When Mark Foxon was born on 14 February 1848, in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Foxon, was 53 and his mother, Ann Ellis, was 38. He married Elizabeth Martin on 26 December 1872, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1888 and lived in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. He died on 15 December 1932, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 84.
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1 English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name Folk ( see Fowke ) + the patronymic marker -son.
2 English: variant of Foxton .
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