Sarah Wood

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Wood was christened on 1 March 1778, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Wood, was 50 and her mother, Rebecca Newman, was 39.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wood
1729–1816
Rebecca Newman
1738–1821
Mary Newman
1761–
Betty Newman
1767–
John Wood
1775–
Sarah Wood
1778–

Sources (1)

  • Sarah Wood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (3)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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