Sarah Ann Augusta Fox

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann Augusta

When Sarah Ann Augusta Fox was born on 5 June 1865, in Gosfield, Essex, Canada West, British North America, her father, Thomas James Fox, was 28 and her mother, Euphemia Wigle, was 25. She married John Arthur Riley on 1 July 1885, in Essex, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mersea Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 10 March 1931, in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John Arthur Riley
1858–1937
Sarah Ann Augusta Fox
1865–1931
Marriage: 1 July 1885
Maggie May Riley
1886–1959
Joseph Edson Riley
1887–1970
Lillie Maud Riley
1890–1964
Laura Bella Riley
1892–1892
Charles Ernest Riley
1896–1962
William Albert Riley
1898–1940
Gordon Edward Riley
1901–1975
Cora Adell Riley
1905–1976

Sources (75)

  • Sarah A Fox in household of Thomas Fox, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913
  • Sarah Ann Fox, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (5)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

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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