Blanche Cox

Brief Life History of Blanche

When Blanche Cox was born on 15 December 1886, in Indiana, United States, her father, Henry Cox, was 50 and her mother, Emily Jane Kern, was 40. She married Herschell Ernest Baker in July 1912, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Bono, Bono Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States for about 1 years. She died in 1972, at the age of 86, and was buried in Church Of Christ Cemetery, Williams, Spice Valley Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herschell Ernest Baker
1888–1945
Blanche Cox
1886–1972
Marriage: July 1912
Willard Henry Baker
1913–1986
Olin H Baker
1915–1985
Emily M Baker
1916–
Daniel Howard Baker
1919–1979

Sources (9)

  • Blanche Baker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Infant Cox, Infant, "Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933"
  • Blanche Cox, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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