William James Cox

Brief Life History of William James

When William James Cox was born on 31 May 1863, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Cox Jr, was 27 and his mother, Hannah Stiff Neville, was 24. He married Minnie May Bowns on 5 April 1911, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States in 1900 and Woodruff Election Precinct, Rich, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 3 June 1945, in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodruff Cemetery, Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William James Cox
1863–1945
Minnie May Bowns
1881–1959
Marriage: 5 April 1911
Lynn Winston Cox
1912–2000
William Emerson Cox
1912–2002
Annie Estella Cox
1913–2008
Millicent Ethel Cox
1917–2001
LaVaun Cox
1922–2005

Sources (90)

  • William James Cox, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • William James Cox, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • William J. Cox, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1870

Historical Boundaries: 1870: Rich, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Rich, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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