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George Elliot Coxon                           1866-1918
George was born on 7 May 1866, the son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble, at Usworth, Durham. He first married Clara Harding. She had an untimely early death at age 24. He then married Dora Lumsdon four years later.





Clara Harding                 (1st Wife)            1869-1894
Clara was born on 24 August 1869, the daughter of James Howard Harding and Emma Merricks, at Shoreditch, London.
I have identified the following children.
  George Elliot Samuel Bailey Born abt 1890   London Married Edith Mary Yvonne Hill
Dorothy Clare Born abt 1892   Low Fell, County Durham Married Thomas Bell Maughan

Birth of Parents
George Elliot Coxon b: 7 May 1866                       Usworth, Durham       1866 2Q Chester le Street 10a 480
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Clara Harding b: 24 Aug 1869                     Shoreditch, London             1869 4Q Shoreditch 1c 91
daughter of James Howard Harding and Emma Merricks, Hoxton, New Town

Marriage
abt 1889
George Elliot Coxon
Clara Harding
            1889 2Q Edmonton 3a 467

Children
George Elliot Samuel Bailey Coxon b: abt 1890               Wood Green, London             1890 2Q Edmonton 3a 348
son of George Elliot Coxon and Clara Harding

1891 Census RG12-4240 6 April 1891 Coxlodge, Northumberland
1 Ashburton Court
George E. Coxon
Clara (Wife)
George E.
Plus 1 Servant
Age 24
Age 21
Age 11 Mon.
Explosives Agent Usworth
Shoreditch
Wood Green
Durham
London
London
18 May 1866
24 Aug 1869
abt 1890

Dorothy Clare Coxon b: abt 1892               Low Fell, County Durham       1892 4Q Gateshead 10a 856
daughter of George Elliot Coxon and Clara Harding

Death
Clara (Harding) Coxon Died 30 Oct 1894, Age 24,                         1894 4Q Gateshead 10a 521
Burial 2 Nov 1894, Usworth



Dora Lumsdon                                       1865-1951                           (2nd Wife)
Dora was born about 1865, the daughter of Joseph Edward Lumsdon and Elizabeth Gourley, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have identified the following children.
  Edith May "Kitty" Born 10 Feb 1899   Gosforth, Northumberland  

Birth of New Wife
Dora Lumsdon b: abt 1865                      Sunderland, County Durham       1865 4Q Sunderland 10a 522
daughter of Joseph Edward Lumsdon and Elizabeth Gourley

Marriage
abt 1898
George Elliot Coxon
Dora Lumsdon
Sunderland, County Durham       1898 2Q Sunderland 10a 1077

Children
Edith May "Kitty" Coxon b: 10 Feb 1899               Gosforth, Northumberland       1899 1Q Castle Ward 10b 347
daughter of George Elliot Coxon and Dora Lumsdon       Died Age 87, 1986 Nov Newcastle T 2 722

1901 Census RG13-4816 1 April 1901 South Gosforth, Northumberland
3 Perey Terrrace
George E. Coxon
Dora (Wife)
George E.
Dorothy C.
Edith M.
Plus 1 Servant
Age 34
Age 34
Age 10
Age 8
Age 2
Explosives Agent Usworth
Sunderland
Wood Green
Low Fell
Gosforth
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Northumberland
18 May 1866
abt 1865
abt 1890
abt 1892
abt 1899

  Dorothy Clare Coxon
Dora and "Kitty" Coxon Dorothy Clare Coxon

 
George Elliot Coxon

1911 Census RG14-96 3 April 1911 Whitburn, County Durham
Cleadon   (8 Rooms)
George Elliot Coxon
Dora (Wife)
George Elliot Jr. (Son)
Dorothy Clare (Dau)
Edith May (Dau)
Plus 1 Servant
Age 44
Age 45
Age 20
Age 18
Age 12
Colliery Store Agent

Mining Engineer
School
School
Usworth
Sunderland
Wood Green
Low Fell
Gosforth
Durham
Durham
London
Durham
Northumberland
18 May 1866
abt 1865
abt 1890
abt 1892
10 Feb 1899
Dora only had the one child, and she is still living.

Death
George Elliot Coxon Died 20 Aug 1918, Age 54,       1866 3Q Castle W 10b 418

NEWCASTLE   8 Nov 1918                         Probate
COXON, George Elliot - of 3 Percy-terrace, South Gosforth, Northumberland, colliery agent, died 20 August 1918, Probate Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8 November, to Dora Coxon, widow.   Effects £894 17s. 11d.

Dora (Lumsdon) Coxon Died 1 Jan 1951, Age 85,       1951 1Q Northumberland South 1b 567

DURHAM   19 Mar 1951                         Probate
COXON, Dora - of 31 Bath-terrace, Gosforth, Northumberland, widow, died 1 January 1951, Probate Durham 19 March, to Edith May Coxon and Anne Margery Maughan, spinsters.   Effects £778 17s. 6d.