Frank Benjamin Cox

Brief Life History of Frank Benjamin

When Frank Benjamin Cox was born on 11 January 1897, in Indiana, United States, his father, Edward L Cox, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Smith, was 27. He married Susan Viola Michaels on 27 September 1920, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Brazil, Clay, Indiana, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 26 October 1952, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Frank Benjamin Cox
1897–1952
Susan Viola Michaels
1898–
Marriage: 27 September 1920

Sources (13)

  • Frank B Cox, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frank Benjamin Cox, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Frank B Cox, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

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.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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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