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William Oscar Woods

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William Oscar Woods

Birth
North Dakota, USA
Death
11 May 1973 (aged 85)
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I, Lot 163
Memorial ID
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In 1900 he and his parents and five of his siblings--all but Eliza, Henrietta, and Isabelle--lived in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Minto, ND. His father worked as a carpenter and Lydia as a public school teacher. His father's brother Richard lived next door.

In 1910 he and his parents and three of his siblings lived in a house they were renting at 501 North Fourth Street in Grand Forks, ND. His father worked as a carpenter for a building contractor, Lydia as a stenographer at a department store, Thomas as a general clerk at a department store, he as a manager at a real estate company, and James as a laborer at a printing company.

In 1930 he, his wife, their two children, her mother, a servant, 20-year-old Cora Spree, and a nurse, 46-year-old Grace Picon, lived in a house they owned at 4712 Chenevert Street in Houston, TX. Their home was valued at $15,000, and they did have a radio. He worked as an insurance salesman.

In 1940 he and Marabell and their two children lived in the same house, which was valued at just $9000 after the Great Depression. He worked as a salesman for a general insurance company, with an income in 1939 of over $5000 for 52 weeks of work.
In 1900 he and his parents and five of his siblings--all but Eliza, Henrietta, and Isabelle--lived in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Minto, ND. His father worked as a carpenter and Lydia as a public school teacher. His father's brother Richard lived next door.

In 1910 he and his parents and three of his siblings lived in a house they were renting at 501 North Fourth Street in Grand Forks, ND. His father worked as a carpenter for a building contractor, Lydia as a stenographer at a department store, Thomas as a general clerk at a department store, he as a manager at a real estate company, and James as a laborer at a printing company.

In 1930 he, his wife, their two children, her mother, a servant, 20-year-old Cora Spree, and a nurse, 46-year-old Grace Picon, lived in a house they owned at 4712 Chenevert Street in Houston, TX. Their home was valued at $15,000, and they did have a radio. He worked as an insurance salesman.

In 1940 he and Marabell and their two children lived in the same house, which was valued at just $9000 after the Great Depression. He worked as a salesman for a general insurance company, with an income in 1939 of over $5000 for 52 weeks of work.


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