Edna Wood

21 December 1903–12 August 1986 (Age 82)
Enterprise, Wayne, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Edna

When Edna Wood was born on 21 December 1903, in Enterprise, Wayne, Illinois, United States, her father, Frank Bell Wood, was 39 and her mother, Harriett Olive Daugherty, was 32. She married Louis Arthur Hoagland on 2 October 1917, in Marion, Indiana, United States. She lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 August 1986, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Louis Arthur Hoagland
1887–1976
Edna Wood
1903–1986
Marriage: 2 October 1917

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 October 1917Marion, Indiana, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1904
    Age 1
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
    1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
    Age 3
    The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
    1925 · Woman's World's Fair
    Age 22
    The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 98424;2007: 188644; 2010: 250715)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).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Woode
    Bois
    Woods

    Sources (3)

    • Edna Hoagland in household of Lewis Hoagland, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Edna L. Wood in entry for Louis A. Hoagland, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
    • Edna Wood in household of Frank B Wood, "United States Census, 1910"

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