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William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ralph Inkerman COX (1930 - 1983)
 William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)

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Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)
 Harry COX (1869 - 1939) Henry Albin COX (1834 - 1879) Isaac COX (1807 - )
Frances (COX) (1819 - )
Charlotte PARKER (1839 - ) George PARKER (1815 - 1862)
Elizabeth HANCOCK (1811 - 1849)
Sarah Ann STANLEY (1855 - 1937) William STANLEY



Catherine SKERRITT



b. 1897 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia
m. 1929 Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
d. 30 May 1982 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 85
Near Relatives of William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Henry Albin COX abt 1834 Stoke Lane, Somerset, England 1879 Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England 45
Grandmother Charlotte PARKER 1839 Mells, Somerset, England
Grandfather William STANLEY
Grandmother Catherine SKERRITT

Father in Law Arthur RUTHERFORD 1879 Queensland, Australia 18 Feb 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
Mother in Law Mary Grace SOPER 16 Jun 1886 Queensland, Australia 12 May 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92

Father Harry COX 1869 Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England 19 Aug 1939 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 70
Step Father John PARKER 12 Dec 1847 Mells, Somerset, England 1886 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 39
Mother Sarah Ann STANLEY abt 1855 Ballinderry, (Ballingarry), Co. Tipperary, Ireland 12 Jan 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82

Self William Leslie COX 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30 May 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 85

Wife Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD 27 Dec 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1998 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89

Son Ralph Inkerman COX 1930 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1983 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 53

Half Brother John Stanley PARKER 1878 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 04 Jul 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 19
Half Brother Henry George (Harry) PARKER 1880 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 22 Feb 1962 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Half Sister Charlotte Jane PARKER 1882 Queensland, Australia 13 Oct 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Half Brother Frederick Francis PARKER 1884 Queensland, Australia 25 Nov 1980 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 96
Half Brother Albert Edward (Bert) PARKER 1885 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 10 Sep 1968 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister Sarah (Cis) COX 1889 Queensland, Australia 26 Oct 1957 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 68
Brother John Robert (Bob) COX 18 Dec 1892 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 44
Brother Ralph Ernest COX 1896 Queensland, Australia 03 Jul 1896 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 0
Brother Arthur (Jim) COX 10 Sep 1890 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 20 Aug 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 73

Aunt Jane COX abt 1865 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Aunt Anne COX abt 1867 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Uncle John COX abt 1868 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Aunt Edith COX abt 1875 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Aunt Elizabeth COX abt 1876 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Uncle George Parker COX abt 1878 Bradford, Wiltshire, England
Uncle John STANLEY
Uncle Robert STANLEY abt 1836 1912 Dublin, Ireland 76
Aunt Annie (STANLEY) abt 1838 Co Clare
Aunt Jane Sophia STANLEY abt 1842 Ireland 1911 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle Donald Stewart CAMERON 1842 Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland 1920 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Aunt Eliza STANLEY abt 1843 1925 Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia 82
Uncle Theodore William Agustus Prust BOX 1841 Horfield, Gloucestershire, England 1901 Hurstville, NSW, Australia 60
Uncle Thomas STANLEY abt 1845 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1923 Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 78
Aunt Honora (Hannah) HOGAN abt 1847 Ireland 1904 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 57
Aunt Mary STANLEY abt 1847 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1927 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 80
Uncle William George HORNUNG 1849 Lehrensteinfeld, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany 1905 Queensland, Australia 56

Cousin William Stanley CAMERON 1868 Queensland, Australia 1935 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 67
Cousin Isabella Elizabeth CAMERON 1870 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1926 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 56
Cousin Donald Stanley CAMERON 1872 Queensland, Australia 1919 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 47
Cousin Robert Samuel CAMERON 1875 Queensland, Australia 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 60
Cousin Alexander Stewart CAMERON 1877 Queensland, Australia 1919 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 42
Cousin Jane Sophia CAMERON 1879 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1953 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 74
Cousin George Abraham CAMERON 1881 Queensland, Australia 1917 Villers Bretonneux, France 36
Cousin Flora Margaret CAMERON 1883 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30
Cousin Jane S BOX 1934 Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Cousin Eliza Stanley BOX 1871 Queensland, Australia 1883 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 12
Cousin John Stanley BOX 1873 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Theodore Stanley BOX 1874 Queensland, Australia 1876 Queensland, Australia 2
Cousin Caroline BOX 1876 Queensland, Australia 1884 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 8
Cousin Joseph Stanley BOX 1878 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1942 Queensland, Australia 64
Cousin William Stanley BOX 1880 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1928 Marrickville, NSW, Australia 48
Cousin Theodore BOX 1884 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1924 Newtown, NSW, Australia 40
Cousin Susan May BOX 1887 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1926 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 39
Cousin Mary Ann STANLEY 1866 1904 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 38
Cousin Catherine (Kate) STANLEY 1869 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland 1945 Evelyn, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Hannah Louise STANLEY 1870 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland 1954 Waverton, Sydney, NSW, Australia 84
Cousin Jeremiah STANLEY 1872 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Thomas STANLEY 1874 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Margaret E STANLEY 1875 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Sarah Jane STANLEY 1877 Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Agnes STANLEY 1879 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Susannnah STANLEY 1880 Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Abraham STANLEY abt 1885 Co Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin Bridget STANLEY abt 1887 Co Tipperary, Ireland
Cousin William Stanley HORNUNG 1879 Queensland, Australia 1903 Queensland, Australia 24

Nephew Harold Henry Ivan PARKER 1913 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Nephew John Stanley Gordon (Jack) PARKER 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1922 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 7
Nephew Victor Charles PARKER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2005 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Nephew John Parker POLLARD abt 1924 24 Dec 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 57
Niece Doris Elizabeth PARKER 1916 Queensland, Australia 1975 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 59
Niece Ruth Edna PARKER 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2011 Nanango, Queensland, Australia 98
Niece Zena Ivy PARKER 1914 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2010 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 96
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Ronald Leslie PARKER 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1995 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 74
Niece Lorna Evelyn SMITH bef 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 45
Niece Edna May SMITH 06 Oct 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2014 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 88
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Mary Bobs COX 1927 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2007 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 80

Brother in Law Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD 14 Feb 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75
Sister in Law Beatrice Valentine (SHAW) PEAPELL 1880 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1934 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 54
Brother in Law Richard John POLLARD 1880 23 Dec 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 46
Sister in Law Pearlie Laurel PERRY 25 Dec 1891 Queensland, Australia 1944 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 53
Sister in Law Ella Hannah LAND 07 Jul 1889 Queensland, Australia 19 Dec 1973 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84
Brother in Law William Charles SMITH 25 Mar 1891 Footscray, Victoria, Australia 14 Jun 1977 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Sister in Law Charlotte Elizabeth MILLER 1896 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1960 Queensland, Australia 64
Sister in Law Euphemia Jane WIGHT 1887 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 01 Aug 1978 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Events in William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1886 Death of step father John PARKER (aged 39) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
1897 William Leslie COX was born Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1919 22 Residence 'Gainsford', Ayr, Queensland Note 3 37
1929 32 Married Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (aged 21) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 60
1930 33 Birth of son Ralph Inkerman COX Ayr, Queensland, Australia Died 1983 - age 53 = c 1930
12 Jan 1937 40 Death of mother Sarah Ann STANLEY (aged 82) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 5 52, 59
19 Aug 1939 42 Death of father Harry COX (aged 70) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 59
30 May 1982 85 William Leslie COX died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 7 59
Note 1: Reg No 1886/C4169 - parents John Parker and Sarah Brown

The Brisbane Courier 7 May 1886
DEATHS
PARKER.—On the 21st April, at his residence,
Brookfield, Lower Burdekin, John, the dearly
beloved husband of Sarah A. Parker, after a
short illness, leaving a wife and five children
to mourn their sad loss. Aged 37.

The Telegraph (Brisbane) 29 May 1886
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
QUEENSLAND.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the WILL of JOHN PARKER, late of
Brookfield, on the Burdekin River, in the
Colony of Queensland, Selector, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that after the
expiration of fourteen days from the date of
the publication hereof, application will be
made to the said Honourable Court, that PRO-
BATE of the WILL of the abovenamed John
Parker, deceased, may be GRANTED to
SARAH ANN PARKER, of Brookfield, afore-
said, Widow, the sole Executrix named in the
said Will.
Dated this twenty-fifth day of May, 1886.
Note 2: Reg No 1897/C11182 - parents Harry Cox and Sarah Ann Stanley
see death notes
Note 3: COX Harry - grazier; Sarah - hd; Sarah Ann - hd; William Leslie - stockman
Note 4: Reg No 1929/5718

Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 April 1929
WEDDING. COX— RUTHERFORD. A wedding of interest to residents of North Queensland, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church of England (Lutwyche, Brisbane) on March 20, when Rev. C. C. Compton celebrated the marriage of Mr William Leslie Cox (Inkerman, Bowen Line), youngest son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cox (Gainsford, Ayr), and Miss Ruth Mary Rutherford (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Rutherford, Chiverton, Ayr). The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr W. Greenland. The bride was attended by Miss Dorothy Greenland (cousin of the bride) as bridesmaid. Mr Arthur Greenland was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mrs W. Greenland (aunt of the bride) entertained the guests at the Jenolan Cafe.
Note 5: Reg No 1937/001129 - page 399 - Sarah Ann COX 12 Jan 1937 - parents William Stanley and Catherine Skeritt

Burdekin burial register - died 12/1/1937, age 82 - late of Gainsford - wife of Harry Cox
Note 6: Reg No 1939/B044887 - page 398 - parents Henry Cox and Charlotte Parker

Burdekin burial register - died 19/8/1939, age 71

Townsville Daily Bulletin 19 Aug 1939
DEATH OF MR. H. COX
The death occurred In Brisbane at an early hour this morning of Mr. Harry Cox, of Gainsford Station, Ayr, one of the best known and respected pastoralists In the North. A native of England, Mr. Cox was just on 70 years of age. The body will be sent to Ayr for burial, reaching there on Tuesday morning, and the funeral will take place in the afternoon.

Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Aug 1939
DEATHS COX.— On August 19th. at Brisbane. Harry Cox (grazier) of Gainsford, Ayr., aged 70 years.
Interment at Ayr on Tuesday, 22nd
Note 7: Burdekin burial register - died 30/5/1982, age 84
Source References:
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Marriage)
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 April 1929
WEDDING. COX— RUTHERFORD. A wedding of interest to residents of North Queensland, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church of England (Lutwyche, Brisbane) on March 20, when Rev. C. C. Compton celebrated the marriage of Mr William Leslie Cox (Inkerman, Bowen Line), youngest son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cox (Gainsford, Ayr), and Miss Ruth Mary Rutherford (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Rutherford, Chiverton, Ayr). The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr W. Greenland. The bride was attended by Miss Dorothy Greenland (cousin of the bride) as bridesmaid. Mr Arthur Greenland was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mrs W. Greenland (aunt of the bride) entertained the guests at the Jenolan Cafe.
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