George David Cox

1849 - 1929  (80 years)

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• Name	George David Cox
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	22 Jan 1849	Southwark, London
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	22, William Street, Southwark, London   [1]
  Residence	1861	98, St George's Road, Southwark, London   [2]
  Residence	1871	168, Drummond Road, Bermondsey, London   [3]
  Occupation	1871
  	Shopman for a surgical instrument maker
  Education	1871-1873	Spurgeon's College, London
  	Theology
  Residence	1880	Sittingbourne, Kent
  Residence	1881	Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire   [4]
  Residence	1888	Maud Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  	The directory notes Maud Street to be on the right hand side from Latrobe Terrace
  Residence	1893-1896	Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
  Residence	1896	Cameron Road, Napier, New Zealand
  Residence	1901	Oamaru, New Zealand
  Residence	1908	Lincoln, New Zealand
  Residence	1911	The Cove, Dunedin, New Zealand
  Occupation	1879-1920
  	Baptist minister
  	He is known to have been pastor to Baptist Churches in Sittingbourne Kent, Melton Mowbray Leicestershire, Australia and Christchurch New Zealand
  Died	27 Apr 1929	Springston, New Zealand
  	Cause: Pneumonia, apoplexy, diabetes
  Buried	30 Apr 1929	Springston Cemetery, Springston, New Zealand
  Person ID	I14182	Extended Craxford Family | The Craxfords of London - including Crauford - not yet attached to the main trunk
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cox,   b. 1817, Faxton, Northamptonshire ,   d. 11 Jan 1892, Walthamstow, London  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Louisa Craxford,   b. 14 Dec 1823, Leicester, Leicestershire ,   d. Dec 1906, Uxbridge, Middlesex  (Age 83 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1847	St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [6]
  Witnesses	5 Apr 1847
  	David Craxford; Elizabeth Craxford (her brother and sister)
  BMD Certificates		MC: Craxford, Louisa (1847) and Joseph Cox David and Elizabeth were Louisa's brother and sister
  Family ID	F372	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Fanny Halsey,   b. 1852, Bermondsey, London ,   d. 7 Jun 1908, New Zealand  (Age 56 years)
  Married	2 Aug 1875	Drummond Road Baptist Chapel, Drummond Road, Bermondsey, London   [7]
  Children	1. Frederick George Charles Cox,   b. 1877, Market Harborough, Leicestershire ,   d. 27 Aug 1902, Napier, New Zealand  (Age 25 years)   2. Edith Alice Cox,   b. 3 Oct 1877, Sittingbourne, Kent ,   d. 14 Nov 1947, New Zealand  (Age 70 years)   3. Lydia Anne Cox,   b. 1880, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire ,   d. 8 Jul 1959, Christchurch, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)   4. Willie Gordon Cox,   b. May 1885, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire ,   d. 20 Aug 1885, Douglas, Isle of Man  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F9674	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1861 - 98, St George's Road, Southwark, London Residence - 1881 - Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Residence - 1888 - Maud Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Residence - 1893-1896 - Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Residence - 1896 - Cameron Road, Napier, New Zealand Residence - 1901 - Oamaru, New Zealand Residence - 1908 - Lincoln, New Zealand Residence - 1911 - The Cove, Dunedin, New Zealand  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location/Street       : District/Village       : City/Town       : County/State       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		George Cox Enrollment photograph at Spurgeon's College, London about 1872
  		Rev George D Cox Photograph from Aberdeen Street Baptist Church, Geelong

  
  

  Headstones

  HS: Cox, George David and Alice Fanny In Loving Memory of ALICE FANNY COX The beloved wife of REV. G.D. COX who fell asleep in Jesus June 7 1908 Aged 56 years "Rest after weariness Sweet rest at last" Also the REV. G.D. COX Died April 27 1929 Aged 80 years Headstone photograph: © Eileen Smith, Christchurch, New Zealand

  
  

  Newspaper Cuttings		In Memoriam - Rev George D Cox This obituary appeared in The New Zealand Baptist Page 165 June 1929 - Reproduced with permission: Ayson Clifford Library/ NZ Baptist Archive, Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand
  		A memory of Rev George D Cox This memorial to George Cox appeared in The New Zealand Baptist Pages 202-203 July 1929 - Reproduced with permission: Ayson Clifford Library/ NZ Baptist Archive, Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand

  
  

• Sources

  [S236] 1851 England Census, Saint Saviour Christchurch HO107/1557 364 20 (Reliability: 4). [S26] 1861 England Census, St George Southwark RG09/333 105 1 (Reliability: 4). [S27] 1871 England Census, St Olave Southwark RG10/637 14 22 (Reliability: 4). [S34] 1881 English Census, Melton Mowbray RG11/3182 92 39 (Reliability: 4). [S407] Victoria PO Directory 1888, Wise, Page 170 (Reliability: 3). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Kettering 15 391 (AMJ 1847) (Reliability: 4). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, St Olave 1d 435 (JAS 1875) (Reliability: 3).