Person:Arthur Cox (13)

Arthur Edward Cox was born on 23rd October 1905 at South Lodge on the Luton Hoo estate in the parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire. He was the son of Ada Jane Cox, formerly Singleton, and her husband John Henry Cox, a gardener on the Luton Hoo estate. Arthur Edward was the second of the couple's three children, and he was generally known as Eddie. By the time of the 1911 census the family was living at 56 West Hyde, another cottage belonging to the Luton Hoo estate.

In 1928 Eddie married Dorothy May Woodcraft, and they had two children. At the outbreak of the Second World War they were living at 15 Clifton Road in Luton, and Eddie was working as a gear tester at Vauxhall Motors.

In 1955 Eddie's father died, and his mother died in 1959. Eddie was one of the beneficiaries of his mother's will. At the time of her death he was living at 15 Clifton Road in Luton. Dorothy's sister Winifred was a neighbour, living at 17 Clifton Road with her husband.

Dorothy died in 1968, aged 63.

Two years later Eddie married again. His second wife was Dorothy's sister Winifred, whose first husband had died in 1964.

Winifred died in 1996, aged 89. Eddie lived to be 96 and died in 2002.

1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   REGISTRATION DISTRICT Luton
   1905 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Luton in the County of Bedford
   No.	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden name of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   233	Twenty third October 1905 South Lodge, Luton Hoo Park, Hyde RD	Arthur Edward	Boy	John Henry Cox	Ada Jane Cox, formerly Singleton	Gardener (Domestic)	J.H. Cox Father South Lodge, Luton Hoo Park, Hyde	Eleventh November 1905	Edward Barnard, Registrar

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Harpenden Parish Registers.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Harpenden in the County of Hertford in the Year One thousand nine hundred and five
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1800 Born 23 Oct	1905 26 Nov	Arthur Edward	John Henry and Ada Jane	Cox	South Lodge, Luton Hoo	Gardener	J. Whitaker

3. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 9025; Schedule 128, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: No. 56 West Hyde N[ea]r Luton, Bedfordshire
   5 rooms occupied
   John Henry Cox, head, male, 40 [1870/1], married, Gardener (Domestic), worker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Ada Jane Cox, wife, female, 39 [1871/2], married 9 years, 3 children, all still living, b. Aston, Derbyshire
   John Robert Cox, son, male, 8 [1902/3], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Arthur Edward Cox, son, male, 5 [1905/6], b. Hyde, Bedfordshire
   Elsie Elizabeth Cox, daughter, female, 3 [1907/8], b. Hyde, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register.

   15 Clifton Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Cox, Arthur E. / male / 23 Oct 1905 / married / Gear tester Gear Lapping setter stones[?] Vauxhall Motors
   Cox, Dorothy M. / female / 8 Jan 1905 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   [two records closed]

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Arthur Edward COX, May 2002, Luton Registration District, Register B64F, District 3151B, Entry 191, b. 23 Oct 1905