Christopher Fox

Brief Life History of Christopher

When Christopher Fox was born on 13 March 1798, in Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Fuchs, was 36 and his mother, Christiana Reimel, was 33. He married Mary E. Teel about 1819, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 16 April 1868, in Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christopher Fox
1798–1868
Mary E. Teel
1807–1874
Marriage: about 1819
Hiram Fox
1820–1898
Valentine Fox
1822–
Sarah Ann Fox
1834–1921
Marietta Fox
1837–1894
Catherine Matilda Fox
1842–1916
Christiana Fox
1843–1896
Thomas Jefferson Fox
1844–1917
Frederick Fox
1848–1916
Christopher Fox
1849–1899

Sources (5)

  • Stuffel Fox, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Christopher Fuchs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Christopher Fox in entry for Christopher Fox, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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