Researching Jack Woodford
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2077 people with the Woodford surname? In that year Woodford was ranked number 1785 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Woodford on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Woodford and the Woodford Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 2852 people with the Woodford surname in the UK? Woodford is now ranked number 1882 for popularity in the UK. |
Woodford Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Jack Woodford
Jack Woodford
Jack Woodford (1894–1971) was an American novelist and non-fiction writer, author of successful pulp novels and non-fiction of the 1930s and 1940s. He wrote unique books on writing and getting published. Most famously, Woodford authored Trial and Error which caused something of a scandal at the time of publication because of its no-holds-barred insights into the publishing industry.
Born Josiah Pitts Woolfolk, he also wrote under the name Jack Woolfolk. The pen name "Jack Woodford" was derived from the first name of a writer he admired (Jack Lait, a writer for Hearst Publications) and the county where his father was born (Woodford County, Kentucky). Other pen names include Gordon Sayre, Sappho Henderson Britt, and Howard Hogue Kennedy.
Source: Jack Woodford, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Woodford
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