There is a Find A Grave memorial that shows John was buried in the Lowestoft Cemetery. From this website, I discovered that John must have been an inmate or patient of the Lowestoft Union Workhouse.

John Oxborough

Born: 1856 in North Cove, Suffolk County, England

Father: John Oxborough (1814 to 1889)
Mother: Maria Piper (1815 to 1892)

Spouse: none

Married: none

Children: none

Died: 1934 in Oulton, Suffolk County, England

Burial: 23 OCT 1934 in Lowestoft Cemetery

Timeline:

1861 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1871 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1881 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1889 Death of father, John
1890 Death of sister, Harriet
1891 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1892 Death of mother, Maria
1895 Death of sister, Mary Ann
1901 Fleet, Lincolnshire County, England
1906 Death of brother, Stephen
1908 Death of sister, Eliza
1911 Beccles, Suffolk County, England
1929 Death of sister, Elizabeth
1931 Death of sister, Jemima
1934 Death and Burial

Occupation: hostler (1881), general laborer (1891), agricultural laborer (1901), gardener (1911)

Records:

1861 to 1911 England Census Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

Variations of Surname: none

John never married.

There is a Find A Grave memorial that shows John was buried in the Lowestoft Cemetery. The memorial also had this information:

“Age: 79. Address: Lothingland House, Oulton. Occupation: Inmate. The death date listed may be the internment date.”

I discovered that John must have been an inmate or patient of the Lowestoft Union Workhouse.

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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