George Drury BOX
(1847-1889)
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George Drury Box was born in 1847, the son of George and Mary Box.
At the time of the 1861 census George was working as a farm servant in Howden. By 1881 he was living in Airmyn and working as an agricultural labourer. He was married by this time to Sarah Maria (nee Stamp) and the couple had a son, George, aged 6, and daughters, Maria (4) and Kate (2).
George, son of George Drury and Sarah Maria, was living in Carlton in 1891, working as a farm servant. However, by 1901 he was living in Methley, Yorkshire and working as a horseman at Methley Colliery. He had married Mary Ann (nee Thornton) in 1898 and the couple had a daughter, Phoebe.
By 1921 George was listed as a colliery workman, living with his wife, Mary Ann, daughter, Phoebe and two sons, George William and Edward, both of whom were working as farm hands.
(Research by S.A.E.)
Estimated Year of Birth: 1847
Date of Death: 5th March 1889
Age: 42 years
Grave No: 133
Latitude: 53.72014
Longitude: -0.85095
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Condition: Sound & in situ
Height including base (mm): 1520 mm
Width excluding base (mm): 635 mm
Thickness excluding base (mm):
100 mm
In Loving Memory of /
MARY /
WIDOW OF THE LATE /
CAPTAIN GEORGE BOX, /
WHO DIED AT GOOLE /
JULY 13TH 1903, /
AGED 86 YEARS. /
ALSO GEORGE DRURY BOX, /
SON OF THE ABOVE, /
WHO DIED AT EAST COWICK /
MARCH 5TH 1889, /
AGED 42 YEARS.
Mother: BOX, Mary (1817-1903)
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