Gladys, Margaret and Beatrice Cox at the Canada Southern (CASO) Station in St. Thomas

History / Biographical: The old home called "Sandymount" was the first brick house to be built on the London and Port Stanley Highway, between Middlesex County and St. Thomas. It is located at the top of the winding Sandymount Hill, on the east side of the highway, just north and west of the city. It was built in 1853, by Edward Rogers, great-grandfather of the later owners Misses Beatrice and Gladys Cox, and he named his homestead "Sandymount" after a summer resort on the Irish coast near Dublin. The property was the first to be acquired from the Crown in that area and was settled in 1836. The current address is 9592 Sunset Drive.; Eugene Cox (born 1865 and died June 20th, 1930) and Margaret Cox (born September 24th, 1871 and died September 17th, 1944) had three children: Herbert (born February 2, 1897), Beatrice Cox (born July 13th, 1899) and Gladys Cox (born 1902 and died in 1985).

Scope and Content: Gladys, Margaret and Beatrice Cox at the Canada Southern (CASO) Station in St. Thomas, ca. 1940.