When Alice Susan Wood was born on 25 June 1850, in Carrington, Callaway, Missouri, United States, her father, Samuel C. Wood, was 35 and her mother, Nancy Crews, was 35. She married John James Atkins on 7 November 1873, in Callaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Bourbon Township, Callaway, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 21 November 1907, in Millersburg, Callaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Millersburg, Callaway, Missouri, United States.
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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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