Wood (surname) — Wood, also spelled Wode, Woode, Woodde, or Wad is a surname that is common throughout the anglophone world.In England, Wales and the Isle of Man it is the 26th most common surname [cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title =Most… … Wikipedia
Abram Duryée — (April 29, 1815 ndash; September 27, 1890) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was New York City Police… … Wikipedia
Abram Stevens Hewitt — Infobox Person name = Abram Stevens Hewitt caption = birth date = 1822 birth place = Haverstraw, New York, USA dead=dead death date = 1903 death place = Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822 ndash; 1903) was a teacher, lawyer, an iron manufacturer, U.S.… … Wikipedia
Wood, Abraham (Abram) — (? 1799) England. Violinist. He came to Wales from the west of England around 1730 with his wife Sarah and children and set up a base near Monmouth. He is said to have been the first person to play the violin in Wales. Wood had four children:… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
wood fern — Shield Shield, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj[ o]ldr, Sw. sk[ o]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] 1. A broad… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
King of the Gypsies — For the 1978 movie with the same title, see King of the Gypsies (film). The title King of the Gypsies has been claimed or given over the centuries to many different people. It is both culturally and geographically specific. It may be inherited,… … Wikipedia
Kale (Welsh Romanies) — The Kale (also Kalá, Valshanange) are a group of Romani people who reside in Wales. Many claim to be descendant of Abram Wood, who was the first Romani to reside permanently and exclusively in Wales in the early 1700s, though Welsh Kale have… … Wikipedia
Welsh-Romani (Kååle) — Welsh Romani Zeitraum 15. Jh. bis ca. 2005 Ehemals gesprochen in Wales Wales, Vereinigtes Konigreich … Deutsch Wikipedia
History of the Yosemite area — [ Galen Clark was the first guardian of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove.] The known history of the Yosemite area started with Ahwahnechee and Paiute peoples who inhabited the central Sierra Nevada region of California that now includes… … Wikipedia
Bibliography — I. INTRODUCTION The bibliography is arranged by classes and subclasses. With very few exceptions, only works published after 1945 have been included. For historical works, one should consult George Black s A Gypsy Bibliography (Edinburgh:… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
