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| Isaac Alexander FOX (1810 - 1878) |
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| Date |
Age |
Event |
Place |
Notes |
Src |
| 14 Feb 1810 |
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Isaac Alexander FOX was born |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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11 |
| Jan 1811 |
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Death of father Isaac FOX (aged 52) |
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20 |
| 1835 |
25 |
Married Mary Bridgett RICHARDSON (aged 20) |
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20 |
| 1836 |
26 |
Birth of son George FOX |
Croydon, Surrey, England |
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| 26 May 1838 |
28 |
Birth of son Isaac Alexander FOX |
At sea |
V18383265 45B/1838 |
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| 27 Aug 1840 |
30 |
Birth of son John Ruskin FOX |
Yass, New South Wales, Australia |
V18401631 25A/1840 |
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| 11 Nov 1841 |
31 |
Birth of daughter Mary Eliza FOX |
Taradale, Lake George, New South Wales, Australia |
V18411532 26A/1841 |
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| 26 Oct 1843 |
33 |
Birth of son William Richardson FOX |
Taradale, Lake George, New South Wales, Australia |
V18442220 28/1844 |
11 |
| 10 Jan 1845 |
34 |
Death of wife Mary Bridgett RICHARDSON (aged 30) |
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
V1845458 30B/1845 |
11 |
| 12 Jan 1850 |
39 |
Married Sarah Milbourne CARTER (aged 23) |
Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia |
V1850237 36B/1850 |
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| 09 Oct 1850 |
40 |
Birth of daughter Ann FOX |
Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia |
V18501942 37A/1850 |
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| 07 May 1852 |
42 |
Birth of son Thomas Lambert FOX |
Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia |
V18521905 38A/1852 |
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| 17 Jun 1854 |
44 |
Birth of son Edward Carter FOX |
Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia |
V18542477 42A/1854 |
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| 13 Apr 1856 |
46 |
Birth of son Frederick Young FOX |
Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia |
V18561327 155/1856 |
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| 16 May 1858 |
48 |
Birth of daughter Emma Oldfield FOX |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
7163/1858 |
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| 28 Mar 1860 |
50 |
Birth of daughter Fanny FOX |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
7041/1860 |
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| 1861 |
51 |
Death of son Edward Carter FOX (aged 7) |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
2931/1861 |
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| 10 Feb 1862 |
51 |
Birth of son Benjamin Carter FOX |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
7644/1862 |
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| 07 Nov 1864 |
54 |
Birth of daughter Alice Maud FOX |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
8691/1864 |
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| 27 Aug 1866 |
56 |
Birth of son Arthur Holroyd FOX |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
8672/1866 |
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| 27 Feb 1873 |
63 |
Death of son John Ruskin FOX (aged 32) |
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
3083/1873 |
20 |
| 1875 |
65 |
Death of mother Mary Eliza YOUNG (aged 87) |
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|
20 |
| 20 Jan 1876 |
65 |
Death of daughter Mary Eliza FOX (aged 34) |
Berrima, New South Wales, Australia |
4996/1876 |
20 |
| 30 Nov 1878 |
68 |
Isaac Alexander FOX died |
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
6024/1878 |
11 |
| Personal Notes: |
Isaac, born in Liverpool in 1810 grew up much under the influence of his mother’s family, the Young’s, who by this time were again established in Britain. George Young and Admiral William Young had returned from the West Indies. Isaac went to sea with East India Company Ships and it was as an officer on a charter ship to the British Government that he first visited Australia, probably in 1833*. He sailed via Hobart as second officer on the transport ship “Elphinstone” in 1836.
In 1835 he married Mary Bridget Richardson, a daughter of William Richardson of Croydon, England. Mary Bridget was a cousin of John Ruskin, the poet and critic. His father presented Isaac with a silver snuff box on his leaving for Australia. Miss Louise Fox has this in her possession today, along with the log books of the ship “Elphinstone”. A child George was born at Croydon in 1836 but Mary was not well. She was probably suffering from tuberculosis. Isaac thought that the climate in Australia would mend her health. The young couple decided to emigrate. Isaac sailed as a ships officer or captain in 1838*. (Definitely passengers on the Barque “John”, a merchantman.) The New South Wales registry shows that a son Isaac Alexander was born on 26th May 1838 latitude 29 degrees 22 min south 37 degrees 37 min east, fathers occupation – Master Mariner.
Isaac and his young family settled on the land. John Ruskin Fox was born at Binda Vale, Georgianna n 27 August 1840, father’s occupation, settler. He moved to Taradale, Lake George, Argyle where two more children were born – Mary Eliza Fox on 11 November 1841 and William Richardson Fox on 26 October 1843. Isaac’s wife did not improve in health and she died at Parramatta on 10 January 1845 aged 30 years.
Isaac was disappointed with his land. With an ailing wife, young children and the struggle to make a new life in a new land, his lot could not have been easy. Isaac moved to Parramatta in 1844. His wife’s death certificate, as listed under the burials in the Parish of St John’s Parramatta, shows her abode as Parramatta.
Isaac Fox’s death certificate in 1878 shows three boys living, one boy and one girl deceased. George, Isaac Alexander and John of the family are the members who almost certainly survived their father. Mary Eliza married a Mr Wallis of Mittagong and died on 20 January 1876. There is no further mention of the William Richardson Fox.
Isaac married again on 10 January 1850, to Sarah Carter as Sutton Forest. The first child of the second marriage Ann Fox was born at Jerrara, Bungonia on 9 October 1850. Isaac was back on the land but the intervening years are something of a mystery. Where did they live? George was a big boy of probably 14 by 1850 with three younger brothers and a sister. Who cared for the family? |
