In 1891, Frederick and Rosa moved to Godalming, Surrey County, England. They lived there until they died. Their seven children also lived in Godalming their entire lives. Six of these family members are buried in the Eashing Cemetery.

Frederick Oxborough

Born: 1869 in Dallington, Northamptonshire County, England

Father: William Oxborough (1847 to 1932)
Mother: Maria Hadley (1846 to 1935)

Spouse: Rosa Rackley (1868 to 1956)

Married: 14 FEB 1891 at the St John the Evangelist Church in Milford, Surrey County, England

Children:

Rosa May Oxborough (3 AUG 1891 to 28 JUL 1981)
Violet Maria Oxborough (1894 to 1 OCT 1973)
Edith Emily Oxborough (1896 to 10 NOV 1918)
Frederick Robert William Oxborough (4 FEB 1899 to 30 JUN 1994)
Alfred Edward Oxborough (14 JUL 1901 to 3 FEB 1966)
Margaret Alice Oxborough (16 DEC 1904 to 18 DEC 1983)
Maud Elizabeth Oxborough (21 SEP 1907 to 6 AUG 1981)

Died: 4 APR 1917 in Witley, Surrey County, England

Burial: Eashing Cemetery, Godalming, Surrey County, England

The Godalming Town Council has a PDF file that shows Alfred and five other Oxboroughs were buried in Eashing Cemetery.

Timeline:

1871 Bermondsey, Surrey County, England
1881 Dallington, Northamptonshire County, England
1891 Marriage to Rosa
1891 Godalming, Surrey County, England
1891 Birth of daughter, Rosa
1894 Birth of daughter, Violet
1896 Birth of daughter, Edith
1899 Birth of son, Frederick
1901 Witley, Surrey County, England
1901 Birth of son, Alfred
1904 Birth of daughter, Margaret
1907 Birth of daughter, Maud
1911 Peper Harow, Surrey County, England
1917 Death and Burial

Occupation: tanner’s laborer

Records:

1871 to 1911 England Census Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

Variations of Surname: None

Frederick died at the fairly young age of 48 years old. He was buried in the Eashing Cemetery which is located one mile southwest of Godalming, Surrey County, England.

The Godalming City Council has compiled a list of all burials in the Eashing and Nightgale Cemeteries. Here are the records for the Oxboroughs buried in the Eashing Cemetery:

Frederick and his wife, Rosa
Their son, Frederick, and his wife, Ethel
Their son, Albert, and his wife, Edith

Spouse:

Rosa Rackley:

Rosa was born in 1868 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. She died on 4 NOV 1956 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

 

Rosa’s father was Robert Rackley. He was born in 1833 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. He died in 1917 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England.

Rosa’s mother was Eliza Gurney. She was born in 1834 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. She died in 1882 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England.

Rosa had six brothers and sisters:

William Rackley (1859)
James Rackley (1860)
Benjamin Rackley (1866)
Lily Rackley (1870)
Robert Rackley (1873)
Alfred Rackley (1876)

After Eliza died, Robert married a widow, Ellen Cook Kibbles, on 1 AUG 1891 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Ellen was living next to Robert on the 1891 England census.

Ellen Cook was born in 1845 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. She died in 1929 in Sarratt, Hertfordshire County, England.

Ellen had one child out of wedlock:

Ann Jane Cook (1865)

Ellen had previously married James Kibbles on 12 MAY 1866 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. Five known children were born to this marriage:

Jane Kibbles (1870)
Alice Kibbles (1873)
Thomas Kibbles (1876)
Emily Kibbles (1881)
Arthur Kibbles (1885)

James Kibbles was born in 1847 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. He died on 9 JAN 1890 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire County, England.

On 28 NOV 1889, James was admitted into the Fairfield Three Counties Asylum in Stotfold. The UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1912, database has an entry showing that James died six weeks after he was admitted to the hospital.

After Robert died, Ellen married Samuel Crisp on 17 APR 1922 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County, England. Ellen was 77 years old. Samuel was 64 years old.

Samuel Crisp was born on 26 JUN 1857 in Gillingham, Norfolk County, England. He died on 30 MAY 1940 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England.

Probate:

Samuel had previously married Emma Chaston on 29 JAN 1884 in Aldeby, Norfolk County, England. Four known children were born to this marriage. The children were all born in Suffolk County, England.

William Crisp (1885 Aldeby)
Ethel C Crisp (1888 Aldeby)
Arthur Crisp (1895 Bakefield)
Alice Crisp (1899 Wenhaston)

Emma Chaston was born in 1866 in Toft Monks, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1919 in Holton, Suffolk County, England.

Emma had one child out of wedlock:

Edith Mary Chaston (1883 Aldeby)

Daughters:

Rosa May Oxborough:

Rosa was born on 3 AUG 1891 in Witley, Surrey County, England. She died on 28 JUL 1981 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Rosa married Robert Frederick Joseph Dibden on 7 JUN 1913 at St John the Evangelist Church in Milford, Surrey County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Robert Frederick Joseph Dibden was born on 10 NOV 1884 in Hamptworth, Wiltshire County, England. He died on 11 SEP 1955 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Robert’s burial information can be found on the Godalming City Council website. Robert must have been quite tall. There is a note of “3 feet extra” on the burial record.

Violet Maria Oxborough:

Violet was born in 1894 in Witley, Surrey County, England. She died on 1 OCT 1973 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Violet married Albert Edward Charman on 17 APR 1915 at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Godalming, Surrey County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Violet Marjorie Charman (1917)
Albert F John Charman (1920)

Albert Edward Charman was born on 29 OCT 1892 in Godalming, Surrey County, England. He died on 11 NOV 1974 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Edith Emily Oxborough:

Edith was born in 1896 in Witley, Surrey County, England. She died on 10 NOV 1918 in Godalming, Surrey County, England. Edith was 22 years old when she died.

Edith’s burial information can be found on the Godalming City Council website.

Edith married Harold Charles Broomfield on 6 JUN 1918 at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Godalming, Surrey County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Harold Charles Broomfield was born in 1895 in Thorney Hill, Hampshire County, England. He died on 5 NOV 1935 in Greenwich, London, England. Harold was 40 years old when he died.

Probate:

After Edith died, Harold married Marjorie Mabel Daisy Stevens on 8 JUL 1922 at St Michael’s Church, Highgate, Camden, London, England. There may have been three children born to this marriage. I have not been able to verify this as a fact.

Marjorie Mabel Daisy Stevens was born on 13 JAN 1897 in Dartford, Kent County, England. She died in 1971 in Reigate, Surrey County, England.

After Harold died, Marjorie married Horace Randall Stoneley in 1937 in Dartford, Kent County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Horace Randall Stoneley was born on 11 MAR 1901 in Fulham, London, England. He died in 1976 in Bridport, Dorset County, England.

Margaret Alice Oxborough:

Margaret was born on 16 DEC 1904 in Witley, Surrey County, England. She died on 18 DEC 1983 in Portsmouth, Hampshire County, England.

Probate:

Margaret married James Albert Baker on 11 SEP 1937 at St John’s Church in Busbridge, Surrey County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

James Albert Baker was born on 9 JUN 1906 in Farncombe, Surrey County, England. He died on 29 DEC 1965 in Busbridge, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Maud Elizabeth Oxborough:

Maud was born on 21 SEP 1907 in Witley, Surrey County, England. She died on 6 AUG 1981 in Busbridge, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Maud married Frederick George Withall on 11 FEB 1933 at St John’s Church in Busbridge, Surrey County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Sheila Withall (1933)
Freda Withall (1935)

Frederick George Withall was born on 4 DEC 1898 in Peper Harow, Surrey County, England. He died on 6 DEC 1959 in Godalming, Surrey County, England.

Probate:

Frederick and Maud’s burial information can be found on the Godalming City Council website. Frederick must have been quite tall. There is a note of “3 feet extra” on the burial record.

Marriage Records:

I would like to thank Ancestry.com for providing digitized copies of these documents.

These marriage records can be found in their database entitled Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937.

Frederick Oxborough and Rosa Rackley

Rosa May Oxborough and Robert Frederick Joseph Dibden

Violet Maria Oxborough and Albert Edward Charman

Edith Emily Oxborough and Harold Charles Broomfield

Margaret Alice Oxborough and James Albert Baker

Maud Elizabeth Oxborough and Frederick George Withall

The following marriage record can be found in the database entitled London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921:

Harold Charles Broomfield and Marjorie Mabel Daisy Stevens

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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