Brief Life History of Dorothy Exa
When Dorothy Exa Bolding was born on 4 February 1916, in Dunn, Scurry, Texas, United States, her father, Ernest Bailey Bolding, was 31 and her mother, Pauline Josephine Alexander, was 34. She married Edward Lee Cox on 16 December 1933, in Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States. She lived in Scurry, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Justice Precinct 1, Mitchell, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 25 December 1999, in Joshua, Johnson, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Dorothey E Cox in household of Edward L Cox, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bolding, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Dorothy Exa Bolding Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German: patronymic from Bold as a personal name.
Danish: habitational name from a place so named in Jutland.
English (Middlesex): variant of Balding 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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