Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Fox was born on 21 April 1863, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Fisher Fox, was 29 and her mother, Mary Jenkins, was 32. She married Benjamin James Smith in 1896, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Dalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 27 May 1941, at the age of 78.
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- Mary Fox in household of Fisher Fox, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Mary Fox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Fox Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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