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Fox, James William

James William FOX
b: 1861
d: 21 FEB 1916
Biography
Listed under Taita
NZPO 1890 - 91 Fox James, farmer

Birth Details
1861/1473, James William Fox - no parents listed
(Dec 2012)
1861/8565, James William Fox, Mother: Heland (sic) Burns, Father: James William

Birth Details
1866/1668, Hannah Jane Cottle - no parents listed

Marriage Details
1894/553, Bride: Hannah Jane Cottle, Groom: James William Fox - Date of Marriage 3/1/1894 from Marriage Registration

- unsure if correct James Fox
Evening Post 5 April 1897
FRIDAY, 9th APRIL,
At 12.30 o''clock.
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CLEARING SALE
OF
30 GOOD DAIRY COWS.
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A. G. TAINE & CO. have received instructions from Mr, James Fox, who is giving up dairying, to sell on the farm, Taita (close to the hotel), as above -
30 really good dairy cows, all young; some in full milk, and the others will calve in May, June, and July; mostly Ayrshire crosses
Also,
All the dairy plant, milk cans, churn, dishes, &c.
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Our instructions are to sell the lot.
Sale starts at 12.30 sharp - not later.

Death Details
1916/1271, James William Fox, Aged: 56Y - Date of Death 21/2/1916 from Death Registration

Palmerston North City Council Cemetery Records
Surname FOX
First Names JAMES WILLIAM
Gender Male
Occupation FARMER
Address RONGOTEA
Denomination Anglican
Age at Death 56Y
Date of Death 21/02/1916
Place of Death UN-KNOWN
Date of Interment UN-KNOWN
Warrant Type BURIAL
Cemetery Terrace End Cemetery
Cemetery Block 006
Plot Number 016
Head Stone
Funeral Director THOMAS GRIGGS & SON LTD
Book of Memories NO

Feilding Star 22 February 1916
Mr James William Fox, farmer, of Rongotea, died suddenly at his residence yesterday morning.

Wanganui Chronicle 23 February 1916
Mr. James William Fox, farmer, of Rongotea, died suddenly yesterday morning. It is supposed that deceased took some liniment in mistake for a cough remedy.

Wanganui Chronicle 29 February 1916
MISTAKEN CAUSE OF DEATH.
It was stated a day or two ago that Mr. J. W. Fox, a well known farmer of Rangotea, had died suddenly at Palmerston North, owing, it was believed, to the drinking of some imiment in mistake for a cough mixture. The adjourned inquest to inquire into the circumstance of the death, was held at Palmerston Court House on Saturday, by Mr. J. W. Poyntor S.M., District Coroner, and there expert evidence given showed that the deceased, in stating that he had taken, liniment, must have done so under a delusion at the time.
Dr. Bett stated that he made a post mortem examination of the deceased on 23rd instant at the hospital. Witness examined the contents of deceased''s stomach, but found no traces of the liniment he was supposed to have swallowed. The heart and kidneys were affected, and the vessels of the brain were congested. He body was will nourished. There was a slight abrasion on the face, but no trace of any poison in the saliva in the mouth. Death in witness''s opinion resulted from dilation of the heart due to cirrhosis of the kidneys.
Leslie Fox, son of deceased, said on the Sunday evening his father was in his usual health and spirits. Early next morning he came into witness''s room. He was then groaning and seemed very unwell and lay down on witness''s bed. Witness then called his brother Charles.
Charles Fox said when he went into his brother''s room he found his father doubled up and groaning. Dr. Watson was called up from Bulls, and he ordered deceased to the Palmerston Hospital, where he arrived between eight and nine o''clock in the morning. He died the same day. A bottle of liniment had been moved from its usual plane in the kitchen during Sunday night, and his father may have mistaken it for the bottle of cough mixture which he was taking at the time.
The coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.

Probate James William Fox, Place: Rongotea, Occ: Farmer, Date of Death: 21/2/1916, AAOY W3298 45, Filed: 1/5/1916, Intestate, Archives NZ, Wellington

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Palmerston North City Council Cemetery Records
Surname FOX
First Names HANNAH JANE
Gender Female
Occupation WIDOW
Address LEVIN
Denomination Anglican
Age at Death 76Y
Date of Death 11/11/1942
Place of Death UN-KNOWN
Date of Interment UN-KNOWN
Warrant Type BURIAL
Cemetery Terrace End Cemetery
Cemetery Block 006
Plot Number 016
Head Stone
Book of Memories NO
Facts
  • 1861 - Birth -
  • 21 FEB 1916 - Death -
Ancestors
   
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James William Fox
1835 - 30 AUG 1884
  
  
  
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James William FOX
1861 - 21 FEB 1916
  
 
  
 
 
Helen Burns Tannahill
1841 - 7 NOV 1914
  
  
  
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) James William Fox
Birth1835
Death30 AUG 1884
Marriage1859to Helen Burns Tannahill
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Helen Burns Tannahill
Birth1841
Death7 NOV 1914
Marriage1859to James William Fox
FatherWilliam Tannahill
MotherElizabeth DUGALD
CHILDREN
FJanet Ann Fox
Birth1866
Death27 JUL 1942
Marriage16 FEB 1888to Edwin Douglas Seldon Buck
FMary Ann Fox
Birth1872
Death20 JUL 1960
Marriage10 JUN 1891to Henry George Brooks
MCharles Fox
Birth1879
Death18 OCT 1942
Marriage1909to Helen Liddle Eade
MJohn Fox
Birth1876
Death4 JUL 1888
FLydia Mary Fox
Birth1866
Death1867
MGeorge Alexander Fox
Birth1864
Death8 DEC 1909
Marriage6 JUL 1885to Elizabeth Pope
FMatidla Fox
Birth1882
Death
FEmily Agnes Fox
Birth1873
Death28 DEC 1936
Marriage15 JUL 1891to William John Blows
FElizabeth Priscilla Fox
Birth1859
Death28 JUL 1925
Marriage18 AUG 1881to James COLLETT
MJames William FOX
Birth1861
Death21 FEB 1916
Marriage3 JAN 1894to Hannah Jane COTTLE
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) James William FOX
Birth1861
Death21 FEB 1916
Marriage3 JAN 1894to Hannah Jane COTTLE
FatherJames William Fox
MotherHelen Burns Tannahill
PARENT (F) Hannah Jane COTTLE
Birth1866
Death11 NOV 1942
Marriage3 JAN 1894to James William FOX
FatherCharles Joseph Cottle
MotherMary Ann Gill
CHILDREN
MAlfred William FOX
Birth1898
Death22 JAN 1899
MJames Charles FOX
Birth1895
Death
MCharles Joseph FOX
Birth1897
Death
FMary Helen Winifred FOX
Birth1900
Death
FLeslie George FOX
Birth1902
Death
FElsie Evelyn Lavina FOX
Birth1903
Death
FHelena Henrietta Daphne FOX
Birth1906
Death
FIda Annie Rubina FOX
Birth1911
Death
Descendancy Chart
James William FOX b: 1861 d: 21 FEB 1916
Hannah Jane COTTLE b: 1866 d: 11 NOV 1942
Alfred William FOX b: 1898 d: 22 JAN 1899
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