Isabella MUIR~ married in NZ in 1851~

[Lesanne]

     Hi Riley,  This site should give a bit of background into my family.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/cxhd_nz.html
             
                   Thanks again for your time.         Lesanne.   

[msafier]

There is yet another Coxhead family that went to NZ. Three of the children became NZ photographers hence my interest. I have prepared a tentative tree:

1. WILLIAM COXHEAD b. 1795, London, d. c.1860, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, m. 27 SEP 1814, St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex, ELIZABETH ANN BOLDEN.
    Children:
    i HENRY COXHEAD b. 26 APR 1817, bap. 14 JAN 1818, Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London.
    ii ELISABETH MARTHA COXHEAD b. 4 MAY 1815, bap. 4 AUG 1815, Saint Luke Old Street, Finsbury and 14 JAN 1818   Saint Leonards, Shoreditch,     London, d. 24 SEP 1891.
    iii WILLIAM EDWARD COXHEAD b. 28 MAR 1816, bap. 14 JAN 1818, Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London.
    iv CHARLES SAMUEL COXHEAD b. 6 DEC 1818, bap. 29 JAN 1819, Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London.
    2.v FREDERICK COXHEAD b. c.1821, London.

Second Generation

2. FREDERICK COXHEAD b. c.1821, London, m. (1) 24 JUN 1845, Epsom, Surrey, SARAH BARNARD, m. (2) <1852 MERCY ?. F. Coxhead with 6 children sailed aboard the"Palmyra" from London 28th October 1857 arriving in Dunedin February 14, 1858.
    Children:
    i FREDERICK MANSFIELD COXHEAD bap. 23 AUG 1846, Saint Magnus The Martyr, London.
    ii HARRY COXHEAD b. c.1847, d. 3 MAY 1885, Timaru, New Zealand.
    iii EDWARD COXHEAD
    iv MARY A. COXHEAD b. 1850 London, Middlesex.
    v FRANK ARNOLD COXHEAD b. 1852, City of London, London, Middlesex, d. 1908, California, USA, m. 1876, Invercargill, Otago, New Zealand, ANNIE MARIA BAKER b. 1857, Tasmania.
    vi ARTHUR COXHEAD
    vii POLLY (KATE) COXHEAD
    viii ELIZABETH ANN COXHEAD

Some of this info comes from Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a18263&id=I0124

Frank was the most prominent photographer who took many landscapes in NZ as well as operating a portrait studios. He emigrated to the USA in the 1890s. With his brothers Frank and William they operated as Coxhead Brother. Between them they operated studios in Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru and Invercargill.
Other branches of this family preceded Frank to America.

I would be happy to here from any relatives of the above.

Cheers!

Marcel
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Marcel Safier (Photographic Historian)
Brisbane, Australia

[KTB]

Are you still interested in Isabella Muir (bp.15 Apr 1832, d. 30 May 1893) m. Robert Coxhead (bp. 10 Dec 1820) on 17 Feb 1851?  I have access to as much information as you wish, including a photo I took of her gravestone and ALL her Coxhead descendants as I am married to a Coxhead. 

I wasn't aware at the time I took the photo that Isabella is also buried there so I intend to return and rub chalk on the stone to bring up the words.

Isabella was the sister-in-law of my wife's great-grandfather so I have only included a little information on my webpage on the Coxheads which you may check out at http://www.keithblayney.com/Blayney/Coxhead.html (just ask me for the password).

The Coxhead photographers are not related (at least as far back as we can trace)

Keith

[Lesanne]

   Gulp... WOW.... Speechless..

               Keith, what can I say...   Thank you so much for contacting me.
               We shall have a lot to catch up on.

              Have you seen the book "The Coxhead Family" written by
              the descendants of the 3 brothers?

              I was only looking at the last entry for Robert on the 1841 census,
              last night, 12 hours before your picture arrived......... 

              WOW... and more...... 

           

[KTB]

Yes, it is on my knee.  Anything you want from it is yours for the asking - do you want me to scan the pages on Isabella and Robert?  Ask any question, send a list of descendants, give you access to Robert's ancestry back to Tristram COXHEAD b~1540....turn water into wine?

Keith

[Lesanne]

I have looked at the site. It contains so much information that I will take a couple of weeks. But certainly useful for anyone looking at the Coxheads.

Have all the dates/marriages etc been cross checked?
I will have to make some changes. Roberts Grandparents and so forth back.
Also, Eliza Coxhead (Robert's sister) married George Coxhead. Do you know of a better birth date for George's grandfather John Coxhead (=Miriam)?

Will PM.    Lesanne.

[Ven]

Lesanne,  I'm researching soldiers who fought in NZ Army WWI and KIA or DOW.
I'm looking for info on 1 George Coxhead, (Dd of Disease) who had his uncle George as NOK from Manurewa NZ.  He was son of Henry James and Mrs J Derley (remarried) from Sydney.
If you have any clues on this Coxhead family I would appreciate any help you can give.
Are you still looking for info on Coxhead in Mahurangi which I saw along the way.  Just may be able to help you with a property Plan from 1800's, but yet to look.
This is my first msg on this site.

regards

Keith

[Lesanne]

 
Hello Keith,
Warm welcome to Rootschat. All very friendly here. Try and help out where ever we can.
The Coxheads in NZ are my direct line from Aldbourne in Wiltshire. Robert left England in 1841 just after the census which shows him in Aldbourne, his brothers followed. His sister stayed and that's my Gtx Gran who married another Coxhead.

As for their descendants, I gave it a wide birth when I got to about the 12/13th child they had about 14/15....

The links on this thread should give most information on that side of the Coxhead family.
Are you a descendant?

I did visit NZ in 2004 and found Coxhead Creek Road, where I'm lead to believe 'they' first arrived in Matakana 

I shall have to check up on who married who etc.

Hope you find your way around this site. There is a board for NZ and WW1 soldiers etc.
Click on the top leaf, up there and scroll down....

Happy hunting.
Lesanne.

[Ven]

Lesanne, thanks for that.  No I'm not part of the clan.  Just hoping to track down family of george to include some info and or photo of him for this war history.
I have contacted 1 or 2 in Auckland who are related but no info,  think I need to contact the Aussie side somehow.

I had a quick look for Coxhead creek plan and came up with this attached.  Doesn't mention Coxhead, instead Webster who was big land owner back in the late 1800's.  This is the earliest plan available in the area and shows Coxhead Creek although not named then.  Webster bought the land from the Maoris some time in the 1840's probably, but it took years to ratify the land claim, hence the later date penciled 1886.
Thanks for the WWI link also

keith