Person:Kate Crowson (1)

Kate Crowson was baptised on 27th September 1868 at Ufford in Northamptonshire, daughter of Elizabeth Crowson, formerly Shelton, and her husband Joseph Crowson, a stone mason and grocer. Kate appears in the 1871 census living with her parents and siblings at the grocer's shop in Crowson. Kate's mother died in 1873, when Kate was about five years old. The 1881 census finds Kate living with her widowed father and two brothers in Ufford.

On 8th October 1889, aged 21, Kate married Thomas Cox, a gardener from the nearby village of Barnack. They married at Barnack and lived there for a time after their marriage, having their first daughter there in 1890, and appearing there in the 1891 census living in a three roomed cottage on Main Street.

By 1893 they had moved to the Walcot Hall estate at Southorpe, between Barnack and Ufford. Thomas worked as a gardener for the estate and the family lived in a house on the estate. They went on to have another seven children there between 1893 and 1910. By 1911 Thomas was described as head gardener.

Kate died at Walcot on 28th August 1915, aged 46. Thomas outlived her by nearly 34 years, and remarried in 1918.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Kate CROWSON, September Quarter 1868, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 305, mother's maiden name Shelton

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Ufford (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1570-1977. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Ufford in the County of Northampton in the Year 1868
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   432	Sept[embe]r 27	Catherine daughter of	Joseph & Elizabeth	Crowson	Ufford	Mason	Tho[ma]s Paley

3. ↑ 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 3310; Folio 74; Page 3, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Grocers Shop, Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Joseph Crowson, head, married, male, 37 [1833/4], Stone Mason and Grocer, b. Duddington, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Crowson, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], Stone Mason and Grocer Wife, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Sarah Crowson, daughter, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   George Crowson, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   William Crowson, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Mary Crowson, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   John Crowson, son, male, 4 [1866/7], b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Kate Crowson, daughter, female, 2 [1868/9], b. Ufford, Northamptonshire

4. ↑ 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 3194; Folio 61; Page 3, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Joseph Crowson, head, widower, male, 47 [1833/4], Stone Mason, b. Duddington, Northamptonshire
   George Crowson, son, male, 20 [1860/1], Stone Mason, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   John S. Crowson, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Kate Crowson, daughter, female, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire

5. ↑ 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 2554; Folio 38; Page 13, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Main Street, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Thomas Cox, head, married, male, 24 [1866/7], Gardener (Under), employed, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Kate Cox, wife, married, female, 22 [1868/9], b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Kate E. Cox, daughter, female, 11mo [1890], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

6. ↑ 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 3022; Folio 48; Page 7, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Garden House, Walcot, Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, head, married, male, 34 [1866/7], Gardener Domestic, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Kate Cox, wife, married, female, 32 [1868/9], b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Kate E. Cox, daughter, single, female, 10 [1890/1], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Joseph Cox, son, single, male, 8 [1892/3], Scholar, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Arthur Cox, son, male, 6 [1894/5], Scholar, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Thomas H. Cox, son, male, 4 [1896/7], Scholar, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Mabel S. Cox, daughter, female, 3 [1897/8], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire

7. ↑ 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 19435; Schedule 63, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: The Gardens, Walcot Park, Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   5 rooms occupied
   Thomas Cox, head, male, 44 [1866/7], married, Head Gardener (Domestic), Worker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Kate Cox, wife, female, 42 [1868/9], married 21 years, 8 children born alive, 8 children still living, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Arthur Cox, son, male, 16 [1894/5], Single, Footman Domestic, Worker, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Harold Cox, son, male, 14 [1896/7], Baker's Apprentice, Worker, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Mabel Cox, daughter, female, 13 [1897/8], School, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Margaret Cox, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, son, male, 4 [1906/7], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Kathleen Cox, daughter, female, 5 months [1910], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire

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

   d. Kate COX, September Quarter 1915, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 351, aged 46 [1868/9]

9. ↑ Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 4, Saturday 4 Sep 1915.

   DEATHS.
   COX.-At Walcot Hall Gardens, on the 28th ult., Kate, wife of Thomas Cox, aged 46 years.