Brief Life History of Stewart Parker
When Stewart Parker Fox was born on 25 February 1896, in Salem, New Jersey, United States, his father, Charles P. Fox, was 39 and his mother, Emma Virginia Mason, was 35. He married Ruth G Gilland about 1930. He lived in Camden, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States in 1972. He died on 7 February 1972, in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Port Elizabeth UME Churchyard, Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.
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- Stewart Fox, "United States Census, 1940"
- Fox, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Stewart Parker Fox, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1913 · Women's Suffrage Demonstration
A demonstration for women's suffrage takes place on March 3, 1913. This is the first suffrage parade in Washington D.C. One of the notable women in attendance is Ida B. Wells.
1916
During a deadly heat wave, thousands of residents were at the seaside resorts of Jersey Shore. Between July 1 and July 2 of 1916, five different people were attacked by sharks, and four of them ultimately died. Scientific knowledge about sharks was limited at this time, so these tragic incidents started a wave of "shark panic" that was spread by telephone calls, letters, newspapers, and other media.
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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