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Leonard Donald WoodwardAge: 87 years19132001

Name
Leonard Donald Woodward
Given names
Leonard Donald
Surname
Woodward
Birth April 25, 1913 24 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census March 6, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a son
#1
Donald Howard Woodward
1939 (Age 25 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eileen Marie Woodward
October 3, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Dennis Jon Woodward
January 16, 1952 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a motherElla Mae Keller
September 15, 1971 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a fatherHoward Henry Woodward
November 4, 1977 (Age 64 years)
Death April 10, 2001 (Age 87 years)
Obituary
Leonard D. Woodward Obituary and Family Listing
April 11, 2001 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Osceola Village Cemetery
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father
Howard Henry Woodward
Birth: February 20, 1889Woodhull, Steuben, New York, United States
Death: November 4, 1977Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
mother
Ella Mae Keller
Birth: July 23, 1894Palermo, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: September 15, 1971Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1911Oswego, New York, United States
16 months
himself
Leonard Donald Woodward
Birth: April 25, 1913 24 18Vermilion, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: April 10, 2001Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
Family with Vera Ruth Hollenback - View this family
himself
Leonard Donald Woodward
Birth: April 25, 1913 24 18Vermilion, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: April 10, 2001Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
wife
Vera Ruth Hollenback
Birth: January 20, 1915 45 21Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 8, 2006Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
son
Donald Howard Woodward
Birth: 1939 25 23New York, United States
Death: October 29, 2019Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States
4 years
daughter
Eileen Marie Woodward
Birth: October 3, 1942 29 27Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Death: June 6, 2020Redfield, Grant, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Dennis Jon Woodward
Birth: January 16, 1952 38 36Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Death: May 23, 2016North Carolina, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Howard Henry Woodward - Household

Geddes, Onondaga, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Woodward, HowardheadRMW32MYesYesNYNYNYYesLaborerElec SupplyW
Woodward, EllawifeFW28MYesYesNYNYNYYesNone
Woodward, LeonardsonMW6SNoNYNYNYNone
Woodward, NormadaughterFW3 years 0 monthsSNYNYNYNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Donald Woodward - Household

Geddes, Onondaga, New York, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Woodward, HowardfatherO2000NoMW50MNoNYLaborerElectrical AppliancesPW521300
Woodward, EllamotherFW48MNoNYWaitressRestaurantPw52728
Woodward, NelsonsonMW17SYesNY00
Woodward, LeonardxsonMW27MNoNYLaborerFurniturePW12156
Woodward, Veradaughter-in-lawFW23MNoINLaborerElectrical AppliancesPW40560

Name
Elizabeth Hollenback (nee Edwards) Obituary and Family Listing Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard Wednesday, November 9, 1966 Page 9, Column 3 Services for MRS. BESSIE E. GRAVES, 73, of Newport Road, Warners, who died Monday in St. Joseph’s Hospital, will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the B. L. Bush & Sons Funeral Home, Camillus, the Rev. Howard F. Buies officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Warners. Born in Missouri, Mrs. Graves lived in Warners seven years. Surviving are two sons, Ralph Hollenback of West Monroe and Chester Hollenback of Tujunga, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Woodward of Warners, Mrs. Doris Young of Adams Center, Mrs. Leonard Egbert of Syarcuse, Mrs. Shirley Graves of Warners and Mrs. Myron Snider of Sulpula, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Carson of Atlanta, Ind., and Mrs. Erwin Miller of Indianapolis, Ind.; 26 grandchildren. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187957658/bessie_elizabeth_graves
Name
Dennis Jon Woodward Obituary and Family Listing ELLENBORO - Dennis Jon Woodward, 64, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at his home. A private family service will be held at his home. Clay-Barnette Funeral Home of Shelby is serving the family. Online condolences at www.claybarnette.com To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. Published by Gaston Gazette on May 26, 2016. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gastongazette/name/dennis-woodward-obituary?id=31782839