George Douglas Fox

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Hugh Donald Latimer October 12, 1910 to May 10, 1986, Photographer

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Born: 29 November 1905
Died: 21 June 1981
Parents: James E. Fox and Annie Brock
Marriage: 11 May 1933 Vera Luella Arthur
Occupation: Owned a bus business

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Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com

Father*: James E. Fox1 b. 7 Oct 1869
Mother*: Annie Brock1 b. 1869
Birth*: 29 November 1905; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.: Name: George Douglas Fox; Date: Nov 29 1905; Parents: James Fox & Annie Brock pg. 2 n/a (Ontario Birth Registration, ancestry.com)
Location Brighton Twp. per Death Notice.1,2
Marriage*: 11 May 1933; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date May 11 1933 & location Wooler per family tree of LindaSmithUE on ancestry.com, Jan 5 2013. Married per story re Orland Telephone office which Doug and Vera took over in 1933. per Memorial.; Principal=Vera Luella Arthur3,2,4
Death*: 21 June 1981; Trenton Memorial Hospital, Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "George Douglas Fox; George Douglas Fox, RR 1, Codrington, passed away suddenly in Trenton Memorial Hospital June 22 in his 76th year. He was born in Brighton Township, the son of the late James and Annie Fox, and is survived by his widow Vera (Arthur). Mr. Fox is also survived by children Gerald, Frankfordl Allan, Wooler and David, RR 1, Codrington; and by six grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother Elwood Fox. He operated a bus for 25 years before his retirement. He was educated in Brighton Schools, and was a member of the United Church. ... June 24 .. Interment was in Friends Cemetery, Brighton Township." per the Death Notice of George Douglas Fox from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, copied at The Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007.

Date Jun 21 1981 per Memorial.3,2
Burial*: 24 June 1981; Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) FOX; George Douglas Fox; Nov 29, 1905 - June 21, 1981; His Beloved Wife; Vera Luella Arthur; Aug 27, 1911 (Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp.)3
Note: 1933; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Operators were Al Dunn who was replaced in 1933 by Doug and Vera Fox. Mr. & Mrs. Dunn had been there for 6 years." per story of telephone office in Orland - from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, copied from microfilm at The Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov. 2007.2
Note*: circa 1947; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Charles Buchanan told me that he recalls being upstairs in his room at William Goodfellows place when Lloyd and Louise Ames and Doug and Vera Fox came to visit. Charles was the hired man for Bill Goodfellow at that time and would later marry Mary Ames. He says he had trouble sleeping due to the loud noises coming from downstairs well into the night; there apperantly was a lot of laughter from these three friendly couples. (Charles Buchanan to Dan Buchanan, Dec 2007)5
Family: Vera Luella Arthur b. 27 Aug 1911, d. Dec 2007
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[S4] Unknown author, Ontario Birth Registrations, Record Type: Microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Achives (birth).
[S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.
[S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
[S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
[S2] Bill Buchanan, Personal Memory, Interviewer: same, Informant Address: 85 Roselawn Ave,Toronto M4R 1E7.

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