Person:Elsie Cox (6)

Elsie Elizabeth Cox was born on 22nd August 1907 at West Hyde in Bedfordshire, daughter of Ada Jane Cox, formerly Singleton, and her husband John Henry Cox, a gardener. Elsie was the youngest of the couple's three children, and the only girl. Elsie's father worked on the Luton Hoo estate, and the family lived in cottages belonging to the estate. By the time of the 1911 census they were living at 56 West Hyde. That census finds Elsie living there with her parents and brothers.

Elsie never married. She was still living with her parents at 56 West Hyde at the outbreak of the Second World War, when she was described as incapacitated. Elsie's father died in 1955 and her mother in 1959. Elsie was one of the beneficiaries of her mother's will.

Elsie lived to be about 90 years old. She died in 1997 in the Luton area.

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

   REGISTRATION DISTRICT Luton
   1907 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
   82	Twenty second August 1907 West Hyde, Hyde RD	Elsie Elizabeth	Girl	John Henry Cox	Ada Jane Cox, formerly Singleton	Gardener (Domestic)	J.H. Cox Father West Hyde, Hyde	Twenty sixth September 1907	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 seven
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1499	1907 Oct 6	Elsie Elizabeth	John Henry and Ada Jane	Cox	9 West Hyde	Gardener	J. Melville Jones

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
   Luton Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

   56 West Hyde, Hyde, Bedfordshire
   Cox, John H. / male / 28 Jun 1870 / married / Foreman Gardener
   Cox, Ada J. / female / 14 Aug 1872 / married / Unpaid domestic duties
   Cox, Elsie E. / female / 22 Aug 1907 / single / Incapacitated

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

   d. Elsie COX, August 1997, Luton Registration District, Register A47F, District 3151A, Entry 202, b. 22 Aug 1907