Francis Cecil Hitchcox

Francis Cecil Hitchcox was born in 1899 in Lincolnshire and was the son of Caleb George a steam crane driver and Ann Hitchcox née Draycott of 5 Blytons Yard Millgate Newark. His father Caleb George was born in 1876 in Warwickshire and his mother Annie Draycott was born in 1881 in Nottinghamshire, they were married in 1898 in Stamford, Lincolnshire and went on to have 10 children 2 of whom sadly died in infancy or early childhood, their surviving children were : Frank b1901 Lincs, Albert b1901 Lincs, Ann b1905 Warwickshire, Elsie b1907 Lincs, Agnes b1910 Lincs, Alice b1914 Notts, Nancy b1918 Notts and Jose Hitchcox b1921 Notts. . In the 1911 census the family are living at 14 Cotton Square, Millgate, Newark and are shown as George 35 yrs a steam crane driver, he is living with his wife Ann 30 yrs and their children, Cecil 12 yrs a scholar, Frank 10 yrs a scholar, Albert 10 yrs a scholar, Ann 6yrs, Elsie 4 yrs and Agnes 4 months.