Some of my Oxborough ancestors lived and died in Great Yarmouth. Two of William’s daughters, however, moved to Denbighshire, Wales. In 2003, they were living within a mile of each other.

William Edward Woolsey Oxborough

Born: 13 MAY 1874 in Stratford, Essex County, England

Father: Robert Oxborough (1850 to 1933)
Mother: Mary Ann Woolsey (1848 to 1887)

First Spouse: Mabel Mary Ann Turner (1876 to 1910)

Married: 1898 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Children:

Mabel May Oxborough (3 OCT 1899 to 1994)
William Edward Oxborough (29 JUN 1901 to 25 OCT 1983)
Harry Turner Oxborough (2 OCT 1904 to 7 SEP 1982)
Frank Turner Oxborough (2 OCT 1904 to 1990)

Second Spouse:

Easter Elizabeth Brown (1886 to 1942)

Married: 25 DEC 1910 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Children:

Robert E Oxborough (1912 to 1912)
Vera Lily Oxborough (11 NOV 1922 to 28 DEC 2003)
Peggy J Oxborough (1927 to Unknown/Still Living)

Died: 28 MAR 1943 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Probate:

Timeline:

1881 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1882 Deaths of siblings, Elizabeth and Frederick
1885 Death of sister, Ethel
1887 Death of mother, Mary Ann
1891 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1898 Marriage to Mabel
1899 Birth of daughter, Mabel
1901 Gorleston, Norfolk County, England
1901 Birth of son, William
1904 Birth of twin sons, Frank and Harry
1910 Death of wife, Mabel
1910 Marriage to Easter
1911 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1912 Birth of son, Robert
1912 Death of son, Robert
1922 Birth of daughter, Vera
1927 Birth of daughter, Peggy
1928 Death of sister, Lily
1933 Death of father, Robert
1939 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1942 Death of wife, Easter
1943 Death and Burial

Occupation: railway clerk

Records:

1881 to 1911 England Census Records
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2014
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: none

First Spouse:

Mabel Mary Ann Turner:

Mabel was born in 1876 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1910 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. Mabel was 34 years old when she died.

Mabel’s father was George Turner. He was born in 1856 in Burgh Castle, Suffolk County, England. He died in 1900 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. George was 44 years old when he died.

Mabel’s mother was Amelia Darnell Layton. She was born in 1847 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1934 in Gorleston-on-Sea, Suffolk County, England.

Mabel had four known brothers and sisters:

William G Turner (1878)
Daisy M Turner (1881)
Francis E Turner (1883)
George Turner (1892)

Daughter:

Mabel May Oxborough:

Mabel was born on 3 OCT 1899 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1994 in Enfield, Middlesex County, England.

Mabel married Frederick Styles in 1926 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Frederick E Styles (1926 to 1926)
Phyllis May Styles (1928)

Frederick Styles was born on 10 AUG 1901 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1975 in Enfield, Middlesex County, England.

Second Spouse:

Easter Elizabeth Brown:

Easter was born on 19 JAN 1886 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1942 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Easter’s father was Adolphus Brown. He was born in 1864 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1932 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Easter’s mother was Easter Harvey. She was born on 17 APR 1865 in North Walsham, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1942 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Easter had eleven known brothers and sisters:

Adolphus Jeremiah Brown (1884)
Easter Elizabeth Brown (1886)
Hannah Eliza Brown (1887)
Ellen Susannah Brown (1889 to 1896)
Sarah Ann Brown (1891 to 1905)
Violet May Brown (1894)
William Artis Brown (1895)
Edith Bertha Brown (1898)
May Annie Brown (1901)
Eleanor Rose Grace Brown (1903)
Florence Mary Brown (1904)

Daughters:

Vera Lily Oxborough:

Vera was born on 11 NOV 1922 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She died on 28 DEC 2003 in Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales.

Vera married a man named Roger A Guezenec in 1944 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. One known child was born to this marriage:

Paul R Guezenec (1946)

Peggy J Oxborough:

Peggy was born in 1927 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. She may still be living. If so, she would be 94 years old.

Peggy married Arthur Frederick Gunn in 1953 in Godalming, Surrey County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Arthur Frederick Gunn was born on 7 FEB 1924 in Conway, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died in 1996 in Colwyn, Clwyd, Wales.

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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