John Fox (1826 - 1891)

Born 31 Aug 1826 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Ann (Salman) Fox — married 7 Dec 1853 in Parish Church, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1891 at age 65 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

Auctioneer and Valuer, Sawyer, of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Marriage and family

In 1853 he married Harriet Ann Salman, with issue two daughters and two sons, of whom only one lived to adulthood. She was the sister of Lucy Salman who married his brother, Frederick Taylor Fox; and of Thomas Salman who married his sister, Lucy Fox.

1861 British Census

Auctioneer and Sawyer (34), of Narrow Street, East Side, St John the Baptist, Peterborough, Northamptonshire; with his wife, Harriet Ann (40); children: Mary E (6); John George (2); and Frederick William (0); an Auctioneer Clerk; and two female House Servants.[1]

1871 British Census

Auctioneer (44), of Winchester St John, Winchester, Northamptonshire; with his wife, Harriet Ann Fox, Auctioneer; son Frederick William; and one General Servant.[2]

1881 British Census

In the 1881 British Census his nephew George Ashton Fox was with him.

Death and burial

He died on 25 September 1891, aged 65. He was buried in Peterborough.

Sources

'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and genealogical notebooks, transcribed by his great-grandson, Cranleigh Harper Barton 1890-1975, and which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest (1975), Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand.

1841, 1851, 1881 British Census.

1861 British Census, Family Search.[3]

1871 British Census, Family Search.[4]

Research by Philip Saunders, Huntingdon Historian.