Brief Life History of Caroline
When Caroline Fox was born about December 1866, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Tripp Fox, was 26 and her mother, Caroline Sear, was 20. She had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Walter Dorrington. She lived in Caddington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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- Caroline Fox, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Caroline Fox, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Caroline Fox, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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