William & Ellen Fox

Hi Ian,

Do you know where in Wicklow your relatives may be from? Do you have any references to a village/town or other placename? 

Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useful for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

You may also try Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870 which are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.

You might try locating some members of the family via checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38): Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) . Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.

Some records for Co Wicklow are available for a fee from http://wicklow.rootsireland.ie/

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Gustavus Fox came to Australia with wife & child whi died en route. I have not been able to find any more about him. 

Christopher Fox married an Mary Sutton in 1859.  and she died in 1871.  He then married Elizabeth Fox.

Richard Fox came to Australia and settled in the Bendigo area and married  a Jenkinson (nee Dalton). daughter of Steven Dalton/

William married Emily Dalton daughter of Steven Dalton.

I am a Great grandaughter of Christopher Fox and  Mary Sutton through their son Richard Fox who Lived in Windgates House, Windgates near Greystones Co. Wicklow. My Father Ernest, came to Australia in the 1920's.

Hope this is some help  I do have some further records

Regards
Anne

Hi Anne,

I'm interested in any other information you may have. I have one small piece of information on Gustavus from the Bendigo region which we found recently. Are you also living in Australia?

My email address is     ian.parker@monash.edu.au

Warm regards,

Ian Parker