Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Fox was born on 21 March 1830, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Fox, was 29 and his mother, Lucy Edwards, was 28. He married Rosa Bourlet on 14 March 1852, in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Islington, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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- Benjamin Fox, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Benjamin Fox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Benjamin Fox, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from a word denoting the animal (Middle English, Old English fox), widely used to denote a sly or cunning individual. It was also used for someone with red hair. In England this surname absorbed some early examples of surnames derived from the ancient Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks .
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ (see Tinney ).
Irish: also adopted for Ó Catharnaigh, see Kearney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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