Joseph Cox as a younger man.

I have written before about Joseph Christopher Cox, here and here. He was an Australian soldier who was killed in the First World War, and a distant relative.

Here is a photograph of the Cox family. The handwritten information on the back of the photograph states that it was taken "circa 1904".  If so he would have been 13 or 14 years old however he looks older than that age in this photograph so I suggest the photograph was actually taken in a later year.

He appears at top left in the photograph.

The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads Left to Right:

Back:  Joe, Grace, Rupert, Alma, Jack, Vi

Centre: Gert, Ede, Grandfather, Grandmother, Darcy, Ethel

Front: Eric, Rene.

Searching the online archive Trove, I found the following pieces of information about the family.

 In the 30 June 1916 issue of The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate newspaper there is an item about the marriage of John Douglas and Alma Cox where it states,

"Mr. John Douglas, eldest son of Mrs. Douglas, and Miss Alma Cox,fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cox,of Buninyong (were married) ...She was attended by her sister Irene ... The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Joseph Cox, the brother of the bride...."

The 1912 wedding of Mr. John Cecil Cox (possibly Jack? ) to Miss Martha Raines is mentioned in the newspaper here. Miss Ethel Cox gave a present, and the bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. Cox (possibly Rupert?)

The 1912 wedding of Mr. Victor Rupert Bruce to Viola Elizabeth Cox is mentioned in the newspaper here.   Bridesmaids were the Misses Alma and Grace Cox, and Mr. J. Cox, brother of the bride was groomsman.

The 1921 wedding of Miss Irene Cox to Mr. J. Morris is mentioned in the newspaper here. 

 

 

Comments

[Frances Windolf]

Bob, I started to 'chase' you because I read comments from you about RMSS Iberian - for which I am chasing information because my great-grandmother travelled to Australia on it in October/November 1885. ... I've found that you're a man after my own heart - love to dissect comments about photos, especially where the comments are possibly incorrect. I'm just finishing an MA(Hons) History at UNE, but my husband John and I are keen local historians on the Sunshine Coast. Would love to hear from you, especially if your Maritime History investigations have told you any more about the Iberia - one 1887 sketch (found through Trove - in State Library of South Australia) appears to show it with a paddle wheel! My email address is below - also on facebook. Thanks!