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Thomas Moodie Woodruff 1808–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1808

Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 28 January 1880

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: George Esq

Mother: Jean Houstown

Spouse(s): Eliza Swift

Children(s): William Woodruff, George Woodruff

In 1808, Thomas Moodie Woodruff entered the world in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA, born to George Whitfield Woodruff Esq And Jean Houstown. Thomas Moodie Woodruff married Eliza Hester Swift, and had children including George Woodruff, William Swift Woodruff. Thomas Moodie Woodruff passed away in 1880 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1808, Thomas Moodie Woodruff entered the world in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA, born to George Whitfield Woodruff Esq And Jean Houstown.
  • Thomas Moodie Woodruff married Eliza Hester Swift, and had children including George Woodruff, William Swift Woodruff.
  • Thomas Moodie Woodruff passed away in 1880 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Esq
1765–1846
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Essex Co, NewJersey Colony
GE
Jean Houstown
1772–1848
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Swift
1825–1897
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Children(s)

William Woodruff
1849–1935
Birth Location: Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
WW
George Woodruff
1846–1911
Birth Location: Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, United States of America
GW

Thomas Woodruff's Ancestors

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Thomas Woodruff
1808–1880
Birth Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Parents
George Whitfield Woodruff Esq
1765–1846
Elizabethtown, Essex Co, NewJersey Colony
Jean Houstown
1772–1848
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Elias Woodruff
1734–1802
Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Mary Joline
1741–1815
Elizabethtown, Essex Co, New Jersey Colony
Sir (George Houstoun 7th) Baronet
1744–1795
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Ann (McKenzie) Moodie
1748–1821
North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Sr.
1695–1749
Eunice Ward
1696–1776
Jean Joline
1701–1767
Phebe PRICE
1714–1763
Sir Houstoun
1697–1762
PRISCILLA Dunbar
1715–1775
Thomas Berwick
1719–1790
Jean McKenzie
1732–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sarah Cooper
1665–1727
Nathaniel Ward
1656–1732
Sarah Harrison
1678–1771
James Edinburgh
1683–1718

Thomas Woodruff's Descendants

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Thomas (Moodie) Woodruff (28 May 1808–28 January 1880) m. Eliza (Hester) Swift (2 February 1825–24 April 1897)
  1. 1. William (Swift) Woodruff 1849–1935 m. Ruth (Frances) Wood 1854–
    1. 1. Albert ("Bert") Woodruff 1874–
  2. 2. George Woodruff 1846–1911

Thomas Woodruff's Timeline

2 Records

1808
28 May 1808
Birth of Thomas Moodie Woodruff in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
1880
28 January 1880
Age 72
Death of Thomas Moodie Woodruff in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1808
    Event Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 January 1880
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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