Bessie Hague

Bessie Mary Hague 

Born: 2 May 1885, Stroud 

Father: Sidney Hague (b. 1850)

Mother: Charlotte Hague (b. 1847)

Brothers: Henry Arthur S Hague (b. 1874), George P Hague (b. 1881)

Sisters: Florence E Hague (b. 1876)

Marriage:        11 August 1914, Selsey

Husband:         Samuel Percy Cox 

                        b. 12 June 1885 

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Sidney Ronald Cox (b. 27 December 1915)

#2 Barbara Hague Cox (b. October 1920)

#3 Bettine Joy Hague Cox (b. 7 May 1922) 

In 1891 –

She is at Pooles Lane, Kings Stanley, Stroud. Her father is listed as ‘Engine and Machine Maker, Turner Fitter and Sub Post Master’. Her mother is listed as ‘Sub Postmaster Assistant’. Her brother, Henry, is listed as ‘Blacksmiths Apprentice’. Her sister, Florence, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Bessie and her brother, George, are unlisted.  

In 1901 – 

She is at Poolse Lane, Kings Stanley, Stroud. Her father is listed as ‘Mechanical Engineer Turning and Fitting Sub Postmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Sub Postmaster Assistant’. Bessie is listed as ‘School Monitress’. There are two visitors: Henry Walkley (b. 1884), a ‘Retired Builder’, and Elizabeth H Walkley (b. 1846). 

In 10/05 – 

PT at Selsey.

In 10/07 – 

Appointed to Hallam Fields School, Ilkeston. £75.

In 04/09 – 

Address is 130 Nottingham Road, Ilkeston. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 4 Cornfield Houses, Longfield, Ilkeston as a boarder. Louis Shaw (b. 1882) is listed as ‘Stationary Engineman’. His wife, Ruth Ellen Shaw (b. 1881), is unlisted. Bessie is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 10/14 – 

Marries S. Percy Cox on 11.08.14 at Selsey. Add: 34 East Street, Ilkeston.

In 10/16 – 

Birth to Sidney Ronald on 27.12.15 at 34 East Street, Ilkeston.

In 04/21 – 

Birth to Barbara Hague in October 1920 in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

In 1921 – 

She is at 189 Park Road, Ilkeston. Her husband is listed as ‘School Master’. Bessie and her children, Sidney and Barbara, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 8 Filed Road, Ilkeston. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Bessie is unlisted. Her son, Sidney, is listed as ‘Assistant Manager (Trading Assistant)’. There are two closed records. 

d.         19 March 1984, Ilkeston 

COX, Bessie Mary of 41 Nottingham Road, Trowell, Nottinghamshire died 19 March 1984. Probate Manchester 10 September Not exceeding £40,000.