Brief Life History of Nile Velmont
When Nile Velmont Cox was born on 9 April 1905, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Horatio Cox, was 31 and his mother, Ophelia Sophia Brady, was 22. He married Anna Elizabeth Potter on 27 October 1926, in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Deep Creek Election Precinct, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 10 April 1981, in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.
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- J V Cox in household of Horatio Cox, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Nile Cox, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Nile V Cox, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906
Historical Boundaries 1906: Cassia, Idaho, United States 1907: Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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