Joseph Cox Clowes

Brief Life History of Joseph Cox

When Joseph Cox Clowes was born on 2 July 1837, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nathan Cox Clowes, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Cox, was 21. He married Charlotte Wright on 7 April 1863, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cosby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died in 1915, in Blaby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cox Clowes
1837–1915
Charlotte Wright
1834–1888
Marriage: 7 April 1863
William Charles Wright
1857–
Doranatta Clowes
1874–
Elizabeth Matilda Clowes
1863–
Charles William Clowes
1866–1940
Margaret Clowes
1870–
Mary Louisa Clowes
1874–
Amelia Dora Amanda Cox Clowes
1875–
Emily Clowes
1876–
Nathan Cox Clowes
1878–1897

Sources (16)

  • Joseph Clowes, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Joseph C Clowes, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
  • Joseph Clowes, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"

World Events (6)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English clouse, cluse, Old English clūse ‘bar, enclosure, narrow pass’, later ‘mill dam, sluicegate, or floodgate’. In the latter sense it may have been a metonymic occupational name applied to a miller. See also Clowser .

English: variant of Close or Clow , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Americanized form of German Klaus .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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