William Willcox b 1861 Woolsthorpe

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still a Waggoner in 1881

RG11/3230; Folio: 70; Page: 13 - Woolsthorpe
Village Street
 
William Wilcox 49  Head Waggoner / Ag Lab Woolsthorpe
Sarah Wilcox 55  Wife Denton
Charles Wilcox 12  son Woolsthorpe


cant see William jnr - supports the NZ arrival date you have I guess ?

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Looking back for the Rimingtons ..

1851 - HO107/2102; Folio: 460; Page: 27 - Denton
 
Elizabeth Rimington 59 Widow Head Pauper (Ag Lab's widow) Lincs, Little Ponton
Sarah Rimington 23  dau  Dressmaker Denton
Robert Rimington 19  son Ag Lab do

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1841 - now spelled Remington ... there are over 20 with variant names in the parish ..

HO107/617/7; Denton; District: 1; Folio: 6; Page: 6

All born in County

Wm Remington 50  Ag Lab
Eliz Remington 45
Sarah Remington 13   
Char Remington 12 
Robt Remington 9 

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and back to the Wil(l)cox in 1841 ...

HO107/624/18; Woolsthorpe; District: 15; Folio: 13; Page: 26
Welborne / Melbourn Yard ?

All but John snr born in Lincs
 
John Wilcox 36  Ag Lab Not Born In County
Ann Wilcox 40 
Elizabeth Wilcox 13 
William Wilcox 9
John Wilcox 6 
 

[Jean Price]

Hello Newfy,

Thank you very much again for all your searching.
I think William snr being a gardener may be a red herring, as the same source  says his wife is Hannah.

William jnr was definitely a gardener, and collected and described plants for at least one notable NZ botanist, Leonard Cockayne. He worked at several of the government gardens around NZ - we now call them botannical gardens.

Finding the family in the different census also confirmed the childrens' names being handed down.

I will now start seriously searching at my end for his arrival in New Zealand.

Thank you for all the work you do for all Rootschatters.

Jean

[ianwillcox]

Jean

 Having been Googling this afternoon I came across your references to William Willcox. He is (or was) my Grandfather so I can confirm his birth and family. William first wife died in 1906 and he remarried to Frances Reid from Ireland - my Grandmother. My Father - Hilton - the eldest of 3 from the marriage was brought up first in Queenstown and later in Rotorua. When I was in NZ 2 years ago we visited Queenstown and on the memorial gate there are 2 Willcoxes - Clarence who fell and Arthur who servrd in France. Also the Queenstown school records show 3 willcox boys from 1907 from the first marriage to Emily Cox and later my father, Uncle and Aunt.

I have quite a few details of Williams parents and earlier. However I have no information when he went NZ to the time he married again in 1907.

I hope this is helpful but if there is anything else I can help with I shall be pleased to do so.

Kind regards

Ian Willcox

[Jean Price]

Hello Ian,

I am very pleased to meet you.

Am sending you a PM with my email address so that we can connect directly.

I am aware of William Willcox's second family but have not done any research there as it is Emily Cox and her family  that I am researching.

Regards
Jean