Hi there,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/31861332 3 June 1925 The West Australian
IF this is the John Fox who was the father of Esther and Rosalinda, then his evidence at the inquest gives some information
He had been married two days (ie married around 22 April 1925)
He had held a drivers licence in both NSW and WA but was “not now a licensed driver” (
edit to add, Fox had held a WA drivers licence 'three years ago' (so he was in WA in 1922 !, so when was he in NSW ??)
He was driving his wife back to Cottesloe, and had been driving on the road a couple of years previously.
Frank Leighton Robertson, of Perth singing teacher, said that he was Fox’s STEP FATHER. (not sure if that would at that time be same as “father in law” would mean today)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/31858776 20 May 1925 The West Australian
Letter to the Editor re the accident, signed by John Fox, Perth, mentioning he was staying at The Windsor Hotel.
I agree with Jenn that the certificates for the 1888 and
1905 oops 1899 marriages would be helpful.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64051315 15 November 1924 The Register
If the John Fox who married Zelda A C Bailey in 1925 is the elusive chap you are seeking, then that m.c. would also be helpful.
I noticed that from the index for her d.c. she would have only been 14 when she married in WA to Fox., and also only 14 when she gave supporting evidence in the court case that followed that accident .... No mention of her youthfulness in those newspaper cuttings though ....
It would seem her age at death would be a tad “out” (creative artistic licence perhaps ) for she was named in the newspapers as Miss Zelda Bailey, one of two solo dancers, with the Humphrey Bishop Company in South Australia in 1924.
Yes, in 1941 he would have been around 80, if that were him seeking a divorce .... Would the Supreme Court of WA have those divorce papers ? And where would he be living .... presume in WA, but where .... Not in England, surely, despite the 1936 newspaper cutting having him being an Englishman on a business tour of Australia .... If it is the elusive chap, John Alexander Fox, then he was not enrolled at either of his daughters addresses (in WA) that I have found...
And is it likely there would be Perth City Council records from 1908 (newspaper cutting for his wife's interment mentions the council).... and that is definitely the chap we have been looking for ...
Cheers, JM
