Charles James Fox 3rd GGF
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1801 - London, England
Christening: 26 Dec 1804 - Stepney, London, England
Death: 15 Sep 1871 - Bromley, Middlesex, England
Burial:
Events
• He worked as a waterman's apprentice on 18 Nov 1819.
• He worked as a waterman on 4 Jan 1827.
• Age: 35, on 6 Jun 1841.
• He appeared on the 25 Star Street census on 6 Jun 1841 in Shadwell, London, England.
• Marital Status: married, on 6 Jun 1841.
• He worked as a waterman on 6 Jun 1841.
• He resided at 25 Star Street in 1851 in St Paul Shadwell, Middlesex, England.
• Age: 49, on 30 Mar 1851.
• He appeared on the 25 Star Street census on 30 Mar 1851 in Shadwell, London, England.
• Marital Status: married, on 30 Mar 1851.
• He worked as a waterman on 30 Mar 1851.
• He worked as a waterman on 20 May 1859 in London, England.
• Age: 59, on 7 Apr 1861.
• He appeared on the 25 Star Street census on 7 Apr 1861 in Shadwell, London, England.
• Marital Status: married, on 7 Apr 1861.
• He worked as a waterman on 7 Apr 1861.
• He resided at 25 Star Street on 7 Apr 1861 in Shadwell, Middlesex, England.
• He resided at Stepney Union Workhouse, St Leonard Street on 30 Apr 1864 in Bromley, Middlesex, England.
• He appeared on the Stepney Union Workhouse, St Leonard Street census on 2 Apr 1871 in Bromley, Middlesex, England.
• Marital Status: widower, on 2 Apr 1871.
• He worked as a waterman on 2 Apr 1871.
• He resided at Stepney Union Workhouse, St Leonard Street on 26 Aug 1871 in Bromley, Middlesex, England.
• He resided at Devons Road Sick Asylum on 27 Aug 1871 in Bromley, Middlesex, England.
• He resided at Devons Road Sick Asylum on 15 Sep 1871 in Bromley, Middlesex, England.
Parents
Father: Charles Fox (Adoptive 4th GGF) ( - ) (Relationship: Adopted)
Mother: Unknown (Adoptive Parent) ( - ) (Relationship: Adopted)
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Hooper Waters 3rd GGM (14 Jan 1803 - 23 Jul 1866)
Marriage: 17 Apr 1825 - Stepney, London, England
Status:
Children:
1. Charles James Fox 2nd GGF (Abt 1827-1894)
2. Phoebe Fox (1828- )
3. Emma Fox (Abt 1830- )
4. Ann Fox (Abt 1832-1846)
5. Amelia Ann Fox (Abt 1834-1849)
6. Frances Elizabeth Fox (Abt 1836-1904)
7. Sarah Fox (Abt 1839- )
Notes
General:
Records for The Lying-In Hospital, City Road, are held at the LMA bu t the admissions registers covering this period were 'sent for salvage ' during the Second World War. It looks like the governors' minute bo oks may have survived so there may be something to be gleaned from the m next time we visit LMA. Failing that the only information we have c omes from the St Dunstan's parish record (qv).Marriage Notes (Phebe Hooper WATERS 3rd GGM)
From: The New Sporting Magazine - 2nd August 1831
Shadwell Regatta, August 2nd
Notwithstanding the immense crowd of individuals that assembled this d ay at Greenwich, the river at Shadwell and its vicinity presented an e qually animated and gay appearance on the same afternoon, the shippin g and numerous craft being crowded with spectators to witness the matc h for a new wherry*, given by the inhabitants of St. Paul, Shadwell . The contest was in four heats, by the following men:- 'abb'bbCharle s Fox'ab/b'bb, King James Stairs, red; William Fenwick, Shadwell Dock , yellow; James Smith, Shadwell Dock, purple; Magness Smith, Shadwel l Dock, pink; William Frogley, Cole Stairs, blue; and Charles Cole, Be ll Wharf Stairs, green. The match extended from Bell Wharf to New Cra ne Dock, three times round in each heat. In the fourth, or grand heat , pink, red and purple contended - they having proved themselves the b est men of the first three heats. Pink took the lead, closely followe d by red, who succeeded in rounding the boat first. Red then maintain ed his advantage and won the wherry, pink coming second. The Monarch , built by Mr Lyon of Stangate, was the winning boat.
*wherries along the tideway in London were water taxis operated by wa termen and in Elizabethan times their use was widespread. A wherry co uld be rowed by two men with long oars or by a single waterman using s hort oars or 'sculls'. An Act of Parliament in 1555 specified that a w herry should be "22'bd feet long and 4'bd wide 'amidships'" and coul d carry up to five passengers. According to one account concerning Sh akespeare's Globe Theatre, "Patrons were transported across the Rive r Thames to Southwark by 'wherry boats'. At one time over two thousan d wherries made their way to and from the theatre district. During th e eighteenth century rowing competitions for watermen became establish ed on the Thames, and the prize was often a new wherry. The Sporting M agazine describes an event on 6 August 1795 as "the contest for the an nual wherry given by the Proprietors of Vauxhall by six pairs of oar s in three heats". In 1822 'abi'bbBell's Life'ab/i'bb reported on a co ntest on 30 June between eight watermen belonging to the Temple Stair s for "a prize wherry given by the gentlemen of the Inns of Court" an d on 31 July "the anniversary of the Grand Aquatic Regatta of the inha bitants of Queenhithe", when "a handsome Wherry" and other prizes wer e contended for by "six of the free watermen belonging to those stairs ". In 1820 there were still 3,000 wherries plying on the Thames, whil e in the same year there were only 1,200 hackney coaches. As late a s 1829, the usual means of crossing the river from Westminster to Vaux hall was by boat, but the wherryman's trade came to an end when new br idges were built and cheap steamboats were put on the river.
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