Brief Life History of Odessa
When Odessa Cox was born on 3 March 1906, in Canton, Cherokee, Georgia, United States, her father, Samuel Marion Cox, was 28 and her mother, Mary Isa Cline, was 25. She married Rev Durward Belmont Alderman on 3 September 1939, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1985 and Sherrills Ford, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1985. She died on 14 December 2001, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Odessa Alderman in household of D Belmont Alderman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Odessa Cox, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Odessa Bell Alderman in entry for Durward Belmont Alderman, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1918–1993 Male
1906–2001 Female
Parents and Siblings
1877–1973 Male
1880–1968 Female
Siblings (10)
1899–1972 Male
1902–1977 Male
1904–1972 Female
1906–2001 Female
1908– Male
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Age 12
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
Age 16
1931
Age 25
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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