When your family tree website does not have the information, try searching the internet. This is how I found Elsie’s 2005 obituary. She died at home in Kings Lynn, Norfolk County, England.

Edward Barrington Oxborough

Born: 15 JUN 1890 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Father: George Barrington Oxborough (1857 to 1890)
Mother: Hannah Sophia Gravner (1857 to 1941)

Spouse: Emily Edith Lee (1888 to 1973)

Married: 1914 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Children:

Edward Barrington Oxborough (8 JAN 1915 to 14 JAN 1986)
Emily Edith Oxborough (4 MAY 1917 to 7 FEB 1984)
William Joshua Oxborough (18 MAY 1921 to 24 JUN 2003)
Richard Pierce Oxborough (17 DEC 1923 to 23 APR 1999)
Elsie F Oxborough (27 DEC 1925 to 2012)
Frank Joshua Oxborough (1928 to 16 JUN 2016)

Died: 17 JUL 1964 in Brighton, Sussex County, England

Burial: Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester, Hampshire County, England

Probate:

Timeline:

1890 Death of father, George
1891 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1901 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1914 Marriage to Emily
1915 Birth of son, Edward
1917 Birth of daughter, Emily
1921 Birth of son, William
1923 Birth of son, Richard
1925 Birth of daughter, Elsie
1928 Birth of son, Frank
1939 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1941 Death of mother, Hannah
1944 Death of brother, William
1950 Death of sister, Florence
1964 Death and Burial

Occupation: fisherman (1914), car park attendant (1939)

Records:

1891 and 1901 England Census Records
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
The UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2014
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: none

On 19 MAY 1915, Edward enlisted with the British Army. He was discharged on 21 JUL 1916. He received the British War Medal for serving in World War I.

Edward’s probate record shows that he died at St Dunstan’s in Brighton, Sussex County, England. I discovered that St Dunstans is now called Blind Veterans UK. This charity provided free support and services to vision-impaired ex-military men and women who were wounded in World War I.

Spouse:

Emily Edith Lee:

Emily was born on 21 MAR 1888 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1973 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Emily’s father was Joshua Lee. He was born in 1861 in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. He died in 1939 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Emily’s mother was Hannah Maria Bunnewell. She was born in 1859 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1927 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Emily had seven brothers. The three oldest children were born in Norwich. The younger children were born in Great Yarmouth.

William Henry Lee (1887)
Joshua Henry Lee (1890)
Pierce Lee (1893)
Frederick George Lee (1895)
Benjamin Lee (1898)
Richard Edward Lee (1900)
Harry Albert Lee (1902)

Hannah had previously married Mure William Hogg on 25 DEC 1881 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. One known child was born to this marriage:

Hannah Maria Hogg (1883)

Mure William Hogg was born in 1860 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. He died on 27 OCT 1884 at sea when the vessel he was working on sank. All crew members drowned.

Daughters:

Emily Edith Oxborough:

Emily was born on 4 MAY 1917 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died on 7 FEB 1984 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire County, England.

Emily married Leonard Arthur Pohl in 1940 in Ware, Hertfordshire County, England. One known child was born to this marriage:

Michael B Pohl (1947)

Leonard Arthur Pohl was born on 14 OCT 1917 in Bethnal Green, London, England. He died in 1989 in Harlow, Essex County, England.

Elsie F Oxborough:

Elsie was born on 27 DEC 1925 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 2012 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk County, England.

Obituary:

Elsie’s obituary can be found on Legacy.com.

Elsie married Alfred Cockburn in 1952 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. One known child was born to this marriage:

Stephen P Cockburn (1957)

Alfred Cockburn was born on 10 NOV 1922 in Tynemouth, Northumberland County, England. He died in 2005 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk 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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