Hannah gave birth to two children out of wedlock. The first was born nine months before Hannah and George got married. The other was born nine years after George died.

George Barrington Oxborough

Born: 1857 in Southtown, Suffolk County, England

Father: John Oxborough (1816 to 1892)
Mother: Phoebe Barth (1821 to 1890)

Spouse: Hannah Sophia Gravner (1857 to 1941)

Married: 25 SEP 1881 at St Paul’s Church in Greenwich, London, England

Children:

Florence Elizabeth Oxborough (7 OCT 1882 to 31 MAR 1950)
William George Oxborough (8 FEB 1884 to 1944)
Edward Barrington Oxborough (15 JUN 1890 to 17 JUL 1964)

Died: 1890 in Greenwich, London, England

Timeline:

1861 Gorleston-on-Sea, Suffolk County, England
1864 Death of sister, Harriet
1871 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1880 Death of brother, Charles
1881 Marriage to Hannah
1882 Birth of daughter, Florence
1884 Birth of son, William
1890 Death and Burial

Occupation: sawyer (1881)

Records:

1861 and 1871 England Census Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1838-2014

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Hannah Sophia Gravner:

Hannah was born on 22 AUG 1857 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died on 27 JAN 1941 in St Pancras, London, England.

Hannah’s father was Benjamin Robert Gravner. He was born in 1829 in Halvergate, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1910 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Hannah’s mother was Mary Ann Church. She was born in 1829 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1911 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Hannah had three brothers and sisters:

Mary Ann Gravner (1856)
Robert Benjamin Gravner (1859 to 1864)
Robert Benjamin Gravner (1864)

Hannah’s Daughters:

Hannah gave birth to two children out of wedlock. The first daughter was born nine months before Hannah married George:

Flora Annie Gravner:

Flora was born on 5 JAN 1880 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1881 in Greenwich, London, England. Flora was less than one year old when she died.

Hannah and George’s legitimate daughter was:

Florence Elizabeth Oxborough:

Florence was born on 7 OCT 1882 in East Greenwich, London, England. She died on 31 MAR 1950 in St Pancras, London, England.

Florence never married. There are directory listings from 1920 to 1950 showing that she lived with Louisa Tierney in St Pancras, London, England. These documents can be found in Ancestry.com’s London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965.

The 1939 England and Wales Register shows that they were living with Louisa’s father at 4 Dickenson Street.

Probate:

Hannah’s third daughter was born nine years after George died. As Hannah had not remarried, this would mean that this child was also born out of wedlock:

Lily Kate Oxborough:

Lily was born on 22 FEB 1898 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died on 26 SEP 1941 in Hampstead, London, England.

Probate:

Lily married Samuel Frederick Adams on 25 JAN 1920 at St Pancras Old Church in St Pancras, London, England. One known child was born to this marriage:

Samuel Frederick Adams (1920)

Samuel Frederick Adams was born on 26 NOV 1892 in St Pancras, London, England. He died in 1960 in St Pancras, London, England.

After Lily died, Samuel married a widow, Florence Mabel Agnes Watts Horne, in 1944 in St Pancras, London, England. Samuel was 52 years old and Florence was 55 years old.

Florence Mabel Agnes Watts was born on 21 JUN 1889 in Kentish Town, London, England. She died in 1970 in St Pancras, London, England.

Florence had previously married James Horne on 23 JUN 1907 at St Barnabas Church in Kentish Town, St Pancras, London, England. Eleven known children were born to this marriage:

Lilian Horne (1908)
Charles William Horne (1910)
Ivy Florence Horne (1912)
Beatrice Ellen Horne (1915)
Henry Leslie Horne (1917)
Hilda C D Horne (1918)
Grace Phyllis May Horne (1920)
Mabel Violet Horne (1922)
Eric F Horne (1924)
Alma P Horne (1926)
Ernest Frederick Horne (1927)

James Horne was born in 1883 in St Pancras, London, England. He died in 1937 in St Pancras, London, 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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