The Woodhouse family surname was carried by two of our Oxborough ancestors. Charles Woodhouse Oxborough, who is the subject of this post. The other was his nephew, who carried the same name.

Charles Woodhouse Oxborough

Born: 2 MAR 1897 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England

Father: Charles Oxborough (1851 to 1898)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Woodhouse (1856 to 1933)

Spouse: Janet Burford (1912 to 1986)

Married: 1935 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England

Children:

Brian B Oxborough (1936 to Unknown/Still Living)
Janet W Oxborough (1943 to Unknown/Still Living)

Died: 1972 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England

Timeline:

1898 Death of father, Charles
1901 Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England
1906 Death of sister, Charlotte
1910 Death of brother, James
1911 Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England
1933 Death of mother, Mary
1935 Marriage to Janet
1936 Birth of son, Brian
1939 Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England
1943 Birth of daughter, Janet
1950 Death of sister, Amy
1964 Death of sister, Maria
1965 Death of brother, John
1969 Death of sister, Emily
1970 Death of sister, Annie
1972 Death and Burial

Occupation: dock laborer (1939)

Records:

1901 and 1911 England Census Records
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Janet Burford:

Janet was born on 9 JUN 1912 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England. She died in 1986 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.

Janet’s father was Llewellyn Burford. He was born on 20 JUL 1890 in Cornforth, Durham County, England. He died on 29 AUG 1917 in France during World War I.

Janet’s mother was Agnes Liddle. She was born in 1891 in Westoe, Durham County, England. She died in 1936 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England.

After Llewellyn died, Agnes married a man named Francis Campbell in 1922 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England. I do not have any information on Francis Campbell.

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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