Brief Life History of Elisabeth
Elisabeth Fox was born about 1820, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Thomas Fox. She married James Holdsworth on 26 November 1863, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died in November 1904, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Elisabeth Holdsworth in household of James Holdsworth, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizabeth Fox, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Elizabeth Fox, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1828 · Michigan Capitol Building Constructed
The first building to serve as the State Capitol was originally built as the Territorial Courthouse. The brick structure was one of Michigan's earliest Greek revival buildings. The building housed the territorial government and state legislatures until 1848, when the capital moved from Detroit to Lansing. The building then became a public school and library until it burned down in 1893.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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