Elizabeth Merrill

27 March 1880–10 July 1959 (Age 79)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Merrill was born on 27 March 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Franklin Merrill, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Peck, was 35. She married George James Fox on 21 June 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 10 July 1959, in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

George James Fox
1877–1959
Elizabeth Merrill
1880–1959
Marriage: 21 June 1899
Gladys Merrill Fox
1900–1900
George Merrill Fox
1901–1998
Ruth Elizabeth Fox
1904–1993
James Stanley Fox
1908–1980
Leone Fox
1910–1913

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 June 1899Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 1
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1884 · Logan Temple Dedication
    Age 4
    On May 17, 1884, the Logan temple was dedicated by John Taylor. It was the only temple dedicated by him and was the second temple in Utah. The temple went under a major reconstruction project in 1976 to increase the capacity of the rooms inside and was rededicated in 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball.
    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
    Age 21
    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Merrell
    Murrell

    Sources (46)

    • Lizzie Murch in entry for Fox, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
    • Elizabeth Merrill Fox, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Elizabeth Merrill in entry for James Stanley Fox and Bernice Evelyn Ross White, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"

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