Alfred’s mother and wife shared the same surname, Hubbard. I used the Canon Law Relationship Chart and discovered that Alfred and May were first cousins, once removed.

Alfred Robert Oxborough

Born: 11 FEB 1900 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Father: Robert Albert Oxborough (1876 to 1962)
Mother: Mary Sophia Hubbard (1877 to 1962)

Spouse: May Edith Hubbard (1900 to 1971)

Married: 18 DEC 1927 in Filby, Norfolk County, England

Child:

Donald Robert Oxborough (1929 to 2014)

Died: 2 MAY 1993 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire County, England

Timeline:

1901 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1911 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1928 Marriage to May
1929 Birth of son, Donald
1939 Walsingham, Norfolk County, England
1945 Aberford, West Yorkshire, England
1962 Death of mother, Mary
1962 Death of father, Robert
1971 Death of wife, May
1979 Death of brother, George
1980 Death of brother, Frank
1985 Death of brother, Stanley
1993 Death and Burial

Occupation: land agent’s assistant (agricultural estate)

Records:

1901 and 1911 England Census Records
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1838-2014
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: None

Spouse:

May Edith Hubbard:

May was born on 5 MAR 1900 in Filby, Norfolk County, England. She died on 7 JUL 1971 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire County, England.

May’s father was William Hubbard. He was born on 25 NOV 1859 in Caister, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1940 in Filby, Norfolk County, England.

May’s mother was Louisa Jane Gilham. She was born in 1864 in Bermondsey, Surrey County, England. She died in 1930 in Filby, Norfolk County, England.

May had seven brothers and sisters. All the children were born in Filby, except Rosa, who was born in Great Yarmouth.

Ellen M Hubbard (1889)
Louisa Hubbard (1890)
Rosa E Hubbard (1891)
William Hubbard (1893)
Jonathan Hubbard (1898)
Lillian Hubbard (1902)
Evelyn Hubbard (1906)

The Hubbard Connection:

I noticed that Alfred’s mother and wife had the same surname, Hubbard. As I traced their lineages, I discovered that they were related. I used the Canon Law Relationship Chart.

To use this chart, you need to find Alfred and May’s common ancestor:

Here is Alfred’s lineage:

Alfred’s mother was Mary Sophia Hubbard (1877 Filby).
Mary’s mother was Emily Hubbard (1855 Filby).
Emily’s father was William Hubbard (1829 Caister).

That would mean that Alfred was William Hubbard’s great-grandson.

Here is May’s lineage:

May’s father was William Hubbard (1859 Filby).
William’s father was William Hubbard (1829 Caister).

That would mean that May was William Hubbard’s granddaughter.

On the Canon Law Relationship chart, the top diamond would be William Hubbard (1829 Caister).

On the left side of the chart, you would circle great-grandson (for Alfred). On the right side of the chart, you would circle grandson or granddaughter (for May). You would then follow the diamonds inward to find out how they were related.

In this case, I found that Alfred and May were first cousins, once removed.

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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