Mary Ann Gittins was born in 1848 in Salford, Lancashire, England. She was the daughter of John Gittins and his wife Mary Anne Mooney. In 1871 Mary Ann worked as a cotton weaver. She married John Thomas Cox on 6 Jun 1882 in St Leonard's parish in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. By 1883 Mary Ann and John had arrived in the US.
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"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGNZ-H2G : 9 November 2019), Mary Ann Gittins in household of John Gittins, Manchester, Lancashire, England; citing Manchester, Lancashire, England, p. 3, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XD-64P : 1 August 2020), Mary Ann Gittins in household of John Gittins, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQC-WMDK : 8 July 2020), Mary Ann Gittins and Joseph Thomas Cox, 1882.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9T9-N97 : accessed 19 August 2020), Mary N Cox in household of Joseph T Cox, Everett city Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 744, sheet 12A, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,658.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VZ-DBD : accessed 19 August 2020), Mary A Cox in household of Joseph T Cox, Everett Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 805, sheet 28A, family 478, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 597; FHL microfilm 1,374,610.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPF-VD8 : accessed 19 August 2020), Mary A Cox in household of Fay R Wheeler, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 342, sheet 4A, line 26, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 925; FHL microfilm 2,340,660.
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