Brief Life History of William Rogers
When William Rogers Fox was born on 19 November 1894, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hugh A. Fox, was 24 and his mother, Olive Lee Nance, was 21. He married Margaret Eells on 21 August 1925. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1919. His occupation is listed as sound technician, motion picture industry in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. He died on 30 June 1950, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- William R Fox, "United States Census, 1930"
- Wm Rogers Fox, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- William R Fox, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from a word denoting the animal (Middle English, Old English fox), widely used to denote a sly or cunning individual. It was also used for someone with red hair. In England this surname absorbed some early examples of surnames derived from the ancient Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks .
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ (see Tinney ).
Irish: also adopted for Ó Catharnaigh, see Kearney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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