18 Aug 2023
Wife: Annie Maria Bird
Born: ABT 1858 in Trumpington Christened: 11 Apr 1858 in Trumpington (see note 1) Census: 1861 in Cambridge Road, Trumpington (see note 2) Census: 1871 in Nightingales Cottages, Trumpington (see note 3) Census: 1891 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 4) Census: 1911 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 5) Occupation: 1911 Laundress Died: 1937 in Cambridge 1 (see note 6) Father: James Bird (1825 - 1899) Mother: Maria Allen (1831 - 1894)
Husband: Herbert Edward Cox Married: 1879 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 7)
Born: ABT 1855 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire Occupation: 1883 Coprolite Digger 2 Census: 1891 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 8) Occupation: 1891 General Labourer Died: 1898 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 9) Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Sarah Ellen May Cox Also known as: Nellie Freestone 3 Born: 4 Mar 1881 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 4 Census: 1891 in Nightingales Cottages, Trumpington (see note 10) Census: 1901 at 17 North Cottages, Trumpington (see note 11) Occupation: 1901 Dress Machinist Resided: 1907 in North Cottages, Trumpington Census: 1911 in Villas de Panama, Shelford Road, Trumpington (see note 12) Resided: 1920 - 1922 at Panama Villas, High Street, Trumpington 3 (see note 13) Census: 1921 at Freestone House, 109 High Street, Trumpington (see note 14) Died: 1 Jun 1923 4 Buried: 5 Jun 1923 in Trumpington (see note 15) Husband: Frank Thompson Freestone b. 13 Sep 1879 d. 19 Aug 1934 Married: 4 Jul 1907 in Trumpington (see note 16)
F Child 2: Gertrude Mary Cox Born: 7 Jan 1883 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire Christened: 8 Apr 1883 in Trumpington (see note 17) Census: 1891 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 18) Resided: 1927 - 1965 at Freestone House, 109 High Street, Trumpington 3 Member: 1955 - 1969 Trumpington Friendship Club 5 Died: 21 Dec 1969 near Newmarket, Suffolk 6,4 (see note 19) Buried: 1969 in Trumpington Husband: Frank Thompson Freestone b. 13 Sep 1879 d. 19 Aug 1934 Married: 1927 in Cambridgeshire 6 (see note 20)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Baptism records of children. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Monumental Inscription. (5) Trumpington Friendship Club records. (6) Index on ancestry.co.uk.
Event Notes Note (1) Apr 11 BIRD Anna [BT Anne] Maria of James & Maria otp lab Note (2) Age 3, born Trumpington, with family Note (3) Age 13, born Trumpington, with family Note (4) Age 32, born Trumpington, with husband Herbert Cox and children Note (5) Age 52, born Trumpington, widow with son William. Laundress Note (6) Sep 1937 Cambridge 3b 421 age 79 Note (7) Dec 1879 Chesterton 3b 1008 Note (8) Age 35, born Grantchester. General Labourer, with wife Annie Maria and children Note (9) Mar 1898 Chesterton 3b 309 age 43 Note (10) Sarah E M Cox, age 10 born Grantchester, with grandparents James and Maria Bird Note (11) Age 20, born Grantchester, with aunt Elizabeth Bird. Dress Machinist Note (12) N (Nellie?) Freestone, age 30 born Cambs, with husband F T Freestone and son Donald Note (13) Nellie Freestone Note (14) Age 40, born Grantchester, with husband Frank Thompson Freestone and two children Note (15) Jun 5 FREESTONE Sarah Ellen May otp 42 died Jun 1 Note (16) Jul 4 FREESTONE Frank Thompson 27 bac carpenter of North Cottages son of William horse keeper COX Sarah Ellen May 26 sp [blank] of North Cottages dau of Herbert miller wits: Arthur Webb KING, Eleanor Jane FREESTONE, H C FREESTONE, Rose Annie COX Note (17) Apr 8 COX Gertrude Mary of Herbert Edward & Anna Maria of Grantchester coprolite digger Note (18) Age 8, born Grantchester, with family Note (19) Dec 1969 Newmarket 4b 3234 born 7 Jan 1883 Note (20) Jun 1927 Chesterton 3b 1139 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index