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John

John Report 4 Mar 2022 23:20

I would appreciate any help please with a Henry George Cox last heard of in Gravesend Kent, who presume married a Nellie Grace Wright, stated b March qtr 1908 and died 1998

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 5 Mar 2022 00:15

Is this the death? :-

First name(s) Henry George
District number 7571B
Last name Cox
Register number NSB6
Gender Male
Entry number 118
Birth day 15
Date of registration mm/yy 1298
Birth month 2
County Surrey
Birth year 1907<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Country England
Age -
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 4
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Registration Month 12
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1998
Collections from Great Britain, England
District North Surrey

Kath. x

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 06:58

Have you found them on the 1939 register

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 07:02

No marriage coming up to a Nellie grace Wright

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 07:15

Think you need to identify him firsts

Who were his parents?

When was he living in gravesend

It’s not an uncommon name so you need more info on him

Several births just for 1907/8


Births Mar 1907
COX Henry George Reigate 2a 210 mmn rusbridge
COX Henry George Windsor 2c 420 mmn north

Births Mar 1908
Cox Henry George Islington 1b 254 mmn holiday

Births Dec 1908
Cox Henry George Farnham 2a 144 mmn Kirby

Also

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
COX, HARRY GEORGE WHITE
GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 453


Name: Harry George Cox
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1908
Registration Date: Nov 1996
Registration District: Brighton
Inferred County: East Sussex
Register Number: B55A
District and Subdistrict: 4521B
Entry Number: 4

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 08:31

The birth and death info given by John refers to Nellie, not Henry - though it's not clear from the wording of John's post.

John - do you have Nellie's death cert for any clues that might contain?

Nellie Grace Cox
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Nellie Grace Cox
Death Age: 90
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1908
Registration Date: May 1998
Registration District: Gravesend
Inferred County: Kent
Register Number: T25B
District and Subdistrict: 5621B
Entry Number: 151


Who was the informant?
Does it say "widow of . . ." ?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 08:43

Nellie married three times - if this is the right woman:


Nellie G Wright
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Nellie G Wright
Registration Date: Oct 1938[Nov 1938] [Dec 1938]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Strood
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: Jeffery Langridge
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 2260


Nellie G Langridge
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Nellie G Langridge
Registration Date: Apr 1947[May 1947] [Jun 1947]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: Thorold D Kent
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 904


Nellie G Kent
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Nellie G Kent
Registration Date: Jan 1959[Feb 1959] [Mar 1959]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Dartford
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: Henry G Cox
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 1056


Do you have the 1959 marriage cert?

If so -
What was Henry's father's name and occupation?
What was Henry's occupation and age?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 08:47

Linking to the 1959 marriage, Ancestry suggests this is Henry's death - though goodness knows if it is or not:

Henry G Cox
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Henry G Cox
Death Age: 81
Birth Date: abt 1879
Registration Date: Apr 1960[May 1960] [Jun 1960]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5b
Page: 299


BUT
there are plenty of other deaths for men named Henry G Cox, and Ancestry's suggestions are only that, and often irrelevant.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 08:52

Nellie in 1939, to prove age matches that stated by John:

Nellie G Langridge
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Nellie G Langridge [Nellie G Kent] [Nellie G Cox]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1908
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 41
Residence Place: Northfleet, Kent, England
Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties
Line Number: 38
Schedule Number: 269
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: DIGR
Borough: Northfleet
Registration district: 45/1
Inferred Spouse:
Jeffrey Langridge
Household Members Age
Jeffrey Langridge 40
Nellie G Langridge 31
Robert J Wright 13

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 09:47

Sadly lost both husbands

Jeffrey Langridge
Death Age: 46
Birth Date: abt 1900
Registration Date: Apr 1946
[May 1946]
[Jun 1946]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1238



Thorold D Kent
Death Age: 48
Birth Date: abt 1909
Registration Date: Jan 1957
[Feb 1957]
[Mar 1957]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Dartford
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5b
Page: 376

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 09:56

Maybe was a different birth year

name(s) Henry George
District Dartford
Last name Cox
County Kent
Gender Male
Volume 16
Birth day 13
Page 0777
Birth month 9
Country England
Birth year 1902
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 3


Birth

Henry
Country England
Last name Cox
Volume 2A
Birth quarter 3
Page 576
Birth year 1902
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Jameson
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Dartford
Subcategory Civil Births
County Kent

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 10:07

There are lots of births of boys named Henry George Cox, in many different years and places.
He could have been born anywhere - not necessarily in Kent.

We need to know the details from the 1959 marriage cert.

John

John Report 5 Mar 2022 12:33

Thankyou for you all, I appreciate your help. Yes this is the Nellie Grace I was looking for. Someone I know needs to get in touch with the Wright family, so it looks like it will be the son of Nellie Grace, Robert Wright age 13 in 1939. I managed to find a marriage to a George Harold Wright in 1928 Gravesend to a Nellie Grace Funnell, which looks like 2 yrs after son Robert was born.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 12:43

So it must be a different Nellie maiden name then

Births Sep 1926
Wright Robert J Funnell Gravesend 2a 1150


Name: Nellie Grace Funnell
Registration Date: 1908
Quarter of the Year: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Place: Lambeth, London, England
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Volume: 1d
Page: 328
Mmn Collins


Name: Nellie G Funnell
Registration Date: Jul 1925
[Aug 1925]
[Sep 1925]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Strood
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: George H Wright
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 1929

Another son

Births Dec 1928
Wright Leslie F A Funnell Strood 2a 1076


Name: Mr Leslie Frank Arthur Wright
Gender: Male
Age: 83
Birth Date: 1928
Last Residence: Deal, Kent, England
Postal Code District: Ct14
Death Date: 17 Dec 2011

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 12:46

Was there a divorce maybe

Name: George Harold Wright
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1907
Registration Date: Apr 1975
[May 1975]
[Jun 1975]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Dartford
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 1033

Maddie

Maddie Report 5 Mar 2022 12:51

looks like robert married 1952 dartford
on er for gravesend in 2003

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 12:55

There two births Langridge /Funnell in 1938 and 1945 in cuckfield

Different couple !

Marriages Sep 1937
Funnell Anna E E Langridge Cuckfield 2b 494
Langridge Henry C Funnell Cuckfield 2b 494

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 12:59

[EDIT: Oops, just noticed the above posts, written while I was searching and composing this.]

No help with Henry - but -

Nellie was actually married four times.
Her maiden name was Funnell .


This is the birth of the 13-yr-old Robert J Wright (born 6 June 1926) who is with Nellie in 1939:

Births Sep 1926 (>99%)
Wright Robert J Funnell Gravesend 2a 1150



Nellie G Funnell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Nellie G Funnell
Registration Date: Jul 1925[Aug 1925] [Sep 1925]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Strood
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: George H Wright
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 1929


FUNNELL, NELLIE GRACE mmn COLLINS
GRO Reference: 1908 J Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 328



N G Funnell
in the 1911 England Census
Name: N G Funnell
Age in 1911: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Vauxhall, London, England
Civil Parish: Strood Intra
Country: England
Street Address: 89 Temple St, Strood, Kent
Marital status: Single
Registration District Number: 45
Sub-registration District: Strood
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Piece: 3871
Household Members:
Name Age
F J Funnell 35 [ Frederick James Funnell, died 1917 Greenwich
M E Funnell 29 [ Maud Edith Funnell, nee Colllins , died 1980 Dartford ]
Violet M Funnell 11
F J Funnell 9
E May Funnell 8
A G Funnell 6
E J Funnell 5
N G Funnell 3
B J Funnell 4/12



Frederick James Funnell
in the New Zealand, Police Gazettes, 1878-1945
Name: Frederick James Funnell
Birth Date: 1876
Trial Date: 10 Feb 1914
Publication Date: 1914
Publication Place: New Zealand

Crime: ship desertion
Birthplace: England.
Lots of tattoos.


In 1939 Maud is a widow, DOB 8/5/1880, in Northfleet, with children Bessie J (1910) and Albert W (1912)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Mar 2022 13:03

??? Death ??

WRIGHT, ROBERT JOHN 1926
GRO Reference: DOR Q2/2017 in KENT (564-1K) Entry Number 515543252

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Mar 2022 13:18

Robert had at least 4 children from 1954

Wright /Blackman

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