Brief Life History of George Thomas
When George Thomas Cox Jr was born on 9 January 1917, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, George Thomas Cox Sr, was 25 and his mother, Amy Smith, was 21. He married Hazle Carver on 24 December 1941, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in Pocatello Election Precinct 9, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 6 November 2007, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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- George T Cox, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Cox, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
- George Thomas Cox, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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