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Woodard Family History
Woodard Genealogy & Family TreeWoodard is an English name from Essex, England, where the family was granted lands for their assistance in the Battle of Hastings. It comes from the Old English roots wode ("wood") and ward ("guardian") and referred to someone with the occupation of a forester. The earliest known ancestor--Walter Wudard--was recorded in 1221. The family motto is Virtus semper viret which means "Virtue is always flourishing."
Other spellings include "Woodward," "Woodwards," "Woodyard," and "Wadard." Notable people with the surname include American actress Alfre Woodard (Primal Fear, K-PAX, True Blood), American basketball player Lynette Woodard (Harlem Globetrotters, Cleveland Rockers, Detroit Shock), and American actress Joan Woodward (Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve, Sybil). The first Woodard to come to America was Joseph Woodard in Maryland in 1666.
Woodard Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Wallace W. Woodard -- --, 1896 August 5, 1966 Wisconsin
- Leonora (Nora) Adeline Woodard -- --, 1876 April 22, 1952
- Mattie Cornelia Woodard -- --, 1880 April 5, 1963 Louisiana
- Myrtie Mae Woodard -- --, 1937 November 10, 1990 Texas
- Elmer Virgil Woodard -- --, 1915 March 2, 1993 Texas
Woodard Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Francis Henrietta Woodard -- --, 1884 December 23, 1974 Indiana
- Martha Woodard -- --, 1803 December 15, 1843
- Weive O. Woodard -- --, 1928 January 1, 1996
- Eunice Woodard -- --, 1904 October 1, 1949 Texas
- Daisy A Woodard -- --, 1874 December 0, 1951
