Henry Walter Oxborough (1904 to 1955)

Jane’s mother was Jane Sharman Saunders. Another family tree member shared two newspaper articles. The first was Jane and Joseph’s 50th wedding anniversary. The second was Jane’s 90th birthday celebration.

Henry Walter Oxborough

Born: 29 MAY 1904 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England

Father: George Oxborough (1879 to 1958)
Mother: Edith Mills (1875 to 1935)

Spouse: Jane Helen Saunders (1906 to 1996)

Married: 9 APR 1928 at St Margaret’s Church in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England

Children:

Jean Edith Oxborough (13 OCT 1930 to 3 NOV 2008)
José Oxborough (1936 to Unknown/Still Living)
Diane G Oxborough (1944 to Unknown/Still Living)

Died: 22 JUN 1955 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England

Probate:

Timeline:

1911 Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England
1928 Marriage to Jane
1930 Birth of daughter, Jean
1935 Death of mother, Edith
1936 Birth of daughter, José
1944 Birth of daughter, Diane
1955 Death and Burial

Occupation: corn chandler (1928)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Jane Helen Saunders:

Jane was born on 5 JAN 1906 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She died in 1996 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England.

Jane’s father was Joseph William Saunders. He was born on 15 MAR 1882 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. He died in 1956 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England

Jane’s mother was Jane Sharman. She was born on 3 SEP 1887 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She died in 1983 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England.

There are two memorials on Find A Grave. Joseph and Jane are buried in the Kirkley Cemetery in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England.

Another Ancestry.com member shared two newspaper clippings:

 

 

 

The caption under the second newspaper article says that Jane and Joseph had 10 children. I was able to find seven of these children:

Jane Helen Saunders (1906 to 1996)
Edith Gladys Clara Saunders (1908)
Oliva Eliza Saunders (1910)
Henrietta Doris Saunders (1913)
Joseph William Saunders (1915)
James Thomas Saunders (1919)
Stephen Lawrence Saunders (1921)

If you know the names of the other three children, please contact me. My email address is dlwakenight@yahoo.com. You can also leave a message in the comments section of this post.

Daughters:

Jean Edith Oxborough:

Jean was born on 13 OCT 1930 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She died on 3 NOV 2008 at the All Hallows Hospital in Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England.

Jean married Robert George Block in 1949 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Nigel R Block (1952)
Jayne E Block (1966)

Robert George Block was born on 19 JUN 1926 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. He died on 4 SEP 2004 at the Lowestoft & North Suffolk Hospital in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England.

José Oxborough:

José was born in 1936 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She may still be living.

When I first saw José’s given name in Ancestry.com’s database, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005, I thought it was a typo. I was wrong. There is a female given name that uses the diacritical acute mark above the vowel.

The Wikipedia article for this given name explains:

“In Netherlandic Dutch, however, José is a feminine given name and is pronounced [ˈjoːseː]; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name Josina and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name Johanna.”

Diane G Oxborough:

Diane was born in 1944 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She may still be living.

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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