Person:Thomas Cox (47)

Thomas Cox was born on 3rd January 1867 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, son of Elizabeth Cox, formerly Ward, and her husband Thomas Cox, a wheelwright. Young Thomas appears in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses living with his parents and siblings in Barnack. In 1881 he was described as a butcher's boy.

In 1884, when Thomas was seventeen years old, his father died.

On 8th October 1889, aged 22, Thomas married Kate Crowson, who was from the nearby village of Ufford. 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. Back in Barnack, Thomas's mother died in 1906. By 1911 Thomas was described as head gardener at Walcot Hall.

Kate died at Walcot on 28th August 1915, aged 46. In 1917, Thomas's son Harold was killed in action in the First World War.

By 1918, Thomas had left Walcot and moved about sixty miles north to Hainton in Lincolnshire, taking up the post of head gardener at Hainton Hall for Lord Heneage. He married again in 1918 to Agnes Margaret Selvage, who had been working as a teacher at the village school in Hainton.

Shortly after Thomas's second marriage, another of his sons, Arthur, was also killed in action, just two months before the Armistice ending the First World War.

Thomas served as head gardener at Hainton Hall for twenty years, until retiring in the late 1930s, when he and Agnes moved to the nearby village of Sixhills, living at the Old Vicarage there. They appear there at the outbreak of the Second World War, both described as retired. Agnes's sister Fanny was also living with them.

Thomas died on 19th June 1949, aged 82. Agnes survived him by twelve years.

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

   b. Thomas COX, March Quarter 1867, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 297, mother's maiden name Ward

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1867
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   772	Jan[uar]y 27	Thomas	Thomas & Elizabeth	Cox	Barnack	Wheelwright	A. Legge, Curate

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 58; Page 25, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Cottage, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, head, married, male, 39 [1831/2], Wheelwright & Cottager, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 37 [1833/4], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Cox, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth A. Cox, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, son, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John H. Cox, son, male, 9m [1870], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catharine Cox, mother, widow, female, 67 [1803/4], b. Barnack, 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 38; Page 5, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Back Lane, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, head, married, male, 48 [1832/3], Wheel-wright Mast[er] Emp[loying] 1 man, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], Wheel-w[righ]t's wife, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Cox, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], Wheel-w[righ]t's son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Butcher's boy, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John H. Cox, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Martha Cox, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Barnack, 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. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Caistor Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: The Old Vicarage, Sixhills, Lincolnshire
   Cox, Thomas / male / 3 Jan 1867 / married / Retired
   Cox, Agnes M. / female / 14 Dec 1869 / married / Retired
   Selvage, Fanny E. / female / 16 Oct 1862 / single / Retired

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

   d. Thomas COX, June Quarter 1949, Caistor Registration District, Volume 3b, page 139, aged 82 [1866/7]

10. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

    1949
    COX Thomas of The Old Vicarage Sixhills Lincolnshire died 19 June 1949 Probate Lincoln 5 December to Joseph Osborne Chamberlain and John Henry Chamberlain farmers.
    Effects £962 16s. 2d.

11.   Lincolnshire Echo, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 6, 24 Jun 1949.

    DEATH OF RETIRED HEAD GARDENER
    Death has occurred of Mr. Thomas Cox, 20 years head gardener for Lord Heneage at Hainton. He had been living in retirement at Old Vicarage, Sixhills. Before going to Hainton Mr. Cox was on the staff at Walcot Hall gardens.