Annie Georgina (Ferguson) Cox (abt. 1839 - 1899)

Born about 1839 in Ballysillan, county Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Easton John Cox — married 10 Jan 1880 in London, England

Died 2 Dec 1899 at about age 60 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Annie was born about 1839, the daughter of Thomas Ferguson, Esq., of Greenville, county Down, and Ballysillan, county Antrim, and Emma Benyon, formerly of Leeds, Yorkshire.^[1]

When the 1871 census of England was enumerated, Annie was sharing a household with her sister, Mary:

- Mary C Simpson, head, widow, age 39, Annuitant, born in Ireland

- Annie G Ferguson, sister, unmarried, age 31, Annuitant, born in Ireland

- Emily I. Charles, servant, unmarried, age 35, Cook; born in Osmington, Dorset

- Susanna F. Clarke, do., ..., age 21, Ladysmaid; born in Northamptonshire

- Eliza Charles, do., ..., age 28, Housemaid; born in Osmington, Dorset

- Albert H Edwards, do., ..., age 24, Footman; born in Georgeham, Devon

- Census place: 26, Chester Street, St George Hanover Square, London^[2]

On the 10th January 1880, Annie married Lieut.-Colonel Easton John Cox, recently retired from the 3rd (Buffs) Regiment of Foot, in St Michael's, Chester-square, in London.^[3][4]

Captain Easton Cox, late of the 3d Buffs, and his bride, late Miss Annie Ferguson, of Greenville, county Down, have gone to spend the winter in the South of France. The wedding breakfast was given at the house of her brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Ferguson, Easton-square, who gave her away at the ceremony previously.^[5]

Annie's and Easton's household was enumerated in the 1891 census of England as follows:

- Easton John Cox, head, married, age [66?], retired soldier, born at Oxford

- Annie Georgina, wife, married, age 50, born at Belfast

- Charlotte Hearn, servant, widow, age 41, born at Walmer, Kent

- Elizabeth Cornelius, servant, single, age 23, born at Ash, Kent

- Census place: Lynch House, Eastry, Kent^[6]

Annie Georgina Cox née Ferguson died on the 2nd December 1899 at Petersfield, Hants, aged sixty years.^[7][8]

Research notes

• The estimated year of birth is inferred from the age reported to the 1851 census enumerator.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} England 1851 Census. Thomas and Emma Ferguson, with daughters, in Bath, Somerset. Original record: National Archives, Kew Surrey. PRO ref. HO107, piece 1943, folio 256, pg. 25, household schedule no 81, enumeration district no. 9, registration district: Bath, sub-registration district: Lansdown. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-02-06, by subscription).
2. ↑ England 1871 Census. Mary C Simpson, widow, age 39, and sister Annie G Ferguson, age 31, in St George Hanover Square, London. Original records: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871 (Kew, Richmond, Surrey: National Archives of the UK, 1871); PRO ref. RG10, piece 104, folio 21, pg. 38, registration district: St George Hanover Square, subdistrict: Belgrave, enumeration district 5, household schedule no. 183. Digital images of PRO record online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-02-07, by subscription).
3. ↑ Index of civil registrations of marriages, England. Annie Georgina Ferguson and Easton John Cox, 1st quarter ending 31 March 1880, St George Hanover Square registration district (London), vol. 1a, pg. 586. Original record: General Register Office, Southport. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-02-07).
4. ↑ Pall Mall Gazette, 16 January 1880, pg. 3. Marriage notice: “Cox—Ferguson—At St. Michael’s, Chester-square, Captain Easton J. Cox, late of the 3rd Regiment (the Buffs), to Annie G., daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Ferguson, of Granville [sic], county Down, Jan. 10.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription 2018-02-07, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).
5. ↑ Londonderry Sentinel, 27 January 1880, pg. 4. Captain Easton Cox, and his bride, Miss Annie Ferguson, of Greenville, county Down. Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription 2018-02-07, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).
6. ↑ England 1891 Census. Easton John Cox, age [66?], born at Oxford, with wife, Annie Georgina, age 50, born at Belfast, with servants, in Lynch House, Eastry, Kent. Original records: Census Returns of England & Wales, 1891 (Kew, Surrey: The National Archives of the UK, 1891); registration district: Eastry, sub-registration district: Sandwich, enumeration district no. 8; PRO ref. RG12, piece 734, folio 85. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-02-06, by subscription).
7. ↑ Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Annie Georgina Cox, 4th quarter ending 31 December 1899, aged 59 years [born c.1840], Petersfield registration district (Hampshire), vol. 2c, pg. 109. Original record: General Register Office, Southport. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-02-07).
8. ↑ Sussex Agricultural Express, 8 December 1899, pg. 4. Death notice: “Cox.—On the 2nd December at Avondale, Petersfield, Annie Georgina, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Easton J. Cox, late The Buffs Regiment.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription 2018-02-07, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).