Eliza Margaret Roberts

Brief Life History of Eliza Margaret

When Eliza Margaret Roberts was born about 1 May 1817, in Apperley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Roberts, was 38 and her mother, Mary Margrate, was 43. She married John Cox on 1 March 1836, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 10 daughters. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Oxford, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880. She died about 1890, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Cox
1810–1878
Eliza Margaret Roberts
1817–1890
Marriage: 1 March 1836
Elizabeth Cox
1837–1878
John Cox
1865–1880
Ann Cox
1839–1842
Mary Ann Cox
1842–1878
Anna Mariah Cox
1844–1847
Sarah Cox
1846–
Eliza Jane Cox
1850–1866
Margaret Ellen Cox
1855–1907
Martha Marinda Cox
1855–1941
Comfort Ann Cox
1857–1910
Jeanette Adelia Cox
1860–1903

Sources (29)

  • Eliza Cox, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Eliza Roberts, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Eliza Margaret Roberts Cox, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

Name Meaning

English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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John and Eliza Roberts Cox

Compiled by Scott Hepworth John Cox was born 8 Aug 1810, in Deerhurst, Gloucester, England, the second of nine children born to William Cox (1777-20 Mar 1828) and Elizabeth Turner (1780-28 Feb 1848). …

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