Roy David Cooksey

Brief Life History of Roy David

When Roy David Cooksey was born on 15 June 1912, in Dallas, Missouri, United States, his father, Martin Benjamin Thomas Cooksey, was 37 and his mother, Cora Jane Cox, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Eula Francis Rogers. He lived in United States in 1949 and Camarillo, Ventura, California, United States in 1950. He died on 13 September 1979, in Elkland, Webster, Missouri, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Roy David Cooksey
1912–1979
Eula Francis Rogers
1904–1997
Billy Leroy Cooksey
1938–2000
Mary Jean Cooksey
–2021

Sources (9)

  • Roy Cooksey, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Roy David Cooksey - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Roy David Cooksey
  • Roy David Cooksey, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment

The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Worcestershire named Cooksey, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Cucu (perhaps a byname from Old English cwicu ‘lively’) + Old English ēg ‘island’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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