Mary’s husband was born in 1930 under the name of John George Stenhouse. His mother, Clara, divorced Alec Stenhouse and married John Sowerby. I believe John Sowerby adopted Clara’s son. That is why his surname was changed to Sowerby.
John Richard Oxborough
Born: 11 JAN 1895 in Willington Quay, Northumberland County, England
Father: Charles Oxborough (1851 to 1898)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Woodhouse (1856 to 1933)
Spouse: Isabella Ann Addy (1898 to 1988)
Married: 1921 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England
Children:
James William Oxborough (7 JUL 1921 to 1977)
Charles Woodhouse Oxborough (16 NOV 1923 to 27 JAN 1988)
John Richard Oxborough (6 DEC 1926 to 16 AUG 2012)
Mary Elizabeth Oxborough (15 APR 1933 to 1998)
Joseph Addy Oxborough (4 FEB 1935 to 14 MAR 2016)
Norman Oxborough (1938 to Unknown/Still Living)
Died: 1965 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, 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
1921 Marriage to Isabella
1921 Birth of son, James
1923 Byker, Northumberland County, England
1923 Birth of son, Charles
1926 Birth of son, John
1933 Birth of daughter, Mary
1933 Death of mother, Mary
1935 Birth of son, Joseph
1938 Birth of son, Norman
1939 Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England
1950 Death of sister, Amy
1964 Death of sister, Maria
1965 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
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Variations of Surname: none
Spouse:
Isabella Ann Addy:
Isabella was born on 2 NOV 1898 in Byker, Northumberland County, England. she died on 9 MAY 1988 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
Probate:
Isabella’s father was Joseph Addy. He was born in 1851 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. He died in 1911 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
Isabella’s mother was Ann Foster McKenzie. She was born in 1856 in Killingworth, Northumberland County, England. She died in 1934 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
Isabella had one sister:
Margaret Addy (1896)
Daughter:
Mary Elizabeth Oxborough:
Mary was born on 15 APR 1933 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. She died in 1998 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
Mary married John George Stenhouse Sowerby in 1953 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:
John D Sowerby (1955)
Ann M Sowerby (1960)
John George Stenhouse Sowerby was born on 19 MAY 1930 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. He died on 15 APR 2016 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
Obituary:
The obituary can be viewed on funeral-notices.co.uk at the following link: Funeral Notices – JOHN SOWERBY (funeral-notices.co.uk)
John’s father was Alec Stenhouse. He was born on 13 SEP 1893 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. He died in 1940 in Bolton, Lancashire County, England.
John’s mother was Clara Eleanor Ward. She was born on 23 MAR 1897 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England. She died on 2 JUN 1983 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
John’s parents must have divorced before 1938. That was the year that Clara married John Sowerby in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.
John Sowerby was born on 23 FEB 1893 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England. He died in 1975 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
I believe John Sowerby adopted Clara’s son. His surname was listed as Stenhouse on the birth record. All other documents listed his surname as Sowerby.
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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