Lucy Gertrude COX

Abt 1870 - 1922  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Lucy Gertrude COX
  Born	Abt Aug 1870	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Health	Died of cancer.
  History	The 1910 census states this is the first marriage for both Ernest and Gertrude and they were married 15 years earlier, placing their wedding date around 1895, which makes no sense as there is a Washington Marriage Certificate for Lucy Cox and Mason P. Sailors dated 7 Apr 1904. Living with sons Frederick and William in Brooklyn, New York in the 1920 census. Lucy apparently led a rather loose life. According to grandaughter Kay (Holroyd) Mongeon (b-1937), Lucy had three children by Mason Sailors, all out of wedlock. It is felt by the surviving relatives of today (2013) that her father, William Cox, forced the wedding of his daughter to Mason Sailors, a wedding which apparently neither of the participants desired. The wedding took place on 7 Apr 1904. This is proposed because William Cox himself was a witness to the wedding on the Marriage License, in other words, assuring that it indeed took place. However, the two reluctant participants apparently didn’t honor that flimsy little piece of paper, as Mason Sailors is found marrying Effie Grace Sanders later that same month. Not to be outdone, Lucy takes the two surviving sons, Warren and Frederick, (Ruth had already died at a very young age), and escapes down to Panama where she then promptly marries Ernest James Holroyd on 27 Nov 1904. Both Ernest and Lucy were British citizens, and Panama at that time was a British protectorate. On the Panamanian marriage license, she is listed as single, however, sometime later (unknown when), an unknown person evidently discovered she was married and wrote in the margin of the license that she was Mrs. Mason P. Sailors. This license (or a copy of it) is in the possession of Kay Barbara (Holroyd) Mongeon. Finally, according to this same Kay Mongeon, there is also one more controversy surrounding Lucy. Her younger sister, Florence, was born in 1888, nine years after her older brother Charles Henry Cox was born in 1879. Their mother, Anne Johnson, would have been about 47 years old at the conception of Florence. Lucy, however, would have been a fertile 16 year old who apparently had a difficult time controlling her hormones. This begs the question, who was the real mother of Florence? Was it 47 year old Anne, or 16 year old Lucy? Neither choice is impossible, however the Cox family immediately emigrated out of England right after Florence was born, thereby lending some credence to Lucy being the actual mother. William Cox (Lucy’s father) came over first in 1889; two sons came over shortly after him also in 1889, and Anne (the mother) came over with the remaining chidren in 1890. I’m sure she made certain that she traveled with Lucy to insure no more unwanted pregnancies occurred while in transit. It is all pure speculation as all the principle players have long ago left our midst.
  Immigration	8 Sep 1890	Alaska; New York
  	Came over with her mother, departed from Liverpool.
  Died	14 May 1922	Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  	England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
  Buried	17 May 1922	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  	Plot: Lot 14888, Sec 16, Grave 1120
  Person ID	I162	Reid Family | David's side of the family
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	William Albert COX,   b. 27 Feb 1842, Owersby, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 29 Apr 1921, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Anne Roulston JOHNSON,   b. 24 Sep 1843, Limber, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 27 Sep 1917, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington  (Age 74 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1868	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Documents		Cox, W&A (1881 Eng.)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mason P. SAILORS,   b. Abt 1851, Wabash Co., Indiana ,   d. 9 Dec 1929, Clackamas Co., Oregon  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1904	Mt. Vernon, Skagit, Washington   [5]
  	by George W. Marbles, Justice of the Peace; witnessed by William Cox.
  Children	1. Ruth SAILORS,   b. 11 Jan 1898, Seattle, King, Washington ,   d. 27 Oct 1899, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 1 years) + 2. Frederick Ernest HOLROYD,   b. 22 Apr 1900, Houghton, King, Washington ,   d. Abt Mar 1973, New York, New York, New York  (Age 72 years) + 3. Warren William HOLROYD,   b. 28 Dec 1901, Kirkland, King, Washington ,   d. Abt May 1967, Deer Park, Suffolk, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ernest James HOLROYD,   b. Abt Jul 1869, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 24 Mar 1918, Isle of Wight, England  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1904	Panama
  Children	+ 1. Frederick Ernest HOLROYD,   b. 22 Apr 1900, Houghton, King, Washington ,   d. Abt Mar 1973, New York, New York, New York  (Age 72 years) + 2. Warren William HOLROYD,   b. 28 Dec 1901, Kirkland, King, Washington ,   d. Abt May 1967, Deer Park, Suffolk, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F37784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt Aug 1870 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Married - 7 Apr 1904 - Mt. Vernon, Skagit, Washington Died - 14 May 1922 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York Buried - 17 May 1922 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Cox, Lucy Gertrude-1870 Courtesy of Kay B. (Holroyd) Mongeon.

  
  

  Documents

  Cox, W&A (1881 Eng.)

  
  

  Ships

  S.S. Alaska The Alaska was a record breaking British passenger liner that won the Blue Riband for the Guion Line as the fastest liner on the Atlantic in 1882. She was a slightly larger and faster edition of Guion's Arizona and in 1883 became the first liner to make the crossing to New York in under a week. However, Alaska burned 250 tons of coal per day, as compared to Arizona's already high 135 tons. Built by John Elder & Company of Glasgow, she carried 350 first class passengers and 1,000 steerage. As in the case of Arizona, Stephen Guion also personally owned Alaska. Alaska completed 100 voyages when Guion suspended sailings in 1894. She proved difficult to sell and was finally chartered in 1897 by Cia. Transatlanticia Espanola as a troop transport. In 1899, Alaska was sold for scrap, but was resold to the Barrow shipyard where she was used as an accommodiation hulk until broken up in 1902.

  
  

• Sources

  [S238] United States Federal Census, Seattle, King, Washington; Enumeration District #196, Pg. 5B. [S239] United States Federal Census, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Enumeration District #472, Pg. 2A. [S364] England Census, 1871, St. Martin Parish, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; District #29, Pg. 40. [S365] England Census, 1881, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; District #14, Pg. 72. [S421] Washington, Marriage Records.