Brief Life History of Adelia Belinda
When Adelia Belinda Cox was born on 1 December 1841, in Lima, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Orville Sutherland Cox, was 27 and her mother, Elvira Pamela Mills, was 21. She married George Sidwell on 13 April 1864, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States for about 14 years. She died on 3 December 1924, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Adelia Sidwell in household of George Sidwell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Adelia Belinda Cox - Individual or family possessions: Newspaper article: birth: 1 December 1841; Lima Township, Licking, Ohio, United States
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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A Brief Sketch of Adelia Belinda Cox Sidwell Life
Cox, Adelia B., migrated to Utah 1847, Roster found in Heart Throbs of the West, Volume 8, Pages 401-448 CENSUS 1850: Manti, Sanpete, State of Deseret Family 9-9, page 224 Adelia Cox age 10 born in …
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