Charles Wilson Woods

Brief Life History of Charles Wilson

When Charles Wilson Woods was born on 18 February 1870, in Illinois, United States, his father, Nathan Wilson Woods, was 41 and his mother, Rebecca Armstrong, was 31. He married Mary Grace Hollingsworth on 5 June 1901, in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States for about 30 years and Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1948. He died on 16 August 1948, in Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Charles Wilson Woods
1870–1948
Mary Grace Hollingsworth
1882–1964
Marriage: 5 June 1901
Eleanor Katherine Woods
1903–1998
Janet Louise Woods
1908–2008

Sources (16)

  • Charles Woods, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles W Woods, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • Charles Wilson Woods, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1890

Historical Boundaries 1867: Dakota Territory, United States 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Laramie, Wyoming, United States

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

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

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