gem75038
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Hi. I am looking for the death of Dorothy (Walker) FOX and cannot find it.
Dorothy WALKER b 1783 in Cantley baptised in Bessacarr m John FOX in 1811 in Cantley. I found John's death on freebmd in Nov 1839. Dorothy appears in the 1841 and 1851 censuses living with children. However, by 1861 her unmarried children are living together but no Dorothy. Therefore I assume she died between the 1851 and 1861 censuses.
Freebmd has one death entry for Dorothy Fox in 1860 which is the right time frame. I ordered the original but it is the wrong Dorothy Fox. It says she was the widow of William Fox cordwainer (whereas John Fox was a miller), that she was 74 which is 3 years off her real age, that she died in Mexbrough. Nothing in that death entry seems to fit.
Can anybody help me? I'm open to all ideas and thoughts.
Thank you.
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gem75038
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Hi Ken, sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner...real life has interfered!
Thank you for looking up these baptisms, a couple of them are for sure from my family tree: Anna the daughter of Richard Fox (John's brother) who married Elizabeth Walker (Dorothy's sister), and Martha daughter of Richard Walker (Dorothy's brother) who married Martha Elvidge. The others I can't place but they could well be related.
Do you have access to early marriages? If so could I ask you to see if you could find some for me?
Thomas WALKER b 1736 and Mary UNKNOWN b 1745. They would have married between 1760-1774 in Cantley I would guess. Thomas' parents were Richard and Mary Walker.
These others I don't know who the husbands would be but they are all the children of John and Dorothy Fox and were all most likely married in either Finningley or Doncaster:
Mary FOX b 1818
Dorothy Moore FOX b 1820
Elizabeth FOX b 1824
Thank you again.
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gem75038
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Thank you for telling me about Hugh Wallis. I have been using it all morning and, although I've not added to my information about the Walkers, I have found lots of entries for a family named FREEMAN who were related to the Walkers by marriage. This is good! Thanks again.
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gem75038
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Thank you for these lookups. Some of them I already had but not all. I do have a couple of questions:
1. Are you sure that the name of the woman married to Richard Fox was written as Ethel? I think that must be a typo because I know Richard Fox married Elizabeth Walker, not Ethel. Elizabeth was Dorothy's sister.
2. Re the death of Richard Walker the farmer (who definitely was the husband of Mary) I just want to double check it really is 4 Feb 1765. I have it recorded as 2 Feb 1765 but my information was hearsay.
Thank you again. I really appreciate your taking the time to help me, and I love getting all these nuggets of knowledge.
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gem75038
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KLM, you have given me some very nice death dates that I did not have, thank you.
May I ask you another question? Richard and Mary WALKER had several children. One of them was Thomas (and you gave me his bapt. 1736 and death 1823 dates). Another one of their children was Sarah b 1742 in Bessacarr. Now she married Thomas FOX b 1742 in Finningley. They married 14 Jul 1767 in Finningley. I do not have death dates for either of them. Can you find them by any chance? By the way, Thomas Fox is the father of my John Fox and his brother Richard Fox. Yet another case of families intermarrying.
Thank you so much.
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gem75038
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It is indeed...and I am the lucky recipient! You're sweethearts, thank you.
May I carry this thread just a little further?
One of the entries you found for me was the death of Mary who was married to Thomas Walker. She was born Mary Moor(e) in Finningley baptised 20 Mar 1745. LDS says her parents were John MOOR and Dorothy ?. Can you find anything about them?
As always, thank you.
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