When Maria Laverna Wood was born on 18 October 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Martin Wood, was 24 and her mother, Esther Ursula Eggleston, was 23. She married George Orrin Pitkin on 18 November 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 29 November 1901, in Millville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Millville City Cemetery, Millville, Cache, Utah, 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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