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Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox 1883–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 March 1883

Birth Location: Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA

Death Date: 22 Jan 1940

Death Location: Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Father: Franklin Esq

Mother: Sally Priddy

Spouse(s): Mary Mason, Mary Akin

Children(s): Violette actress, Sally Carewe, William Carewe, Carol Carewe

In 1883, Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox entered the world in Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA, born to Franklin Marion Fox Esq And Sally J Priddy. Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox married Mary Akin, Mary Jane Mason, and had children including Carol Lee Carewe, Sally Ann Carewe, Violette Rita Carewe Was An American Actress, William Edwin Carewe. Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox passed away in 1940 in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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  • In 1883, Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox entered the world in Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA, born to Franklin Marion Fox Esq And Sally J Priddy.
  • Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox married Mary Akin, Mary Jane Mason, and had children including Carol Lee Carewe, Sally Ann Carewe, Violette Rita Carewe Was An American Actress, William Edwin Carewe.
  • Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox passed away in 1940 in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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Jay Fox's Ancestors

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Jay Fox
1883–1940
Birth Place: Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA
Parents
Franklin Marion Fox Esq
1843–1925
Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Sally (J) Priddy
1855–1899
C N. Ind T
Grandparents
James (P) Priddy
1821–1885
Tennessee, USA
Elizabeth (C.) Johnson
1829–1872
Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Johnson
1790–1865
Mary McLish
1807–1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Johnson
1750–1832

Jay Fox's Descendants

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Jay (John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John) Fox (5 March 1883–22 Jan 1940) m. Mary (Jane) Mason (abt 1888–) m. Mary Akin (24 Jun 1901–12 Nov 1954)
  1. 1. Violette (Rita Carewe was an American) actress 1909–1955 m. LeRoy (Franklin Mason was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film) eras 1903–1947
  2. 2. Sally (Ann) Carewe 1926–1992 m. Richman (Donald Douglas Phipps Allen) Jr 1925–2004
    1. 1. Donald (Bruce “Mike”) Allen 1946–1995
  3. 3. William (Edwin) Carewe 1927–1985
  4. 4. Carol (Lee) Carewe 1932–2005

Jay Fox's Timeline

3 Records

1883
5 March 1883
Birth of Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox in Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA
Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA
1926
1926
Age 43
Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox was married
None
1940
22 Jan 1940
Age 57
Death of Jay John Edwin Fox Carewe as an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 March 1883
    Event Place: Gainesville (Cooke County), Cooke County, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1926

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1940
    Event Place: Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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