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Looking for ancestral information on Henry and Harriet Cox of Kent.

Henry Cox was born April 4, 1842 in Kennington, Kent. He married Harriet Conley, ( born January 5, 1847 in Brabourne), in Brabourne, East Ashford on May 28, 1871.

They immigrated to Tasmania, Australia arriving in 1883.

( Or, if Henry and Harriet are in your Family Tree, I'd be happy to correspond! )

Thanks in anticipation to anyone out there, who can throw some light on Henry and Harriet's past.... ( I've reached the proverbial 'brick wall' ).

Is this Henry in the 1851 census with his parents? :-

COX, Henry Head Married M 38 1813 Brick & Tile Maker
Boughton Kent
COX, Catherine Wife Married F 40 1811 Boughton Kent
COX, Richard Son Unmarried M 13 1838 Farm Boy Boughton Kent
COX, Ellender Daughter F 11 1840
Kennington
Kent VIEW
COX, Henry Son M 8 1843 Farm Boy Kennington Kent <<<<<<<<<<<<<
COX, William Son M 6 1845
Saltwood Kent
COX, Thomas Son M 3 1848 Saltwood Kent
WEDDETT, John Lodger Unmarried M 29 1822 Brick Maker
Herne Kent
SPILLETT, Alfred Lodger Unmarried M 24 1827 Brickmakers Lab Chartham Kent

Address:
Brick Yard House, Saltwood, Hythe


Piece: 1633
Folio: 470
Page: 19
Registration District: Elham

Kath. x

Same family in the 1861 census:-

COX, Henry Head Married M 49 1812 Farm Servant Not Distinguished Boughton Aluph Kent
COX, Catherine Wife Married F 51 1810 Boughton Aluph Kent
COX, Richard Son Unmarried M 23 1838 Brick Labourer
Boughton Aluph Kent
COX, Henry Son Unmarried M 17 1844 Brick Labourer
Kennington Kent <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
COX, William Son Unmarried M 15 1846 Brick Labourer
Saltwood Kent
COX, Thomas Son M 13 1848 Scholar Saltwood Kent
COX, George Son M 9 1852 Scholar Saltwood Kent

Address:
Sturry Road, North Gate, Canterbury


Piece: 519
Folio: 119
Page: 15
Registration District: Canterbury

Kath. x

This is Henry in the 1871 census (taken on 2nd April 1871) which has him as a widower:-

COX, Henry Lodger M 29 1842 Kent

Address:
West Street, Faversham

Piece: 979
Folio: 48
Page: 10
Registration District: Faversham

The image has him living with a family called Conley (Harriett is in the household as unmarried) and gives his birthplace as Kennington and his marital status as widower.

Kath. x

Thanks for your reply Kathleen...unfortunately, I don't think it's him.
My Henry was born in 1842.....unless when filling out the census forms the parent accidently put the wrong date down...?

I don't have any information at all on other family members...so I can't be sure...

But thank you for your trouble, it may turn out to be my Henry's family! :-)

This is the only Henry cox birth in Kent that was registered up until 1845

Births Jun 1842 (>99%)
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Cox Henry E.Ashford 5 7

Oh, you're quick, Kathleen! My reply was to your first post.

Henry of West St Faversham MUST be him! As I have stated...he married a Harriet Conley!

That's interesting... a widower! At only 29 years old. How sad!

Thanks so much for your amazing help!

Kind Regards,

The census often gives a person's birth year as a year later than they were actually born - it depends on when their birthday fell. I'm sure it's him as he is a lodger with Harriett Conley in the 1871 census.

Kath. x

The thing is that I can't find another marriage for him - apart from the marriage to Harriet Conley.

Kath. x

Thank you Jax......I'll have to rethink my April 4, 1842.....!
I take it East Ashford would be the District where any Kennington births would have to be registered?

It would be interesting to know if his second name is Eric. Eric has been a favourite Cox name in our family, for a long time.

Thanks for your help!

Kind Regards,

That's odd, Kath, that there appears to be no other marriage listed for Henry..!
Unless he married in another part of England??

June registration would be fine for an April birth...so it looks like him

He did not have a middle name the E is for East

jax

The June birth that jax posted just means that the birth was registered in the June quarter (so any birth in April, May or June would be registered in the June quarter.

Kath. x

There appears to be a lot of Cox Family members living in Kent, in the 1800s.
I've also checked out a lot of Coxs in Kent, just by going through Google....to no avail.

I don't think Henry had a middle name. The "E" is for "East" of East Ashford - and you are right, this is the registration district that covers Kennington.

Kath. x

:-( oops E for East Ashford! Thanks Jax.

AND Kath! :-(

Christening

parents:Henry Cox,? Catharine
name:Henry Cox
gender:Male
baptism/christening date:15 May 1842
baptism/christening place:Kennington, Kent, England
father's name:Henry Cox
mother's name:Catharine
indexing project (batch) number:I05155-0
system origin:England-EASy
source film number:

Some more Parish Register Entries that are of interest.

BAPTISMS
KENNINGTON
1840 12 Apr Ellinda COX D of Henry & Catherine Kennington (Tile-maker)
1842 15 May Henry COX S of Henry & Catherine Kennington (Tile-maker)
BOUGHTON ALUPH
1837 10 Sep Richard s/o Henry & Catharine COX Tile maker

MARRIAGE
BOUGHTON ALUPH
1837 30-Jan B Henry COX Ba otp Catharine HOBDAY Sp otp Anne Burton/ Thomas Brenchley

BAPTISMS
BOUGHTON ALUPH
1812 01 Nov Henry s/o James & Mary COX
1814 02 Oct Catherine d/o Thomas & Eliza HOBDAY Labourer

BAPTISM
BRABOURNE
1847 21-Mar Harriet CONLEY d/o Edward & Elizabeth Brabourne (Farmer)
As a note of interest Harriet had 10 siblings.

MARRIAGE
BRABOURNE
1833 13-Jul B Edward CONLEY Ba Brabourne Elizabeth HAYWARD Sp Brabourne John Hayward / William Stoakes

BAPTISM
ELMSTED
1815 May 7 Elizabeth d/o Thomas & Christiana HAYWARD

BAPTISM
MONKS HORTON
1810 14 Jan Edward s/o Edward & Mary CUNLEY
As a note of interest Edward had 8 siblings all baptised in Monks Horton with the surname Cunley.

Will PM just in case of non return.

Thank you Judith for your reply! It's marvellous receiving all these replies when I was up against a brick wall!