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Rachel <I>Petts</I> Fox

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Rachel Petts Fox

Birth
Mayfield, East Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England
Death
11 Aug 1915 (aged 66)
Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
Burial
Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia Add to Map
Plot
PRESBYTERIAN SECTION; BLOCK 10; ALLOTMENT 34.
Memorial ID
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RACHEL ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE "ZAMORA" ON 26 APRIL 1877. RACHEL HAD KNOWN HER FUTURE HUSBAND, ROBERT HAILD FOR MANY YEARS IN ENGLAND, BEFORE THEY EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. THEY MARRIED IN BRISBANE, 27 APRIL 1877, THE DAY AFTER THEY ARRIVED. THEY MOVED TO SYDNEY, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THE END OF 1886. SHE MOVED TO TOOWOOMBA AFTER ROBERT, WHO HAD SKIPPED BAIL AFTER A STEALING CHARGE SUMMONED HER TO MEET HIM IN QUEENSLAND. SHE THEN ASSUMED THE NAME OF FOX, LIVING IN TOOWOOMBA UNTIL HER DEATH ON 11 AUG 1915.SHE IS BURIED IN THE DRAYTON CEMETERY, UNDER THE NAME OF RACHEL FOX.
RACHEL ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE "ZAMORA" ON 26 APRIL 1877. RACHEL HAD KNOWN HER FUTURE HUSBAND, ROBERT HAILD FOR MANY YEARS IN ENGLAND, BEFORE THEY EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. THEY MARRIED IN BRISBANE, 27 APRIL 1877, THE DAY AFTER THEY ARRIVED. THEY MOVED TO SYDNEY, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THE END OF 1886. SHE MOVED TO TOOWOOMBA AFTER ROBERT, WHO HAD SKIPPED BAIL AFTER A STEALING CHARGE SUMMONED HER TO MEET HIM IN QUEENSLAND. SHE THEN ASSUMED THE NAME OF FOX, LIVING IN TOOWOOMBA UNTIL HER DEATH ON 11 AUG 1915.SHE IS BURIED IN THE DRAYTON CEMETERY, UNDER THE NAME OF RACHEL FOX.

Gravesite Details

AGE at Death: 67



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  • Created by: SHERYL
  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142754303/rachel-fox: accessed ), memorial page for Rachel Petts Fox (Feb 1849–11 Aug 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142754303, citing Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by SHERYL (contributor 48447339).