Brief Life History of Jane Ellen
When Jane Ellen Fox was born about 1891, in Lindley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Fox, was 47 and her mother, Ann Elizabeth Booker, was 37. She lived in Fenwick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Lindley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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Sources (4)
- Jane E Fox in household of Charles Booker, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Ellen Fox - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jane Ellen Fox
- Jane E Fox in household of Percy Fox, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1915 · Zeppelin Raid
During WWI Zeppelin raids took place all over England. The first of the raids happened from June 6-7, 1915, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. During the attack 24 people were killed 40 injured, and 40 houses destroyed.
1924
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
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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