Agnes Poulter’s father was born in 1869 in Kannur, Kerala, India. In 1870, her grandfather died at the age of 24 years old. He may have been a soldier at Fort Cannanore.

Clifford Harold Oxborough

Born: 23 OCT 1904 in Beccles, Suffolk County, England

Father: Charles Oxborough (1875 to 1957)
Mother: Belinda Ethel Taylor (1880 to 1961)

Spouse: Agnes Poulter (1907 to 1999)

Married: 1928 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England

Children: None

Died: 1975 in Ealing, Middlesex County, England

Timeline:

1911 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1916 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1928 Marriage to Agnes
1932 Ealing, Middlesex County, England
1939 Ealing, Middlesex County, England
1949 Ealing, Middlesex County, England
1957 Death of father, Charles
1959 Ealing, Middlesex County, England
1961 Death of mother, Belinda
1975 Death and Burial

Occupation: bricklayer (1939)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 (father’s record)
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Agnes Poulter:

Agnes was born on 19 JUL 1907 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. She died in 1999 in the Bodmin Registration District, Cornwall, England.

Bodmin was a Registration District from 1837 to 2007. There were 49 Civil Parishes in Bodmin. I do not know which parish Agnes was living in at the time of her death.

Agnes’ father was James Henry Poulter. He was born on 20 APR 1869 in Cannanore, Madras, India. He died in 1925 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England.

Agnes’ mother was Ellen Smith. She was born in 1875 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. She died in 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex County, England.

Agnes had three brothers and sisters:

James Henry Smith Poulter (1898)
Bertie Poulter (1900)
Ellen Poulter (1901)

James had previously married Caroline Hearn in 1887 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. Three known children were born to this marriage:

Caroline Poulter (1889)
Mary Ann Poulter (1891)
Eliza Poulter (1893)

Caroline Hearn was born in 1869 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. She died in 1895 in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England.

James Henry Poulter:

When I discovered that Agnes’ father was born in India, I decided to search for a birth record. Ancestry.com has a database, India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, that contained his baptism record. He was christened in Cannanore, which is now called Kannur. James’ parents were listed as George and Eliza Poulter.

I then turned to the Family Seach website to get more information. They had baptism records for James and two of his sisters:

Eliza Sophia Poulter was born on 31 JUL 1863 in Kamptee, Bengal, India. She died on 23 MAY 1868 in Wellington, Madras, India.

Ellen Emma Poulter was born on 31 JAN 1868 in Wellington, Madras, India. She died on 30 MAY 1868 in Wellington, Madras, India.

I also found a death record for James’ father. This document listed his age as 24 years old. That would mean he was born around 1846.

I could find no other information on James’ parents. I do not know if they were born in England or were British subjects of India.

I could also find no evidence of when James arrived in England. The earliest England census that I found was in 1891 when he was already married to Caroline.

I could find no information on James’ mother except for her name which appears on the baptism records. As her name was not included in the burial records under Poulter, I assume she remarried.

If any Poulter descendants have information on George and Eliza Poulter, please contact me at dlwakenight@yahoo.com. You can also leave a message in the Comments Section of this post.

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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