was 36. She married John Nell Knoche on 26 November 1941. She lived in St. John Township, Stafford, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 13 March 1999, in Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Gladys M Wood in household of Jacob B Wood, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gladys Marguerite Knoche, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
- Gladis M Wood in household of Jacob B Wood, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1913–2001 Male
1916–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1876–1953 Male
1879–1942 Female
Siblings (3)
1910–1922 Male
1916–1999 Female
–1915 Male
World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
Age 11
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Age 22
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.
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