Paul Helm Cox

Brief Life History of Paul Helm

When Paul Helm Cox was born on 31 December 1892, in Fresno, California, United States, his father, Cary Stith Cox, was 35 and his mother, Jessie Marie Helm, was 25. He married Berrita Maybelle Fisher on 11 August 1917, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 27 April 1970, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Helm Cox
1892–1970
Berrita Maybelle Fisher
1894–1992
Marriage: 11 August 1917
Thomas Fulton Cox
1920–2000

Sources (23)

  • Paul Cox, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Paul Helm Cox, "California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988"
  • Paul H Cox, "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.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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