Ethel May Fox

Brief Life History of Ethel May

When Ethel May Fox was born on 24 December 1908, in Daykin, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Fox, was 24 and her mother, Pearl Vesta Henry, was 23. She married John William Marlatt on 10 March 1934, in Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Kearney, Nebraska, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 11, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 25 July 1999, in Lincoln Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States.

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John William Marlatt
1913–1979
Ethel May Fox
1908–1999
Marriage: 10 March 1934

Sources (10)

  • Ethel Marlott in household of John Marlott, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ethel May Fox - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ethel May Fox
  • Ethel M Epp, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1909 · Garden of the Gods Park

In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

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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