When Thomas Levis Cox was born on 6 April 1846, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nathan Cox, was 30 and his mother, Jane Pretty, was 30. He married Hannah Louise Harris on 6 June 1865, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 26 January 1912, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesTHOMAS LEVIS COX Thomas Levis Cox has the distinction of being the first in this Cox family to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He joined the church in Auckland, N …
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