Mattie Fox
1885–1909 (Age 23)
Sabine, Texas, United States
The Life of Mattie
Mattie Fox was born on 15 June 1885. She married Joe Bobbitt on 24 February 1903, in San Augustine, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 2 February 1909, in Sabine, Texas, United States, at the age of 23.
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Family Time Line
Mattie Fox
1885–1909
Joe Bobbitt
1879–1918
Marriage: 24 February 1903
Bobbitt
1905–1905
Ottis Collins Bobbitt
1907–1994
Spouse & Children
1885–1909Female
- Joe Bobbitt
1879–1918Male
MARRIAGE
24 February 1903
San Augustine, Texas, United States
24 February 1903
San Augustine, Texas, United States
children
(2)
- Bobbitt
1905–1905
- Ottis Collins Bobbitt
1907–1994Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 1
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Age 9
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Name Meaning
1 English: nickname from the animal, Middle English, Old English fox. It may have denoted a cunning individual or been given to someone with red hair or for some other anecdotal reason. This relatively common and readily understood surname seems to have absorbed some early examples of less transparent surnames derived from the Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks .2 Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ ( see Tinney ).3 Jewish (American): translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish surname Fuchs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Mattie Fox Bobbitt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mattie Fox, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
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