Clayton Ernest Cox

Brief Life History of Clayton Ernest

When Clayton Ernest Cox was born on 31 August 1892, in Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Ernest Eli Cox, was 27 and his mother, Laura Belle Cook, was 19. He married Emma Powers Bates on 20 December 1916, in Porter, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Rock, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. He died on 23 July 1963, in Edgerton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 70.

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Clayton Ernest Cox
1892–1963
Emma Powers Bates
1895–1965
Marriage: 20 December 1916
Mildred J Cox
1921–1968

Sources (5)

  • Clayton Cox, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Clayton Cox, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clayton Cox, "United States Census, 1930"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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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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