Anne Taylor Fox (1839 - 1893)

Born 12 May 1839 in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1893 at age 54 in her residence, Post Street, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England

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Biography

Artist, Preceptress's Daughter and Annuitant, Living On Her Own Means; of 51 Post Street, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.

Background

She was the 3rd and only surviving daughter of Dr Robert Fox, of Godmanchester, by his second wife, Anne Taylor. She was baptised on 11 June 1839 at Godmanchester.

1841 British Census, see: her father.

Career

"She had considerable talent as an artist."

1871 British Census, Post Street, Godmanchester; Anne T Fox, 31, see: her mother.

1881 British Census, Post Street, Godmanchester; Head: Annie Taylor Fox, 41, Annuitant; Susan E Garner, 36, Annuitant, Boarder; and Charlotte Flint, 28, General Servant Domestic.

These three ladies were still living together in 1891:

1891 British Census, Post Street, Godmanchester; Head: Annie Taylor Fox, 51, Living On Her Means; Susan Wilkinson Garner, 46, Living On Her Means, Boarder; and Charlotte Flint, 34, General Servant.

Death and burial

She never married and died on 7 December 1893 in Godmanchester, of consumption, aged 54. She was buried on 10 December 1893 at St Mary's Church, Godmanchester.

Probate: Anne Taylor Fox, 6 Feb 1894, Peterborough, Huntingdonshire. Beneficiaries: [Her cousin] Mary Julia Hunnybun.

Sources

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

1839 Ann Taylor Fox, Birth, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N9J-993.

1839 Ann Taylor Fox, Baptism, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3L8-7Z5.

1841 British Census, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M77L-ZKD.

1851 British Census., Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRW-JMY.

1861 British Census, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7RW-5WL.

1871 British Census, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD8J-KJJ.

1881 British Census, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-ZFFS.

1891 British Census, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4YHG-MT2.