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74:& Co. took over the Gawler produce store in October 1872. Joseph Wilcox & Co. became J. & J. Wilcox that same year. Joseph would later sell his business to Edward Lucas, with partners Hunt and Corry. William Barker (c. 1817 – 29 August 1890) and George's brother Emery Wilcox traded as Barker and Wilcox in Gawler 1862–1864. Barker purchased 94:
In 1874 George moved to Adelaide, where he set up a business dealing in wool, hides, skins and other produce, and soon had branches in other States. He was in 1882 appointed general manager of the Apollo Soap and Stearine's new Thebarton factory, which however closed after a few years, then in 1887
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Joseph Wilcox, William Barker and George Wilcox traded in Gawler as Wilcox, Barker and Wilcox 1861–1862 then as J & G Wilcox 1862–1872. Joseph, sen., acted as London agent for some or all of this time. The drapery business was bought out by Joseph Wilcox & Co. in April 1872; Joseph Wilcox
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Emery Wilcox ( b. 1840 St Neots) married Caroline Elizabeth Fairey September 1863 in St Neots. Immigration 24 July 1859 "Red Jacket" unassisted to Melbourne. Lived in Gawler Moved to Sydney 6/4/1869 (steerage on the Bengal) unreliable drunk. Sentenced to 6 months in Darlinghurst Gaol 10 February
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In 1917 George Wilcox & Co. and Mofflin & Co. of Sydney combined to become Wilcox, Mofflin Limited, with Murray Wilcox as the founding chairman of directors. Other directors were Sidney Wilcox, Legoe, L. M. Triggs, G. G. C. Millard and G. P. Sayers.
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In January 1894 George retired, though maintaining an interest in the business until his last years, and brothers George Seaborn Wilcox and Murray Wilcox joined Sidney Wilcox and Legoe, retaining the business name of George Wilcox & Co.
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George Wilcox (3 October 1838 – 5 September 1917) married Ann "Annie" Fuller Caldecot (c. May 1840 – 13 April 1897) on 20 July 1864 They had a residence "Eynesbury" in Mitcham, of which a magnificent
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1876. April 1875 apprehended for protection, was ordered to be sent to the receiving house for lunatics. changed his name, may have died in South Africa. Wife changed her name to hide from him.
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Joseph Wilcox (c. 1844 – 19 July 1918) arrived in South Australia c. 1856 aged 12, lived in Gawler until 1889, married to Eliza Wilcox nÊe Mayfield (c. 1850 – 24 June 1937). He was employee of
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as J. & G. Wilcox 1862–1872 with his father Joseph Wilcox handling the London end of the business. He also dealt in honey, beeswax, gum, bark, tallow and, later, wool.
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in early 1859; his brother Joseph had emigrated in 1856 to join William Barker as a business partner. Soon after arriving, George opened a drapery and general store in
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Thomas Wilcox ( – November 1910) draper of Gawler with William Barker, then Rundle Street (later Craven & Armstrong opposite York Hotel), then
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The Wilcox and Legoe boys were not mentioned in newspaper reports of the school's prizegivings and reunions, nor in Diana Chessell's
159:. Apart from his involvement with the family business, he had from around 1928 interests in pastoral properties Brenda Park, near 45:, Huntingdonshire, England, a son of master tailor and draper Joseph Wilcox, sen. He emigrated to South Australia, travelling to 171:, now a University of Adelaide research station. He remained a director until his retirement in 1938. Following an approach by 78:'s business at Mount Barker, and Emery Wilcox, whose fondness for alcohol made him unreliable, took to the roads as a hawker. 725: 175:, he contributed in 1940 ÂŖ5,000 to the University of Adelaide towards foundation of a women's college. He never married. 156: 17: 188: 730: 167:
in the firm of Hamilton & Wilcox (liquidated 1928), which operated Koonamore Station, north-east of
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Ann may have been born Fuller, with Caldecot added later, perhaps as a reference to her birthplace.
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Murray Wilcox (10 November 1874 – ) married cousin Eva Marie Wilcox (8 July 1879 – ) in 1899.
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In 1864, George returned to England, where he married Annie Fuller (or Fuller Caldecot) of
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George Seaborn Wilcox (30 January 1873 – 14 July 1915) was born at sea aboard the clipper
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was a South Australian hide and wool business, which in 1917 became Wilcox Mofflin Ltd.
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William Peacock 1839 fellmonger in Adam Street, Hindmarsh then also tanner at Thebarton
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Four sons of Joseph Wilcox (1811–1894) and Sarah Wilcox, nÊe Emery (1813–1891 ):
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Sidney Wilcox began working for his father around 1880, and in 1889 was, with
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Eva Marie Wilcox (8 July 1879 – ) married cousin Murray Wilcox in 1899.
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Sidney George Wilcox (25 August 1866 – 31 January 1942) was born in
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Edith Wilcox (12 May 1865 – ) married Henry Edward McRostie in 1890
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The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser
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George Wilcox (3 October 1838 – 5 September 1917) was born in
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South Australia. 2 February 1942. p. 8 319: 317: 222:Similar businesses in early South Australia 708:– via National Library of Australia. 680:– via National Library of Australia. 652:– via National Library of Australia. 624:– via National Library of Australia. 595:– via National Library of Australia. 567:– via National Library of Australia. 539:– via National Library of Australia. 511:– via National Library of Australia. 480:– via National Library of Australia. 425:– via National Library of Australia. 397:– via National Library of Australia. 369:– via National Library of Australia. 341:– via National Library of Australia. 314: 310:– via National Library of Australia. 489: 487: 288: 286: 435: 250: 178:Nellie Wilcox (24 December 1867 – 1950) 27:South Australian hide and wool business 14: 718: 91:on her first voyage to the antipodes. 484: 283: 24: 25: 742: 444:. 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Index

Wilcox, Mofflin
St Neots
Melbourne
SS Great Britain
Admella
Adelaide
Gawler
Thomas Good
Eynesbury
City of Adelaide
W. H. Burford & Sons
G. Glen Legoe
Brunswick, Victoria
wisteria
Mitcham
J. L. Young
Adelaide Educational Institution
Morgan
A. E. Hamilton
Orroroo
Violet Plummer
City of Adelaide
Darling Point, New South Wales
G. & R. Wills & Co.
Peacock & Son
Dench & Co.
Bean Brothers
Michell & Sons
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978 1 74305 240 2

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