When Hiram wood was born in 1851, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Wood, was 31 and his mother, Hannah, was 29. He died in 1852, in Hyde, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 1.
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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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