Margaret WOODS
Born: abt. 1847, Pakenham, Lanark North, Canada West
Died: 22 June 1937, Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: 22 June 1937, Seattle, Washington, USA
Married: Jesse Boyd WARREN 29 June 1877
William
WOODS
Born
21 September 1812
,
County Down, Ireland
Died
28 February 1894
,
Forest River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA
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Born: 21 September 1812 in County Down, Ireland
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William married Jane Wilson FALLEN 29 February 1844 in Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jane Wilson FALLEN was born 22 May 1822 in New York, USA. Jane Wilson died 9 October 1907 in Forest River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA.
William WOODS died 28 February 1894 in Forest River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA.
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William WOODS married 
Jane Wilson FALLEN
Marriage date: 29 February 1844
Marriage place: Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Jane Wilson FALLENMarriage date: 29 February 1844
Marriage place: Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
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Birth — 181221 September 1812
County Down, Ireland
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Marriage / PartnerWilliam WOODS and Jane Wilson FALLEN 29 February 1844, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
He was 31 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
Death — 189428 February 1894
Forest River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA
He died at the age of 81.
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