Person:Elizabeth Hoskin (3)

Elizabeth Hoskin was baptised on 2nd November 1834 at Perranzabuloe in Cornwall, daughter of a blacksmith called John Hoskin and his wife Johanna. Elizabeth appears in the 1841 census living with her parents and siblings at Smiths Hill in Perranzabuloe. By 1851 they were living at Perrancoombe, another hamlet in the parish.

Elizabeth was married on 20th February 1869 at Truro to a gamekeeper called William Cox. He had previously been her brother-in-law; his first wife had been Elizabeth's younger sister, Johanna, who had died in 1867. William lived at the other end of Cornwall, at St Dominick, where he worked as a gamekeeper for the Coryton family of Pentillie Castle. After their marriage Elizabeth and William settled at St Dominick, having three children there between 1870 and 1879.

The 1871 and 1881 censuses each find the family living at a place called Larks, a cottage or hamlet in St Dominick parish but away from the main village. It appears to have been close to the border with the neighbouring parish of St Mellion. Similarly in 1891 they were at Viverdon, which was also in St Dominick parish but close to St Mellion.

By 1901 the family had moved to Halton Barton (also known as Halton Farm), an old farmhouse on a hillside above the River Tamar in the parish of St Dominick, and William was working as a farmer. They remained at Halton Barton for the rest of their lives. Elizabeth died there on 18th April 1912, aged 77. William survived her by nearly six years.

1. ↑ Cornwall, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   ch. 2 Nov 1834, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall: Elizabeth / John & Joannah / Hoskin / Leperah / black smith

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 150; Book 11; Folio 5; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Smith Hill, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   John Hoskin, male, 25 [1811-16], Blacksmith, born in county
   Johanna Hoskin, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Elizabeth Hoskin, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   Johanna Hoskin, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   John Hoskin, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   William Hoskin, 5 months [1840/1], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1909; Folio 358; Page 15, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Perran Coombe, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   John Hosking, head, married, male, 37 [1813/14], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Johanna Hosking, wife, married, female, 40 [1810/11], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Elizabeth Hosking, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Johanna Hosking, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], Copper Mine Labourer, b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   John Hosking, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Blacksmith, b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   William Hosking, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Julia Hosking, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Edward Hosking, son, male, 5 [1845/6], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Stephen Hosking, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2233; Folio 67; Page 19, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Larks, St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, head, married, male, 31 [1839/40], Game Keeper, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 37 [1833/4], b. Perran Zablow [sic], Cornwall
   Catherine Cox, daughter, female, 2 [1868/9], b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   Eliza Jane Johns, cousin, unmarried, female, 15 [1855/6], b. St Ive, Cornwall

5. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 2283; Folio 57; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Larks, St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, head, married, male, 42 [1838/9], Gamekeeper, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Catherine Cox, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   John Cox, son, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, son, male, 1 [1879/80], b. St Dominick, Cornwall

6. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 1809; Folio 44; Page 5, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Viverdon, St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, head, married, male, 52 [1838/9], Gamekeeper, employed, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 54 [1836/7], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Catherine Cox, daughter, single, female, 21 [1869/70], b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   John Cox, son, single, male, 19 [1871/2], Gamekeeper, employed, b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, son, male, 12 [1878/9], scholar, b. St Dominick, Cornwall

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 2191; Folio 50; Page 22, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Halton Barton, St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, head, married, male, 63 [1837/8], Farmer, employer, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 67 [1833/4], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwalll
   John Cox, son, single, male, 29 [1871/2], Farmer's Son, worker, b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   William Cox, son, single, male, 21 [1879/80], Farmer's Son, worker, b. St Dominick, Cornwall
   Alice M. Paynter, servant, single, female, 17 [1883/4], General servant (Domestic), b. St Dominick, Cornwall

8. ↑ 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 13618; Schedule 90, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Halton Farm, St Dominick, Cornwall
   9 rooms occupied
   William Cox, head, male, 73 [1837/8], married, Farmer, employed, b. Barnack, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, female, 79 [1831/2], married 43 years, 3 children born alive, 3 children still living, b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Elsie Hannaford, servant, female, 24 [1886/7], single, General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Bigbury, Devon

   Postal address on the census form given as "Halton Farm, St Mellion", although enumerator's description makes clear this household is actually in the parish of St Dominick, not St Mellion.

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

   d. Elizabeth COX, June Quarter 1912, Liskeard Registration District, Volume 5c, page 54, age 77 [1834/5]

10. ↑ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 5, 25 Apr 1912.

    Deaths. COX.-At Halton Farm, St. Mellion, April 18, Elizabeth Cox, aged 78.