Thomas J. Wooders ¹

   Another name for Thomas was Thomas J. Woodward.

Thomas married Margaret Ann Ebrecht, daughter of Jonathan Abrecht and Rebecca Wills, on 27 May 1863 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. (Margaret Ann Ebrecht was born on 21 June 1839 in Maryland, United States ², baptized on 27 August 1839 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States, died on 1 December 1925 ³ and was buried in December 1925 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage date and documents for Thomas and Margaret can be somewhat confusing. There are records of a computer printout that was compiled by the Genealogy Department at the Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Like City on 2 Aug 1978 indicating all marriages listed alphabetically based on surnames from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Middletown (1743-1885). One page (Image 171 of 464 or page 168) shows Margaret Ebrecht being married on "27 May" to Thomas Wooders but there is no year after that date. Some indexes and researchers have erroneously assumed that the year would be the preceding year from the line above which in this case was 1855. This is a misleading source citation:

"Maryland, Church Records, 1660-1996", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGN9-DKZ5 : Thu Oct 31 15:34:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Wooders and Margaret Ann Ebrecht, 27 May 1855.

Continuing on in that same printout to Image 455 of 464 (page 452), the data there shows Thomas Wooders marrying Margaret Ann Ebrecht on 27 May 1863. This page has the complete and correct date. This would be the correct source citation:

"Maryland, Church Records, 1660-1996", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-D6SP : Thu Oct 31 15:33:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Wooders and Margaret Ann Ebrecht, 27 May 1863.
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