Harry COX (1869

Harry COX (1869 - 1939)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Sarah (Cis) COX (1889 - 1957) Arthur (Jim) COX (1890 - 1964) John Robert (Bob) COX (1892 - 1937) Ralph Ernest COX (1896 - 1896) William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)	Harry COX (1869 - 1939) + Sarah Ann STANLEY (1855 - 1937)	Henry Albin COX (1834 - 1879)	Isaac COX (1807 - )

			Frances (COX) (1819 - )

		Charlotte PARKER (1839 - )	George PARKER (1815 - 1862)

			Elizabeth HANCOCK (1811 - 1849)

Pic S1. from GREER Family tree - ancestry

b. 1869 at Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England

m. 26 Jan 1888 Sarah Ann STANLEY (1855 - 1937) at Queensland, Australia

d. 19 Aug 1939 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 70

Near Relatives of Harry COX (1869 - 1939)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Isaac COX	abt 1807	Stoke Lane, Somerset, England
Grandmother	Frances (COX)	abt 1819	Stoke Lane, Somerset, England
Grandfather	George PARKER	abt 1815	Wrington, Somerset, England	1862		47
Grandmother	Elizabeth HANCOCK	abt 1811		25 May 1849	Mells, Somerset, England	38

Father in Law	William STANLEY
Mother in Law	Catherine SKERRITT

Father	Henry Albin COX	abt 1834	Stoke Lane, Somerset, England	1879	Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England	45
Mother	Charlotte PARKER	1839	Mells, Somerset, England

Self	Harry COX	1869	Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England	19 Aug 1939	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	70

Wife	Sarah Ann STANLEY	abt 1855	Ireland	12 Jan 1937	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82

Daughter	Sarah (Cis) COX	1889	Queensland, Australia	26 Oct 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Son	Arthur (Jim) COX	10 Sep 1890	Queensland, Australia	20 Aug 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	73
Son	John Robert (Bob) COX	18 Dec 1892	Queensland, Australia	09 Jan 1937	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	44
Son	Ralph Ernest COX	1896	Queensland, Australia	03 Jul 1896	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Son	William Leslie COX	1897	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85

Sister	Jane COX	abt 1865	Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Sister	Anne COX	abt 1867	Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Brother	John COX	abt 1868	Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Sister	Edith COX	abt 1875	Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Sister	Elizabeth COX	abt 1876	Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Brother	George Parker COX	abt 1878	Bradford, Wiltshire, England

Son in Law	William Charles SMITH	25 Mar 1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	14 Jun 1977	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Daughter in Law	Euphemia Jane WIGHT	1887	Queensland, Australia	01 Aug 1978	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Daughter in Law	Charlotte Elizabeth MILLER	1896	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1960	Queensland, Australia	64
Daughter in Law	Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD	27 Dec 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	16 Mar 1998	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89

Granddaughter	Lorna Evelyn SMITH	bef 1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	45
Granddaughter	Edna May SMITH	06 Oct 1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	2014	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	88
Grandson	Ralph Inkerman COX	1930	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1983	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	53

Aunt	Frances COX	1837	Whatley, Somerset, England
Uncle	Joseph COX	1838	Whatley, Somerset, England
Aunt	Sarah S COX	1841	Whatley, Somerset, England
Uncle	Isaac COX	1843	Whatley, Somerset, England
Uncle	Robert COX	1845	Whatley, Somerset, England
Uncle	George S COX	abt 1846	Whatley, Somerset, England
Aunt	Eliza I COX	abt 1848	Whatley, Somerset, England
Aunt	Jane PARKER	abt 1843	Mells, Somerset, England
Uncle	John PARKER	12 Dec 1847	Mells, Somerset, England	1886	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	39
Aunt	Sarah Ann STANLEY	abt 1855	Ireland	12 Jan 1937	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Uncle	Frederick PARKER	1849	Mells, Somerset, England
Uncle	William PARKER	abt 1854	Mells, Somerset, England
Aunt	Emily PARKER	abt 1855	Mells, Somerset, England
Uncle	Joseph R PARKER	abt 1857	Mells, Somerset, England
Uncle	Henry PARKER	abt 1858	Mells, Somerset, England
Aunt	Annie PARKER	abt 1860	Mells, Somerset, England
Uncle	Charles PARKER	abt 1861	Wrington, Somerset, England

Cousin	John Stanley PARKER	1878	Queensland, Australia	04 Jul 1897	Queensland, Australia	19
Cousin	Henry George PARKER	1880	Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 1962	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Charlotte Jane PARKER	1882	Queensland, Australia	13 Oct 1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Cousin	Frederick Francis PARKER	1884	Queensland, Australia	25 Nov 1980	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	96
Cousin	Albert Edward (Bert) PARKER	1885	Queensland, Australia	10 Sep 1968	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	Sarah (Cis) COX	1889	Queensland, Australia	26 Oct 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Arthur (Jim) COX	10 Sep 1890	Queensland, Australia	20 Aug 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	John Robert (Bob) COX	18 Dec 1892	Queensland, Australia	09 Jan 1937	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	44
Cousin	Ralph Ernest COX	1896	Queensland, Australia	03 Jul 1896	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	William Leslie COX	1897	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85

Niece	Mary Ann STANLEY	1866		1904	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	38
Niece	Catherine (Kate) STANLEY	1869	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	1945	Evelyn, Queensland, Australia	76
Niece	Hannah Louise STANLEY	1870	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	1954	Waverton, Sydney, NSW, Australia	84
Nephew	Jeremiah STANLEY	1872	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Nephew	Thomas STANLEY	1874	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Niece	Margaret E STANLEY	1875	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Niece	Sarah Jane STANLEY	1877	Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Niece	Agnes STANLEY	1879	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Niece	Susannnah STANLEY	1880	Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Nephew	Abraham STANLEY	abt 1885	Co Tipperary, Ireland
Niece	Bridget STANLEY	abt 1887	Co Tipperary, Ireland
Nephew	William Stanley CAMERON	1868	Queensland, Australia	1935	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	67
Niece	Isabella Elizabeth CAMERON	1870	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1926	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	56
Nephew	Donald Stanley CAMERON	1872	Queensland, Australia	1919	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	47
Nephew	Robert Samuel CAMERON	1875	Queensland, Australia	1935	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	60
Nephew	Alexander Stewart CAMERON	1877	Queensland, Australia	1919	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	42
Niece	Jane Sophia CAMERON	1879	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1953	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	74
Nephew	George Abraham CAMERON	1881	Queensland, Australia	1917	Villers Bretonneux, France	36
Niece	Flora Margaret CAMERON	1883	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30
Niece	Jane S BOX			1934	Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Niece	Eliza Stanley BOX	1871	Queensland, Australia	1883	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	12
Nephew	John Stanley BOX	1873	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Theodore Stanley BOX	1874	Queensland, Australia	1876	Queensland, Australia	2
Niece	Caroline BOX	1876	Queensland, Australia	1884	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	8
Nephew	Joseph Stanley BOX	1878	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1942	Queensland, Australia	64
Nephew	William Stanley BOX	1880	Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1928	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	48
Nephew	Theodore BOX	1884	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1924	Newtown, NSW, Australia	40
Niece	Susan May BOX	1887	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1926	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	39
Nephew	William Stanley HORNUNG	1879	Queensland, Australia	1903	Queensland, Australia	24

Brother in Law	John STANLEY
Brother in Law	Thomas STANLEY	abt 1826	Co Tipperary, Ireland	1923	Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	97
Brother in Law	Robert STANLEY	abt 1836		1912	Dublin, Ireland	76
Sister in Law	Jane Sophia STANLEY	abt 1842	Ireland	1911	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Eliza STANLEY	abt 1843		1925	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Mary STANLEY	abt 1847	Co Tipperary, Ireland	1927	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	80

Events in Harry COX (1869 - 1939)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1869		Harry COX was born	Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England	Note 1	46
1871	2	Census	34 Upper Bearfield Farm, Bradford, Wiltshire, England	Note 2	67
1879	10	Death of father Henry Albin COX (aged 45)	Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England	Note 3	46
1881	12	Census	House in Spring Garden Factory Yard, Frome, Sommerset	Note 4	67
18 Nov 1884	15	Immigration	"Merkara" to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 5
26 Jan 1888	19	Married Sarah Ann STANLEY (aged 33)	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1889	20	Birth of daughter Sarah (Cis) COX	Queensland, Australia	Cert. No. 1889/C11049	52
10 Sep 1890	21	Birth of son Arthur (Jim) COX	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
18 Dec 1892	23	Birth of son John Robert (Bob) COX	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
1896	27	Birth of son Ralph Ernest COX	Queensland, Australia	Cert. No. 1896/C10814	52
03 Jul 1896	27	Death of son Ralph Ernest COX	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52, 59
1897	28	Birth of son William Leslie COX	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
1903	34	Residence	'Gainsford', Ayr, Queensland	Note 11	37
1919	50	Residence	'Gainsford', Ayr, Queensland	Note 12	37
09 Jan 1937	68	Death of son John Robert (Bob) COX (aged 44)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 13	52, 59, 60
12 Jan 1937	68	Death of wife Sarah Ann STANLEY (aged 82)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 14	52, 59
1939	70	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	Note 15
19 Aug 1939	70	Harry COX died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	52, 59

Note 1: free bmd Harry Cox - Jan to Mar 1869 - Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. Vol 5a, page 138

1871 census - age 2 - Bradford, Wilts
1881 census - age 12 - Bradford, Wilts

Burdekin burial register - died 19/8/1939, age 71

Note 2: COX
Henry A (37) - farmer 133 acres, born Stoke Lane, Sommerset c 1834,
Charlotte (31) born Mells, Sommerset c 1840,
Jane (6) born Bradford, Wilts c 1865;
Anne (4) born Bradford, Wilts c 1867;
John (3) born Bradford, Wilts c 1868;
Harry (2) born c 1869 at Bradford, Wiltshire

Note 3: free bmd Henry Albin Cox - age 45 - July to Sept 1879 - Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. Vol 5a, page 74

Note 4: COX
Charlotte (41) - widow - dairy woman - born Mells, Somerset
Annie (14) - Bradford, Wilts
John (13) - Bradford, Wilts
Harry (12) - Bradford, Wilts
Edith (6) - Bradford, Wilts
Elizabeth (5) - Bradford, Wilts
George P (3) - Bradford, Wilts

Note 5: Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists.1848-1912
COX Harry - age 15 - born c 1869 on the 'Merkara' from London to Brisbane

Note 6: Cert. No. 1888/C2080 - page 3155

Note 7: Reg No 1890/007465 - page 5443 - parents Henry Cox and Sarah Ann Stanley

Note 8: Cert. No. 1893/C11091 - Harry Cox and Sarah Ann Stenley

Note 9: Reg No 1896/004219 - page 5464 - parents Harry Cox and Sarah Ann Stanley

Burdekin burial register - died 3/7/1896, age 5 months - died at Brookfield

Note 10: Reg No 1897/C11182 - parents Harry Cox and Sarah Ann Stanley
see death notes

Note 11: COX Arthur - grazier; Harry - grazier; Sarah Ann - hd

Note 12: COX Harry - grazier; Sarah - hd; Sarah Ann - hd; William Leslie - stockman

Note 13: Reg No 1937/001117 - page 398 - died 11 Jan 1937 - parents Harry and Sarah Ann Hanley

Burdekin burial register - died 9/1/1937, age 44

Townsville Daily Bulletin 12 Jan 1937
The death of Mr. John Robert (Bob) Cox, of The Rocks Station, Ayr, occurred at Ayr early on Monday morning, and cast a gloom over the Lower Burdekin district. Deceased met with an accident on Tuesday of last week, when supervising the dipping of some cattle. The horse he was riding reared and fell back on him, causing serious injury, and it was to the after affects from this that he succumbed. Bob Cox was one of the best known and respected citizens in this district. A son of Mr. Harry Cox, he was reared among cattle, and became a particularly keen Judge. When the Cox drafts of fats came into the Ayr and Townsville shows each year, he was just as keenly interested as his father and both shows will miss a splendid supporter. A happy and helpful nature won for him a very wide circle of friends and there will be widespread sorrow at the news of his death. Mr. Cox, who was in his forties, leaves a wife and four children, to whom general sympathy will be extended in their bereavement. The funeral took place at Ayr on Monday afternoon and was very largely attended.

Note 14: Reg No 1937/001129 - page 399 - Sarah Ann COX 12 Jan 1937 - parents William Stanley and Catherine Skeritt

Burdekin burial register - died 12/1/1937, age 82 - late of Gainsford - wife of Harry Cox

Note 15: Burdekin burial register - died 19/8/1939, age 71

Note 16: Reg No 1939/B044887 - page 398 - parents Henry Cox and Charlotte Parker

Burdekin burial register - died 19/8/1939, age 71

Townsville Daily Bulletin 19 Aug 1939
DEATH OF MR. H. COX
The death occurred In Brisbane at an early hour this morning of Mr. Harry Cox, of Gainsford Station, Ayr, one of the best known and respected pastoralists In the North. A native of England, Mr. Cox was just on 70 years of age. The body will be sent to Ayr for burial, reaching there on Tuesday morning, and the funeral will take place in the afternoon.

Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Aug 1939
DEATHS COX.— On August 19th. at Brisbane. Harry Cox (grazier) of Gainsford, Ayr., aged 70 years.
Interment at Ayr on Tuesday, 22nd

Personal Notes:

Townsville Daily Bulletin 23 Aug 1939
OBITUARY
THE LATE MR. HARRY COX.
By the death, which occurred in Brisbane last Saturday morning, of Mr. Harry Cox, the district of Ayr and the Lower Burdektn has lost one of its foremost citizens, as well as an able and far-seeing public leader. Time alone will reveal the extent of that loss.

Born in Wiltshire (England) 71 years ago, the late Mr. Cox came to Australia by the s.s.Makarra in 1884, and landed in Townsville. He went at once to the Burdekln district and was for some time engaged in farming activities and stock-raising. Following this, he went to the West, where, as quite a youth, he had charge of the mail run from Mt. Emu to Compton Downs. He often spoke of those early days and of his association with such old pioneers as Mr. and Mrs. Anning, William Marks, Dalrymple and others, from whom he derived many lessons which remained with him throughout his life. After a time, he returned, to the Burdekln and resumed farming at Brookfleld, on the Clare Road, where he grew corn which was delivered to the plantations at 2/6 per bushel.
In 1891, the late Mr. Cox was prominent in the movement to organise the cane farmers of the district with the object of getting a central mill, an event which did not succeed. When the project failed, in collaboration with Dr. Ahearne, he got in touch with Kalamla Estate, with the result that the cane was taken by tramline from Maidavale to Kalamia mill. That was the only year that the cane was sent there, and eventually the growers entered into a contract with the late John Drysdale to deliver the cane to Pioneer at 11/8 per ton on trucks. The Jarvesfield Sugar Company was formed, in which the farmers and businessmen of Townsville took 130,000 in shares. Once again the Denham Government's promise of a central mill did not eventuate, owing to the erection of the Inkerman mill. In all these movements the late Mr. Cox took a prominent part.
During the whole of this period, he was also engaged in raising cattle, and acquired Gainsford in 1900, and went there to reside 27 years ago. Amid all these exciting engagements, the late Mr. Cox found time for public service and for 31 of the last 89 years, he served, first on the Ayr Divisional Board, and subsequently on the Ayr Shire Council. He had the distinction of never having been defeated at the polls. When the Shire was re-dlvided about four years ago, the late Mr. Cox was returned unopposed as the representative of the grazing division, and at the last election was accorded a similar honor. He was one of the principal movers in the effort to have a hospital established at Ayr and became one of the early members of the committee. When the Ayr Hospitals Board was formed, it was fitting that he should be one of the Council representatives on the first Board. He was one of the foundation members of the Ayr Show Association, held the office of vice president for many years, and on the death of Mr. A A Paine, was unanimously elected to the office of patron. The late Mr. Cox was also one of the foundation members of the Ayr Bowling Club, and it was due partly to him, in co-operation with other sportsmen, that the green was established. He was a man who had the greatest faith in the possibilities of his district and believed that, with its wonderful natural resources, the Lower Burdekln could eventually carry a population of 100,000. When the underground water supply of the district began to show signs of failure a few years ago, it was Harry Cox who was prominent in the effort to urge the Government and the local authority to adopt some definite scheme for the conservation and replenishment of the water supply, realising, as he did, that it was the life's blood of the district.
His wife predeceased him in January, 1937, about two days after the death of his son, Bob, as the result of an accident He is survived by one daughter (Mrs. W. Smith), two sons Arthur and Leslie Cox — one step daughter (Mrs. Pollard), and three stepsons— Messrs. Fred, Harry and A. E. Parker— to whom the deepest sympathy is extended.

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