It was accepted in the Gosper, Turnbull and Cox families that Eliza Cox was the ex-nuptial daughter of John Thomas Gosper (1832–1910). She was said to have been brought up by her paternal aunt, Mary Ann Byrne.
She was baptised as Cox, father unknown, married as Gosper and named her first son, John Thomas Turnbull.
'Turnbull, Eliza Cox (1860–1940)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/turnbull-eliza-cox-17285/text33185, accessed 9 November 2024.
27 July,
1860
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
5 September,
1940
(aged 80)
Kempsey,
New South Wales,
Australia
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