Alfred was a bricklayer by trade. Bricks could withstand England’s wet weather better than using wood to build houses. This was a very lucrative career as bricklayers were in high demand and vital in the construction of buildings.

Alfred Edward Oxborough

Born: 14 JUL 1901 in Witley, Surrey County, England

Father: Frederick Oxborough (1869 to 1917)
Mother: Rosa Rackley (1868 to 1956)

Spouse: Edith Mary Hope Leiworthy (1902 to 1983)

Married: 18 SEP 1926 at St John’s Church in Farncombe, Surrey County, England

Children: None

Died: 3 FEB 1966 at the Milford Chest Hospital, Milford, Surrey County, England

Burial: Eashing Cemetery, Godalming, Surrey County, England

The Godalming Town Council has a PDF file that shows Alfred and five other Oxboroughs were buried in Eashing Cemetery.

Probate:

Timeline:

1911 Witley, Surrey County, England
1917 Death of father, Frederick
1918 Death of sister, Edith
1926 Marriage to Edith
1937 Godalming, Surrey County, England
1939 Godalming, Surrey County, England
1956 Death of mother, Rosa
1958 Godalming, Surrey County, England
1966 Death and Burial

Occupation: bricklayer (1926 and 1939)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: None

Spouse:

Edith Mary Hope Leiworthy:

Edith was born on 18 NOV 1902 in Godalming, Surrey County, England. She died on 14 FEB 1983 in Milford, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Edith’s father was Charles Leiworthy. He was born in1849 in Taunton, Somerset County, England. He died on 22 FEB 1907 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Edith’s mother was Emily Simmonds. She was born on17 APR 1859 in Sheffield, West Yorkshire, England. She died on 7 OCT 1946 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Edith had eight brothers and sisters, all the children were born in Godalming:

Jane E Leiworthy (1880)
Ethel L Leiworthy (1884)
Albert E Leiworthy (1887)
Violet Mabel Leiworthy (1888)
Jack Leiworthy (1892)
Jessie Leiworthy (1894)
Ivy Leiworthy (1897)
Gladys Leiworthy (1900)

After Alfred died, Edith married Cyril White in 1970 in Godalming, Surrey County, England. Edith and Cyril were 68 years old when they married.

Cyril White was born on 9 SEP 1902 in Shottermill, Surrey County, England. He died in 1982 in Milford, Surrey County, England.

Cyril had previously married Amelia Collier in 1925 in Guildford, Surrey County, England. Nine known children were born to this marriage:

Doreen May White (1926)
Alice Mary White (1927)
Peter George White (1928)
Grace Ellen White (1930)
David Cyril White (1931)
Raymond Neal White (1933)
Jean D White (1938)
Anthony Robin White (1940)

Amelia Collier was born on 21 MAY 1901 in Clapham, London, England. She died on 28 FEB 1967 in Guildford, Surrey County, England.

Notes:

The surname, Oxborough, originated in Norfolk County, England. It appears in church registers as early as the mid-16th Century. As the world population grew, these Oxborough ancestors moved to other counties in England. By the late 19th Century, some had immigrated to Canada and Australia.

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