Cecelia SCOTT [5874] ⁵³⁰³

  General Notes:

It is likely that James Scott and Sarah Ritchie were not her biological parents. Images of Cecelia show she was of aboriginal descent. I have been unable to find a birth registration for Cecelia under either surnames of Ritchie or Scott. Cecelia's parents have different names on her marriage and death certificates. On Cecelia's marriage certificate (scanned copy viewed on Ancestry.com) she states her parents are Robert Jackson, labourer, and Sarah Scott, but on her death certificate her parents are named as James Scott and Sarah Ritchie. Her place of birth is consistently given as Tylden, Victoria.

Cecelia Scott had a relationship with Edward Jackson although I cannot find a marriage of Cecelia and Edward Jackson. Cecelia married James Cox who was almost 30 years her senior and had been a widower since 1882.

I presume the following children belong to James Cox and Cecelia.

1. Agnes Christine Jackson Cox 1887-1955 (birth registered as Jackson)
2. Harry Murrell James Cox 1888-23.9.1915 (wounded in WW1 (shell wound back and leg) Gallipoli. He died of his wounds at sea whilst on board the "Glenart Castle" and was buried at sea. Service number 388)
3. Stella Clara Cox 1890-1975
4. Ernest Leonard Cox 1892-1925
5. Peter Gordon Cox 1893-1976
6. Laura Cecelia Cox 1895-1910
7. Charlie Ritchie Ferguson Cox 1896-1944
8. Miriam Sarah Cox 1897-1899
9. Nora Grace Cox 1900-1995
10. Ivy Irene Cox 1902-1959

Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) Sat 7 Oct 1916 Page 4 PRIVATE P. G. COX.
PRIVATE P. G. COX.
Mrs. C. Cox, wife of the late Mr. J. Cox, of Macorna, has received a letter from her son, Private P. G. Cox. written from the Edmonton Military Hospital, London, stating that he had received wounds in the left leg necessitating the amputation of the limb, but he was feeling better. Private Cox took part in the famous landing in Gallipoli, on which occasion he was wounded. He was again wounded in the following August. He had been in France since last March, and received the wound in August. His brother, Private H. J. Cox, was killed in the Gallipoli campaign. Both soldiers are well known in Macorna, where they lived until a short time before enlisting.

Cecelia married Edward Marks JACKSON [5873] [MRIN: 1854]. (Edward Marks JACKSON [5873] was born about 1855 in , , Ireland and died on 26 Apr 1952 in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia ⁵³⁰¹.)

Cecelia next married James COX [9247] [MRIN: 3015], son of William COX [9249] and Eleanor HODGSON [9250], on 7 Jul 1891 in Macorna, Vic, Australia. (James COX [9247] was born about 1830 in Manchester, Lancashire, England and died in 1914 in Saint Kilda, Vic, Australia.)