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Variations of the name include the surnames Woodd, Woode, Woods, Wod, and Wode. [2] The equivalent name in German is Wald, and in many cases, emigrants from the German-speaking countries Anglicized this name to Wood when they settled in countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, et cetera.
John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer; John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of the British far right and member of the British Peoples Party; John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge; John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist; John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
Abraham Wood (1610–1682), sometimes referred to as "General" or "Colonel" Wood, was an English fur trader, militia officer, politician and explorer of 17th century colonial Virginia. Wood helped build and maintained Fort Henry at the falls of the Appomattox in present-day Petersburg .
The following is a list of each of the regional editions of TV Guide Magazine, which mentions the markets that each regional edition served and the years of publication.. Each edition is listed under exactly one region (generally either for a single city, or a single or multiple neighboring states or province
Excluded from this history were 'natural children', mixed-race descendants of unions with slaves. Families often used surnames as given names, as in the "Johns" of Johns Hopkins University, or where a surname might die out because the last holder only had daughters, Cole Digges was the grandson of William Cole.
Genealogy Roadshow is an American genealogy documentary series that debuted on PBS on September 23, 2013. [1] The series explores the genealogies of those who attend a historically significant location in the United States, where a team of experienced genealogists present their research.
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Wood hoped to forge a direct trading connection with the Cherokee to bypass the Occaneechi people in Virginia, who acted as middlemen on the Trading Path. The two Virginia colonists likely made contact with the Cherokee. Wood called the people Rickohockens in his book of the expedition. The map accompanying the book, showed the Rickohockens ...