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Thomas Joseph Cox (cox5001)

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b. October 1840 in England [censusCA]

d. between 1910 and 1930 [censusCA]

m. April 30, 1885 in Live Oak, Butte County, California. Charlatte Lafrenz, b. June 20, 1851 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Daughter of John Henry Lafrenz (lafrenz4001)[Cox]

Issue: [Cox]

Elizabeth May Cox (cox6001), May 14, 1886

Ella Cox, August 14, 1888 in California, d. at 2 years old of diphtheria.

Joseph Thomas Cox (cox6002), b. October 29, 1892

Information:

Charlatte's Story

1860:
Charlatte was living with the Schnecklott family in Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa.

1868:
Thomas immigrated to the US. [census-CA]

1870:
Thomas is working as a laborer in Hamilton Township, Butte County, California.

1878:
The Marysville Appeal Directory of Northern California lists "Cox, Thomas, farmer, 100 a." in its Gridley listing. [Gridley]

1880:
Thomas lists himself as a farmer and is living with Peter and Mary Weber in Hamilton Township, Butte County, California.

1885:
Thomas is listed as a waiter in Marysville, Yuba County, California in the 1885 Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Butte, and Tehama Counties, California Directory. [Dir]

1900:
Thomas, Lottie, Elizabeth and Joseph were living in Gridley Township, Butte County, California. Thomas owned his farm. He immigrated from England in 1868.

1910:
Thomas, Lottie, Elizabeth, and Joseph lived on his farm on a county road in Gridley Township, Butte County, California. Joseph worked on the family farm and Elizabeth was a bookkeeper. He became a naturalized citizen in 1873.

1930:
Charlatte was a widow and living with her daughter Elizabeth and next to son Joe on Manzanita Road in Gridley, Butte County, California.

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