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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand John Cox (c.1846-1894) of Hadfield |
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| John Cox operated a studio in Station Road, Hadfield
from at least 1878 until his death in 1894. |
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| John Cox was born c. 1846-47 at
Vale House, Tintwistle, Cheshire, not far from the village of Hadfield
in Derbyshire, son of cotton weaver Joseph Cox (1821-1877) and his wife
Ann (1819-1881). In
the mid-1850s the family
moved to Hadfield where John's grandfather had a grocery
business. In 1871, while still living with his parents at 135
Hull St, Glossop, John Cox described himself as a photographer.
He married Ann Howard in 1877, was operating a studio in Hadfield at
least as early as 1878. By 1881, his studio was located at 90
Station Rd, Glossop Dale, where it continued until 1891 and a change of
address to 109 Station Rd, Glossop. John and Ann Cox had three
sons and three daughters. He died in 1894, after which his widow
Ann moved with the children back to her home town of Ashton-under-Lyme,
Lancashire. |
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| Unidentified
family group by J. Cox of 90 Station Road, Hadfield, Undated, but
probably taken in the mid- to late 1880s Format: Cabinet Card Size: Mount 167 x 107.5 Photo 149.5 x 103 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne |
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| References
Images provided by Brett Payne 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com 1901 UK Census index - online from the PRO FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church North East Midland Photographic Record - Picture the Past Wright C.N. (1874) Directory of South Derbyshire, Third Edition, October 1874, Derby. Anon (1881) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1887) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1891) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Nottinghamshire, Kelly & Co., London. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories Anon (1895) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co. Limited, London. Anon (1895) History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, T. Bulmer & Co. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith Adamson, Keith I.P. (1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire 1843 - 1914, The PhotoHistorian, No. 118 Supplement, September 1997, ISSN 0957-0209. Courtesy of John Bradley. Craven, Maxwell (ed.) (1993) Keene's Derby, Breedon Books, Derby, pp. 200-202. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith |
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