[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of Jack's relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
John "Jack" Fox was born on April 30, 1879 Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.
His father's name was John Fox.
Currently, I (Cherie J.) don't have information on this mother's name.
Jack married Mary Anne Lowney Sullivan (1880 – 1949) in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA. He was her second husband, she being widowed from Daniel Sullivan (1867 – 1912).
About 1920-1921 they returned to the townland of
Inches in the Parish of Eyeries, County Cork (South-West), Ireland.
Approximately 1934, Jack went to work as a laborer in Windsor, Canada, for the C.M. Ry.
In 1936 Jack died in Windsor, Ontario; he drowned in the Detroit River and was found by the Ambassador Bridge.
Jack was buried in Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Saint Jerome Section, Row 4, Site 195.
-------------------------------
The following narrative is by Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra, Bill Gawne's mother:
Mary Anne met Jack Fox, in Butte. and married him and had a baby, Pat, and a twin [daughter Bridget, who was stillborn. Bridget is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Butte.]. In time you and i met Pat, who was born in 1918, and died on my 39th birthday.[....] Patrick had a twin sister [Bridget], but she died stillborn. [....]
My aunt Mary Anne was a widow in 1912, and came to America to live with her sister Agnes and bring her oldest two daughters, Mae and Nell. She left the others with her mother in Derimihan. Castletownbere. In time Mary married again and that was to Jack Fox, and they had a son, Patrick. and a little girl who died at birth. they were twins. That was in Butte Mt. and Jack and Maryanne then returned to her farm in Inches, Eyeries.
(This being her father's farm, which her brother John gave to her. -- WCG)
He added to the farm by ten or so acres. and then left her when Pat was around ten to come back to Canada. He lived in Windsor, Ont. and died when I was about six or so. and the funeral was at the Janisse brothers.
______________________
The following is my transcription of information extracted from the John Jack Fox's death certificate:
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DEATH
015145
393
Place of Death:
Essex County, Windsor City,
Street: Ambassador Bridge Detroit River
Name: John Fox
Event: Death
Event Date: 10 Apr 1936
Event Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 30, 1879
Age: 57 years, 11 months, 1 day
Place of Birth: Ireland – Irish Free State
Occupation: Laborer
Kind of industry or business: C. M. Ry.
Father: John Fox
Father's Place of Birth: Ireland
Mother's Name: Not known
Birthplace of Mother: Not known
Spouse: Mary Lowney
Length of stay in Canada: 2 years
Number of years in Canada (if immigrant): 2
Number of years in Province: 2
Residence: Chatham Street E Salvation Army House, Windsor, Ontario
Burial: May 19, 1936
Place of Burial: Heavenly Rest
Informant: Denis Sullivan, son in law; 62 Manatee, Hazel Park, Royal Oak
Undertaker: A. J. Janisse
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death: April 10, 1936
I certify that I attended deceased [….] dead on May 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Asphyxiation due to drowning
Signed by: J.D. Young, Coroner
Address: Windsor
Date; May 18, 1936
Division Registrar's Record Number: 422
Filed May 18, 1936
Division Registrar: C. [unreadable]
JB
_________________________
John "Jack" Fox was born on April 30, 1879 Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.
His father's name was John Fox.
Currently, I (Cherie J.) don't have information on this mother's name.
Jack married Mary Anne Lowney Sullivan (1880 – 1949) in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA. He was her second husband, she being widowed from Daniel Sullivan (1867 – 1912).
About 1920-1921 they returned to the townland of
Inches in the Parish of Eyeries, County Cork (South-West), Ireland.
Approximately 1934, Jack went to work as a laborer in Windsor, Canada, for the C.M. Ry.
In 1936 Jack died in Windsor, Ontario; he drowned in the Detroit River and was found by the Ambassador Bridge.
Jack was buried in Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Saint Jerome Section, Row 4, Site 195.
-------------------------------
The following narrative is by Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra, Bill Gawne's mother:
Mary Anne met Jack Fox, in Butte. and married him and had a baby, Pat, and a twin [daughter Bridget, who was stillborn. Bridget is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Butte.]. In time you and i met Pat, who was born in 1918, and died on my 39th birthday.[....] Patrick had a twin sister [Bridget], but she died stillborn. [....]
My aunt Mary Anne was a widow in 1912, and came to America to live with her sister Agnes and bring her oldest two daughters, Mae and Nell. She left the others with her mother in Derimihan. Castletownbere. In time Mary married again and that was to Jack Fox, and they had a son, Patrick. and a little girl who died at birth. they were twins. That was in Butte Mt. and Jack and Maryanne then returned to her farm in Inches, Eyeries.
(This being her father's farm, which her brother John gave to her. -- WCG)
He added to the farm by ten or so acres. and then left her when Pat was around ten to come back to Canada. He lived in Windsor, Ont. and died when I was about six or so. and the funeral was at the Janisse brothers.
______________________
The following is my transcription of information extracted from the John Jack Fox's death certificate:
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DEATH
015145
393
Place of Death:
Essex County, Windsor City,
Street: Ambassador Bridge Detroit River
Name: John Fox
Event: Death
Event Date: 10 Apr 1936
Event Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 30, 1879
Age: 57 years, 11 months, 1 day
Place of Birth: Ireland – Irish Free State
Occupation: Laborer
Kind of industry or business: C. M. Ry.
Father: John Fox
Father's Place of Birth: Ireland
Mother's Name: Not known
Birthplace of Mother: Not known
Spouse: Mary Lowney
Length of stay in Canada: 2 years
Number of years in Canada (if immigrant): 2
Number of years in Province: 2
Residence: Chatham Street E Salvation Army House, Windsor, Ontario
Burial: May 19, 1936
Place of Burial: Heavenly Rest
Informant: Denis Sullivan, son in law; 62 Manatee, Hazel Park, Royal Oak
Undertaker: A. J. Janisse
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death: April 10, 1936
I certify that I attended deceased [….] dead on May 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Asphyxiation due to drowning
Signed by: J.D. Young, Coroner
Address: Windsor
Date; May 18, 1936
Division Registrar's Record Number: 422
Filed May 18, 1936
Division Registrar: C. [unreadable]
JB
_________________________
[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of Jack's relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
John "Jack" Fox was born on April 30, 1879 Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.
His father's name was John Fox.
Currently, I (Cherie J.) don't have information on this mother's name.
Jack married Mary Anne Lowney Sullivan (1880 – 1949) in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA. He was her second husband, she being widowed from Daniel Sullivan (1867 – 1912).
About 1920-1921 they returned to the townland of
Inches in the Parish of Eyeries, County Cork (South-West), Ireland.
Approximately 1934, Jack went to work as a laborer in Windsor, Canada, for the C.M. Ry.
In 1936 Jack died in Windsor, Ontario; he drowned in the Detroit River and was found by the Ambassador Bridge.
Jack was buried in Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Saint Jerome Section, Row 4, Site 195.
-------------------------------
The following narrative is by Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra, Bill Gawne's mother:
Mary Anne met Jack Fox, in Butte. and married him and had a baby, Pat, and a twin [daughter Bridget, who was stillborn. Bridget is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Butte.]. In time you and i met Pat, who was born in 1918, and died on my 39th birthday.[....] Patrick had a twin sister [Bridget], but she died stillborn. [....]
My aunt Mary Anne was a widow in 1912, and came to America to live with her sister Agnes and bring her oldest two daughters, Mae and Nell. She left the others with her mother in Derimihan. Castletownbere. In time Mary married again and that was to Jack Fox, and they had a son, Patrick. and a little girl who died at birth. they were twins. That was in Butte Mt. and Jack and Maryanne then returned to her farm in Inches, Eyeries.
(This being her father's farm, which her brother John gave to her. -- WCG)
He added to the farm by ten or so acres. and then left her when Pat was around ten to come back to Canada. He lived in Windsor, Ont. and died when I was about six or so. and the funeral was at the Janisse brothers.
______________________
The following is my transcription of information extracted from the John Jack Fox's death certificate:
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DEATH
015145
393
Place of Death:
Essex County, Windsor City,
Street: Ambassador Bridge Detroit River
Name: John Fox
Event: Death
Event Date: 10 Apr 1936
Event Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 30, 1879
Age: 57 years, 11 months, 1 day
Place of Birth: Ireland – Irish Free State
Occupation: Laborer
Kind of industry or business: C. M. Ry.
Father: John Fox
Father's Place of Birth: Ireland
Mother's Name: Not known
Birthplace of Mother: Not known
Spouse: Mary Lowney
Length of stay in Canada: 2 years
Number of years in Canada (if immigrant): 2
Number of years in Province: 2
Residence: Chatham Street E Salvation Army House, Windsor, Ontario
Burial: May 19, 1936
Place of Burial: Heavenly Rest
Informant: Denis Sullivan, son in law; 62 Manatee, Hazel Park, Royal Oak
Undertaker: A. J. Janisse
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death: April 10, 1936
I certify that I attended deceased [….] dead on May 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Asphyxiation due to drowning
Signed by: J.D. Young, Coroner
Address: Windsor
Date; May 18, 1936
Division Registrar's Record Number: 422
Filed May 18, 1936
Division Registrar: C. [unreadable]
JB
_________________________
John "Jack" Fox was born on April 30, 1879 Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.
His father's name was John Fox.
Currently, I (Cherie J.) don't have information on this mother's name.
Jack married Mary Anne Lowney Sullivan (1880 – 1949) in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA. He was her second husband, she being widowed from Daniel Sullivan (1867 – 1912).
About 1920-1921 they returned to the townland of
Inches in the Parish of Eyeries, County Cork (South-West), Ireland.
Approximately 1934, Jack went to work as a laborer in Windsor, Canada, for the C.M. Ry.
In 1936 Jack died in Windsor, Ontario; he drowned in the Detroit River and was found by the Ambassador Bridge.
Jack was buried in Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Saint Jerome Section, Row 4, Site 195.
-------------------------------
The following narrative is by Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra, Bill Gawne's mother:
Mary Anne met Jack Fox, in Butte. and married him and had a baby, Pat, and a twin [daughter Bridget, who was stillborn. Bridget is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Butte.]. In time you and i met Pat, who was born in 1918, and died on my 39th birthday.[....] Patrick had a twin sister [Bridget], but she died stillborn. [....]
My aunt Mary Anne was a widow in 1912, and came to America to live with her sister Agnes and bring her oldest two daughters, Mae and Nell. She left the others with her mother in Derimihan. Castletownbere. In time Mary married again and that was to Jack Fox, and they had a son, Patrick. and a little girl who died at birth. they were twins. That was in Butte Mt. and Jack and Maryanne then returned to her farm in Inches, Eyeries.
(This being her father's farm, which her brother John gave to her. -- WCG)
He added to the farm by ten or so acres. and then left her when Pat was around ten to come back to Canada. He lived in Windsor, Ont. and died when I was about six or so. and the funeral was at the Janisse brothers.
______________________
The following is my transcription of information extracted from the John Jack Fox's death certificate:
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DEATH
015145
393
Place of Death:
Essex County, Windsor City,
Street: Ambassador Bridge Detroit River
Name: John Fox
Event: Death
Event Date: 10 Apr 1936
Event Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 30, 1879
Age: 57 years, 11 months, 1 day
Place of Birth: Ireland – Irish Free State
Occupation: Laborer
Kind of industry or business: C. M. Ry.
Father: John Fox
Father's Place of Birth: Ireland
Mother's Name: Not known
Birthplace of Mother: Not known
Spouse: Mary Lowney
Length of stay in Canada: 2 years
Number of years in Canada (if immigrant): 2
Number of years in Province: 2
Residence: Chatham Street E Salvation Army House, Windsor, Ontario
Burial: May 19, 1936
Place of Burial: Heavenly Rest
Informant: Denis Sullivan, son in law; 62 Manatee, Hazel Park, Royal Oak
Undertaker: A. J. Janisse
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death: April 10, 1936
I certify that I attended deceased [….] dead on May 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Asphyxiation due to drowning
Signed by: J.D. Young, Coroner
Address: Windsor
Date; May 18, 1936
Division Registrar's Record Number: 422
Filed May 18, 1936
Division Registrar: C. [unreadable]
JB
_________________________
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
