Hi there,
My name is Anna. I have no idea whether this thread is still being viewed. I did however wish to write that I am directly descended from Elizabeth Helen Anne Cox - My grandmother. She is the daughter of Robert Henry Cox a descendant of Henry Robert Cox (1825), the son of the first Robert Henry Cox (Married to Caroline Gee).
The Cox-Gee family tree is of great interest to me, especially with regards to estate and property.
I found an excerpt on the internet:
"Cox family & town centre: Robert Cox and his wife Caroline and two sons arrived at Port Jackson from London in January 1829. Several months after arriving Cox was promised a 1280 acre grant of land at Brisbane Water. This grant came to be called Lisaroe, after Caroline's home place in Ireland. Robert started a timber business in Sydney. Robert became firm friends with James Webb, the first settler of Brisbane Water who had come to the area in 1823. When Webb died in 1848 he left his properties Mullbong Farm near The Rip, and Why Why Creek to Cox family members.
Why Why Creek was to become the site for the old town of Woy Woy. James Paul Gee Cox the II erected various shops, cottages and the Woy Woy Hotel for lease. The land was finally surveyed and subdivided and sold up in the early 1900s."
I have been doing some research with regards to our particular family origins. As I am completing my degree is Heritage Studies, it seems that it is appropriate to apply my research skills into discovering the origins of my family.
Robyn...I think I remember you. You're Elizabeth's cousin are you not? I remember coming to your house when I was a little girl. Remember me? Jennifer's daughter?
Anna.
