Ray Courtney Cox

Male 1899 - 1958  (58 years)


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  • Name Ray Courtney Cox 
    Born 18 Dec 1899  Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN S1S6-FF 
    Died Feb 1958  United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2391  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Bert J Cox,   b. Abt 1875,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Orofino Pearson,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1943, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1896  Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Di Marchi,   b. 1 Oct 1907,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 14 Jul 1946  [5, 6
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Dec 1899 - Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1899 BIRTH: Ray Courtney Cox born 18 Dec 1899, no place shown.

      1946 MARRIAGE: Ray Courtney Cox md to Maria Di Marchi July 14, 1946, no place shown. No children

      1949-1955 HIST: June 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson Hosmer to Mary Marks, Eads doc #58: "Ray Cox lives 2913 Soda Canyon Rd, Napa CA, has no children."
      Records of Elsie Johnson, dau of Alice Pearson Johnson: "No children (of Napa, California-1954). Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel 1949, several trips to Europe, built house in months 1955."
      Feb 1955 letter from Ray C Cox to Mary Marks, Eads doc#55: "I retired from the US Air Force as a Lt. Col. the 30th of Sept 1949. My wife (Maria) and I made several trips to Europe after I retired and finally gave it up in April 1952 to buy this place in the mountains on the East rim of Napa Valley. We like it up here very much which is one of the reasons I'm doing all this house repairing. Someday I hope to have it all finished so that we can get around a little more often. Right now, we are tied down pretty much of the time."
      Tiiny slip paper, Eads doc#52a: "Ray Cox, 2915 Soda Canyon Rd, Napa Calif." Also his 1955 letter shows this address.
      March 1955 letter from Mary Marks to Chester Asbury Eads in Boise, ID: "Ray is building a home on the rum of Napa Valley and says the deer come into their yard."

  • Sources 
    1. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Your mother's marriage: Orofino Pearson md to Bert J Cox 1897, children bn: Rodney Robert Cox bn 1898, Ray Courtney bn .., Earl Audrey Cox bn ...," last two no dates, all-no places shown.
      Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, filled in by one of the children [prob Rod], Eads doc#47

      Date: about 1955

    2. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Your mother's marriage: Orofino Pearson md to Bert J Cox 1897, children bn: Rodney Robert Cox bn 1898, Ray Courtney bn .., Earl Audrey Cox bn ... Oro divorced Bert Cox..."
      Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, filled in by one of her children, Eads doc#47

      Date: about 1955

    3. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Orafino... md Bert Cox, no relation to Jim, had 3 sons: Rodney, Ray & Earl. Ora & Bert left Lewiston and went to Seattle when boys small, later separated..."
      July 1954 letter from Elsie Hosmer to Mary Marks, Eads doc#59

    4. [S245] Western States Historical Marriage Record Index Web Site, http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/FamilyHistory.htm., ID# 148386, Vol 1 pg 82.
      "Jay B Cox md Ora F Pearson on 12 Aug 1896 in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co, Idaho"
      Date: 1896

    5. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Ray Courtney Cox md to Maria Dimarchi, July 14, 1946," no place shown, "no children"
      Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, filled in by one of the children [prob Rod], Eads doc#47

      Date: about 1955

    6. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Ray Courtney Cox md to Maria Di Marchi, July 14, 1946," no place shown. "No children."
      Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc #49b

      Date: about 1955