cox family - advice needed.

[trixi button]

Hi have been researching my cox family.Have i reached the end of the road?  Have maria cox in 1841 census in aberystruth .she is residing with the arble family who have quite a few lodgers.maria is shown as cock not coxand of no trade.also lodging there is william button. believe maria had travelled to aberystruth from somerset to marry william.they were married crickhowell 1841.i have traced william back to frome .his father was aaron button.on wedding cert marias father is named as james cox. having presumed maria came from frome also i have looked at records c1820/21 for her bapt.so far i have found a maria cox born 30.6.1819 bapt 5.8.1820at holy trinity frome.but there is also a maria cox bapt 8.12.1822 at westbury and guess what parents of both are james and mary cox!!! looking at records there are lots of james coxs. on the 1851 census maria is still living at aberystruth along with her daughter caroline button aged 8 and son charles aaron button aged 7.caroline was born in frome.marias husband william is in bromley middlesex (maria and children have joined him there in 1861 and they have had two more children. )in 1851 census maria is residing with john cox and his family at aberystruth.john is 6 years older than maria and could be her brother. he is married to martha. john gives his place of birth as rode somerset his wife martha gives her place of birth as milverton somerset. i have looked for john cox but after finding lots of john cox marrying lots of marthas all over somerset but not in rode!

My question as someone recent to family history do i assume the maria born in frome in 1819 is mine? Or should i keep trying to find john cox in rode and try and trace the cox family back that way.or is there not much likihood that i will ever be able to trace the cox family back further than maria.? Any advice appreciated.

[lizdb]

On later censuses, where does Maria say she was born?

[trixi button]

She does give her place of birth as frome same as william on 1861 census.on 1851 gives her age as 31. On 1871 just gives somerset. do u think i can take it as read that it is frome?  Is rode very near to frome? thanks for your reply

[trixi button]

I am just worried that this would be the only evidence i would have for saying this is my maria. for all i no they could have just put frome down as nearest big town? I have had other relatives on different branches give different places of birth on each census!!

[shirl100]

Rode is about 5 miles from Frome, have you found John's baptism in Rode? I would try and trace both families with parents James and Mary both in Frome and Westbury, see if there are siblings, were they still around in 1851 to give a clue to birthplace etc. Are there any other Cox baptisms in Rode?

Also try checking John Cox after the 1851 census, does he consistently state Rode as a birthplace? It's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle but you may just find a clue.

Good luck

Shirl

[allibaker]

on the marriage certificate what does it give as james cox occupation?
maybe this might help us
regards
alli

[allibaker]

john cox and martha ?? did not marry in frome although they did baptised their eldest children there -
martha cox born 27th oct 1834 baptised 8th aug 1835 parents john cox and martha.fathers occupation is listed as dyer and address is listed as rodden lane
john cox baptised 2nd july 1836 frome parents listed as john cox and martha fathers ocupation is dye warehouseman address listed as frome
dont know if this helps any?
regards
alli

[allibaker]

there are no cox marriages in rode somerset in that period or indeed in rodden however i see this wedding in frome i note it because of the witness JOHN COX
william COX batchelor of this parish married elizabeth laura east spinster of this parish 21st feb 1814 witnesses john cox and lucy cox
regards
alli

[trixi button]

Thanks so much alli.
John is in the 1851 aberystruth census as a labourer. Sadly it dies not give his relationship to Maria Button( nee cox) so they may not have been brother/sister but only cousins. Thankyou for taking the time to look up the above which i will look into further
best wishes
trixi