Alfred Fox

Brief Life History of Alfred

When Alfred Fox was born in June 1883, in Burton Overy, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Fox, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Isabella Bradshaw, was 32. He married Sarah Ann Luckhurst on 25 December 1903, in Hothfield, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Great Chart, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Westwell, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He registered for military service in 1915. He died on 29 March 1916, in France, at the age of 32, and was buried in Warneton, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Fox
1883–1916
Sarah Ann Luckhurst
1886–1975
Marriage: 25 December 1903
Robert Alfred Fox
1904–1977
John Henry Fox
1905–1982
Hilda Ethel Fox
1907–
Thomas William Fox
1909–
Frances Rose Fox
1910–1988
Louie Gladys Fox
1912–1998

Sources (21)

  • Alfred Fox in household of Robert Fox, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Alfred Fox, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914

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1886 · The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty that is in France is identical to the one that sits in New York. The Statue was sent over from France. It symbolizes the alliance between the two countries. The French have nicknamed it the Laboulaye Lady

1894 · The Affair - Dreyfus is Accused of Treason

The Dreyfus affair was a huge scandal in the late 19th century and early 20th century French. Alfred Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1859 in Mulhouse, France  and died on July 12, 1935 in Paris France. He was convicted of treason. He was accused of being a spy in the German embassy in France.

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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