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Richard Frederick COX (1848 - 1927) |
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b. 1848 at Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia |
m. (1) 1878 Mary Susan FITZGERALD (1858 - 1884) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia |
m. (2) 1889 Isabella Cath MOHR (1859 - 1943) at Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
d. 14 Nov 1927 at Henty, New South Wales, Australia aged 79 |
Parents: |
Joseph COX (1805 - 1871) |
Mary MALONEY (1813 - 1881) |
Grandchildren (4): |
Keith McGregor COX (1924 - 1961), Ian Richard COX (1926 - 2000) |
Events in Richard Frederick COX (1848 - 1927)'s life | |||||
Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
1848 | Richard Frederick COX was born | Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | ||
23 Jun 1871 | 23 | Death of father Joseph COX (aged 66) | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1878 | 30 | Married Mary Susan FITZGERALD (aged 20) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
02 Jan 1881 | 33 | Death of mother Mary MALONEY (aged 68) | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
22 Jan 1884 | 36 | Death of wife Mary Susan FITZGERALD (aged 25) | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
1889 | 41 | Married Isabella Cath MOHR (aged 30) | Albury, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1890 | 42 | Birth of daughter Isabella Burne COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1891 | 43 | Birth of daughter Eileen Stewart COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
13 Aug 1892 | 44 | Birth of son Keith Patrick Livingstone COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
11 Feb 1894 | 46 | Birth of son Richard Lewis COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1895 | 47 | Birth of daughter Dorothy Mary Elizabeth COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1897 | 49 | Birth of daughter Josephine Alice COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
09 Nov 1899 | 51 | Birth of son Claude McDonald COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
1901 | 53 | Birth of daughter Margaret Edith Yolande COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
14 Nov 1927 | 79 | Richard Frederick COX died | Henty, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
Death of daughter Dorothy Mary Elizabeth COX | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
Personal Notes: |
Richard Cox and his first wife, Mary Fitzgerald had no children. All children attended Mt Erin Catholic School.
The Tumut and Adelong Times 22 Nov 1927 MR RICHARD COX'S DEATH OLDEST WAGGA NATIVE OVER EIGHTY YEARS' DISTRICT RESIDENCE. The demise occurred late last Monday evening of Mr. Richard F. Cox, at his residence, Livingstone Gully, Wagga. Only three weeks ago the late Mr. Cox vsited Wagga and took a lively interest in the "Back to Wagga" movement, when he was the recipient of many congratulations upon the fact of his being the oldest native of the district, and being able to so enter into this movement, which had largely for its purpose the honoring of the pioneers. During the "Back to Wagga" week his brother, Mr. Lawrence Cox, writing upon the family history, stated: "My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cox, with their six children, migrated from Ireland to Australia in 1836. They travelled by the old sailing vessel, Lady M'Naughton, and the voyage occupied six dreary months. During the voyage an epidemic of fever broke out on the ship; my father was stricken, and his wife died. My father recovered, however, and in the ensuing year he married my mother, one of the young women who had nursed his children on the voyage. Arriving in Australia, my parents migrated to the Murrumbidgee country with their six children, of whom five were girls. Their journey to the Riverina was probably the most hazardous ever undertaken by any of the early pioneers of this land, even the adventurous explorers; for the explorers were strong parties of men provided with the best and most suitable equipment for their journey, but my parents, entirely new to the country, had only the bullock, dray and the roughest equipment with which to face the wilds. "A great part of the country at that time was dense forest, unfenced, and the distance between the meagre settlements was occupied by aborigines still at the time in a wild state. Numerous creeks and rivers on the way were unbridged, and the difficulties were apparently unsurmountable. As luck would have it, the years 1837 and 1840 were the driest the district has ever known, and the rivers were all easily fordable. But for that fact the brave migrants could not have returned to Sydney, the only place at the time where the necessities of life were obtainable. "In 1846 the family moved on to Livingstone Gully, and there they lived for the remainder of their lives. "During the period from 1837 the six children were married, and shortly afterwards were all settled in their different homes on the land. We, the second family, numbered nine, making a total of 15 in my father's family. Every one of us married and settled on the land in the Wagga district. None of the nine died accidentally or from illness in early life, and only one died childless. The families of the remainder ranged from 7 to 10, which added considerably to the population of the district, and is possibly a record for any one family in the State. Grand and great grand children are innumerable: they evidently have the blood of the pioneers in their veins, for descendants may be traced in all the cities to the remotest parts of Australia — from the back blocks far out west to the dairying districts of the coast.'' |
Source References: |
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/ |
- Reference = 79 (Marriage) |
- Reference = 79 (Death) |
- Reference = 79 (Name, Notes) |
- Reference = 79 (Marriage) |
- Reference = 79 (Birth) |
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