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thomas cox, jeweller

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Ewan

master brummie
It now looks like I am resulting to gleaning information from 'directories' something I have never looked at before.

Mikejee has kindly found some entries, some from 'Whites directory' and shera found the same from 'History of Birmingham 1849'

Can anyone please please look to see if there is a Thomas Cox - Jeweller from Birmingham in any other 'directories' . His son William Henry Cox was also stated as a Jeweller in 1877 so he just may appear in a directory of some sort as well.

I have seen - Cox Thomas, lapidary, and dlr. in all kinds of real stones, diamonds, etc, 74, Caroline street (on looking at censuses this turned out not to be my ancestor)
also Cox Thomas,plater 288 Watery lane ( I could not find this one on a census in Birmingham, only one in Sheffield, he actually is a contender for the job as my 'ancestor')
and Cox,William,jeweller,high st Aston (could not fnd this one on censuses)

Thanks again for any help.
Ewan


 
in directory of bham 1835 there are these thomas cox s

thomas cox
boot and shoe maker bishopgate st.

inkstand and shaving box maker and mounter bromsgrove st.

manufacturer of lamps, gas lamps, chandeliers etc mary ann st.

butcher moor st.

coal and coke dealer and casting mould maker ryland rd.

casting mould maker thorpe st.

is this the year you were looking for or is this too early?
 
It is difficult to pinpoint a year because of not knowing the age of this Thomas Cox. He had a son William Henry Cox that was approximately 30 plus when he married in 1877.

On this son's marriage certificate it did not say deceased, so it is quite possible that he was still alive, but you know what it is like with this information it could of been given even though he was deceased, my own nan said her dad was deceased but in fact he wasn't as he was on the following census.

So, going back to your original question about 1835 being too early, well possibly it may be. If the son put Jeweller down in 1877 it was either a mistake as he was a jeweller himself or he was in fact alive and kicking as a jeweller!

I suppose, then, an entry from a directory a bit later may reveal something.

Thank you for your help again.
Ewan
 
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