Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Woodward was born on 18 August 1799, in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Woodward, was 31 and his mother, Mary Parker, was 32. He married Arvilla Patch on 17 April 1818, in Tyngsboro, Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. He died on 19 April 1885, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Olover Woodward, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Woodward - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Woodward
- Olive Woodward, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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