Frederick’s father was one of our Oxborough ancestors that left Norfolk County, England. They lived in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and then in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. In 1892, the family settled in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England.

Frederick Oxborough

Born: 1856 in Thurton, Norfolk County, England

Father: Samuel Barrington Oxborough (1821 to 1903)
Mother: Hephzibah Riches (1824 to 1883)

Spouse: Ann Elizabeth Carvell (1860 to 1933)

Married: 1892 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England

Children:

Edith Annie Oxborough (20 DEC 1894 to 1973)
Mabel Oxborough (1896 to 1896)

Died: 1908 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England

Timeline:

1861 North Walsham, Norfolk County, England
1871 Ely Holy Trinity, Cambridgeshire County, England
1881 Holbeach, Lincolnshire County, England
1883 Death of mother, Hephzibah
1891 Holbeach, Lincolnshire County, England
1892 Marriage to Ann
1894 Birth of daughter, Edith
1896 Birth of daughter, Mabel
1896 Death of daughter, Mabel
1901 Leicester, Leicestershire County, England
1903 Death of father, Samuel
1908 Death and Burial

Occupation: grocer’s assistant (1881), general laborer (1891), railway porter (1901)

Records:

1861 and 1901 England Census Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915

Variations of Surname: None

Spouse:

Ann Elizabeth Carvell:

Ann was born in 1860 in Walcote, Leicestershire County, England. She died in 1933 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England.

Ann was born out of wedlock to Mary Carvell.

Mary Carvell was born in 1840 in Walcote, Leicestershire County, England. She died in 1883 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England.

Mary married Henry Vann in 1863 in Misterton, Leicestershire County, England. Three known children were born to this marriage. The children were all born in Leicester.

Sarah J Vann (1864)
John H Vann (1877)
William J Vann (1880)

Henry Vann was born in 1825 in Walcote, Leicestershire County, England. He died in 1907 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England.

Daughter:

Edith Annie Oxborough:

Edith was born on 28 DEC 1894 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England. She died in 1973 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England.

Edith married George Lane in 1915 in Leicester, Leicestershire County, England. Ten known children were born to this marriage:

Frederick G Lane (1916)
Reginald G Lane (1919)
Ernest F Lane (1920)
Neville L Lane (1922)
Ronald J Lane (1924)
Leslie A Lane (1926)
Melba Lane (1928)
Kenneth H Lane (1931)
June M Lane (1933)
Gordon C Lane (1936)

George Lane was born on 23 JUN 1893 in Bulwick, Northamptonshire County, England. He died in 1957 in Leicester, Leicestershire 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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