Seeking information on Rosalind Clara Matheson McLean Oxborough.  In 1938, Leonard married a woman named Rosalind C M McLean. The 2001 burial record listed her name as Rosalind Clara Matheson Oxborough. She was born on 31 JUL 1910. She may have been born in Scotland.

Leonard William Oxborough

Born: 30 NOV 1910 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

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

Spouse: Rosalind Clara Matheson (1910 to 2001)

Married: 1938 in South Shields, Durham County, England

Children: None

Died: 22 SEP 1995 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Timeline:

1911 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1927 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1938 Marriage to Rosalind
1939 Caister-On-Sea, Norfolk County, England
1962 Death of mother, Mary
1962 Death of father, Robert
1979 Death of brother, George
1980 Death of brother, Frank
1985 Death of brother, Stanley
1993 Death of brother, Alfred
1995 Death and Burial

Occupation: post office sorting clerk and telegraphist (1939)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2014

Variations of Surname: None

Leonard began his career with the General Post Office in 1927 when he was 17 years old. Ancestry.com’s database, British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969, shows that Leonard quickly moved to the positions of sorting clerk and telegraphist.

The 1939 England and Wales Registers show that Leonard still held those positions for the General Post Office.

Spouse:

Rosalind Clara Matheson:

Rosalind was born on 30 JUL 1910. I do not know where she was born. Rosalind died on 26 FEB 2001 in Gorleston-on-Sea, Suffolk County, England.

The marriage record index for 1938 listed her name as Rosalind C M McLean.

The burial record of 2001 listed her name as Rosalind Clara Matheson Oxborough.

These documents lead me to believe that Rosalind’s maiden name was Matheson. She may have married a man with the surname, McLean, before 1938.

Leonard and Rosalind’s marriage was recorded in the South Shields Registration District of Durham County, England. Between the years 1837 and 1974, South Shields RD included nine civil parishes:

Boldon
Harton
Hebburn
Heworth
Jarrow
Monkton
South Shields
Westoe
Whitburn

I could not find a birth record for Rosalind in England or Wales. South Shields is approximately 55 miles from the board of Scotland. It could be that Rosalind was born in that country.

If you have any information on Rosalind, please contact me. My email is dlwakenight@yahoo.com. You can also leave a message in the Comments Section of this post.

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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