When Rufus Putnam Fox was born on 3 March 1845, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann George Fox, was 31 and his mother, Catharine Raub, was 24. He married Mary Susan Graham on 25 January 1871, in St. Clair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Tinicum, Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 June 1915, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1846: Bernalillo, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
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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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