Thankful Elizabeth Wilcox

Female1 May 1896–3 November 1901

Brief Life History of Thankful Elizabeth

When Thankful Elizabeth Wilcox was born on 1 May 1896, in Iowa, United States, her father, Charles Edwin Wilcox, was 40 and her mother, Mary Katherine Jones, was 43. She lived in Beaver Township, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 3 November 1901, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 5.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edwin Wilcox
1856–1913
Mary Katherine Jones
1853–1902
Thankful Elizabeth Wilcox
1896–1901
Gertrude Beatrice Wilcox
1897–1983

Sources (2)

  • Thankful Wilcox in household of Charles E Wilcox, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thankful Elizabeth WILCOX - Government record: birth-name: Thankful Wilcox

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World Events (5)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 2

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 4

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

Age 4

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.

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

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