Brief Life History of Amy
When Amy Cox was born about 1844, in Jackson, Alabama, United States, her father, Stephen A Cox, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Mahan, was 33. She lived in Benton Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Ama Cox in household of Stepen Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amy Cox - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Amy Cox
- Amy Cox in household of Stephen Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1809–1860 Male
1813–1860 Female
Siblings (10)
1832–1878 Female
1833–1913 Male
1836– Female
1842– Female
about 1844– Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 2
1863
Age 19
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 31
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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