Eliza Saunders1

#14587, (circa 1850 - )
Extended Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Cox & Martha Ann Beaton

Child of Eliza Saunders and James Benjamin Cox
BirthEliza Saunders was born circa 1850 in Bow, Middlesex.2
 
MarriageShe married James Benjamin Cox on 20 Mar 1872 in St Mary Lambeth, Surrey.
Information from the register: James Benjamin Cox, full age, bachelor, lighterman, residence Paris Street, father Thomas Cox, foreman of a wharf;
Eliza Saunders, full age, spinster, Paris Street, father William Saunders, deceased, dyer;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were W Clark and Ed Powell [Ed Powell witnessed other marriages on the page].1 
1881 CensusBenjn and Eliza Cox appeared on the 1881 Census of Southwark, London, at 7 Brunswick Street, enumerated 3 Apr 1881. He was age 31, a Lighterman, born in Surrey Christ Church. His wife Eliza was 31 and born in Bow Middlesex. With them was their daughter Eliza, age 6.2 
1891 CensusJames B and Eliza Cox appeared on the 1891 Census of Hackney, London, at "The Sultan" , No 19 Wells Street, enumerated 5 Apr 1891. James was 41, a Beer retailer working on his own account, and was born in Southwark, London. Eliza was 43 and born in Bow, London. With them was James' 81-year old widowed mother Mary and one domestic servant.3 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband James died on 25 Feb 1893.4 
(Admon) ProbateEliza Cox, widow, was granted administration of James Benjamin Cox's estate on 21 Mar 1893.4 
Research Note Have not found her in the 1901 census. 
Last Edited8 Jul 2016

Citations

  1. Marriages of the parish of St Mary Lambeth. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. James Benjamin Cox & Eliza Saunders, 1872, #244.
  2. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/515 folio 78 page 44.
  3. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/205 folio 54.
  4. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. James Benjamin Cox, 1893.
  5. Baptisms of the parish of Christchurch Southwark, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Eliza Mary Cox, 1874, #1565.