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Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 08:22

HI

Please can someone see if they can find these two on the 1911 census. I think she was born about 1877. Not sure where she was born. She married John Watson in 1903 in Gainsborough, lincs.

Her maiden name I believe was Oakley and her father was David Oakley.

She went on to marry John William E Gray in 1924 in Lincolnshire

Thanks for your help

Jane

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 08:39

It looks as if she was possibly born in London.

Jane

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 08:44

This looks like its her family in 1881. I think the C (Kate C ) was a transcribing error.

1881

Name David Oakley
Event Type Census
Event Date 1881
Event Place St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster, London,Middlesex, England
Registration District St George Hanover Square
Residence Note Bessboro Place
Gender Male
Age 40
Marital Status (Original) Married
Occupation House Painter & Decorator
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1841
Birthplace Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England
Page Number 39
Registration Number RG11
Piece/Folio 116/79
Affiliate Record Type Household

David Oakley Head M 40 Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England
Martha Oakley Wife F 41 Barkstone, Lincolnshire, England
Harry C Oakley Son M 8 Claypole, Lincolnshire, England
Charles E Oakley Son M 3 St John, Middlesex, England
Kate C Oakley Daughter F 2 St John, Middlesex, England

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Feb 2016 08:52


Name:Kate Alice Watson
Age in 1911:31
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1880
Relation to Head:Wife
Gender:Female
Birth Place:London, Pimlico, United Kingdom
Civil Parish:Gainsborough
Search Photos:
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County/Island:Lincolnshire
Country:England
Street address:79 Ashcroft Road Gainsboro
Marital Status:Married
Registration district:Gainsborough
Registration District Number:425
Sub-registration district:Gainsborough
ED, institution, or vessel:15
Piece:20158
Household Members:
Name
Age


John Charles Watson 35 Machinist Tea Drying Machines. Born Rosedale Yorkshire
Kate Alice Watson 31
Charles Stanley Watson 6
Elsie Kathleen Watson 3

Married 7 years. 2 children born both living.

Andy

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Feb 2016 08:57

For interest with exact date of birth

London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911


Name:Kate Alice Oakley
Age:5
Birth Date:7 Apr 1879
School:Holy Trinity School
Borough:Westminster
Admission Date:21 Apr 1884
Parent:David
Notes:
Non-provided school (0434): previously known as Holy Trinity National School until 1907, (the term National was replaced with Church of England)
Reference Number:
LCC/EO/DIV02/HOL/AD/001

Andy

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Feb 2016 08:58

Possible for her birth


Name:Kate Alice Oakley
Registration Year:1879
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:St George Hanover Square
Parishes for this Registration District:
View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County:London
Volume:1a
Page:437


Andy

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 08:59

Thank you very much Andy

I will add this to her records. I think that confirms I have found the right person. I have never had information on a school before. How interesting.

All the best

Jane

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 26 Feb 2016 14:47

Possible parents' marriage? Newark district covers both Barkston and Claypole where first 2 children were born according to 1881 census.

Marriages Jun 1872 (>99%)
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Castang Martha Newark 7b 589
Oakley David Newark 7b 589

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 15:42

Possibly another daughter born in 1919...........

Births Jun 1919 (>99%)
Watson Florence M E Oakley Gainsbro' 7a 972


Marriages Sep 1942 (>99%)
Bell Leslie B Watson Grantham 7a 1283
Watson Florence M E Bell Grantham 7a 1283


Florence Marie E Bell in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Florence Marie E Bell
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1919
Date of Registration: Apr 1984
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Grantham
Inferred County: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire
Volume: 7
Page: 1482

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 15:43

thank you Magaret

I wasn't sure where to look for the marriage, but you seem to have found them for me

Thanks again

jane

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 16:07

Jane are you certain that it was your Kate who went on the remarry in 1924???

This is her husbands probate.......he didn't die until 1949.

John Charles Watson in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: John Charles Watson
Probate Date: 21 Sep 1949
Registry: London, England
Death Date: 5 Jul 1949
Death Place: Lincolnshire, Lincoln, England

Of 16 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Died at 137 Dysart Road, Grantham.

To Kate Alice Watson widow....Charles Stanley Watson engineer and Verdant Schoffield gateman.

Effects: £2844 19s 3d


Kate A Watson in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Kate A Watson
Birth Date: abt 1879
Date of Registration: Sep 1964
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Grantham
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 70

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Feb 2016 16:21


Name:Kate Alice Watson
Probate Date:15 Sep 1964
Registry:London, England
Death Date:13 Aug 1964
Death Place:Lincolnshire, Lincoln, England

of Gregory House Grantham
to Charles Stanley Watson and Harold Percvial Talbot
Effects £1171

Andy

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 16:25

Kate Alice Watson in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Kate Alice Watson
Probate Date: 15 Sep 1964
Registry: London, England
Death Date: 13 Aug 1964
Death Place: Lincolnshire, Lincoln, England

Of Gregory House, Grantham

To Charles Stanley Watson machine operator and Harold Percvial Talbot solicitors managing clerk

Effects £1171

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 16:30

There is a marriage in 1924 for a Kate A Watson.......but obviously not your Kate.


Marriages Jun 1924 (>99%)
Gray John W E Watson Glanford B 7a 1921
Watson Kate A Gray Glanford B. 7a 1921

Prickles.;o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 16:35

Daughter Elsie Kathleen married Verdant Scoffield....
Elsie K Watson in the England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Elsie K Watson
Spouse Name: Verdant Scoffield
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration district:Grantham
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 1345

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 17:08

Thanks PricklyHolly and Andy

The marriage you have for Kate A Watson and John W E Gray is mine. The information you have found certainly has put a spanner in the works.

This is why I thought she was mine. I got this information from a member of my family.

""John Willy" married his then housekeeper Kate Watson who brought with her to the marriage at least one son Harry Watson, she was commonly known as "wicked aunt kate" and reputedly made the children stand up at the tea table to eat their bread and butter which had been spread very thinly, she alegedly gave Dennis Gray a bad time."

Well I will have to start again then. I think that marriage cert will have to be the next certificate I buy then,

All the best

Jane


Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 17:12

John William E Gray was bit of a ladies man. He married Sarah Niles first, them Mary Carratt and then Kate A Watson. Although this family member I was talking to did suggest he married a fourth person. If he did I can't find that marriage.

Jane

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 26 Feb 2016 17:19

I will have a rummage around later and see if I can find anything of interest.

Prickles.

Jane

Jane Report 26 Feb 2016 17:29

thanks Prickles

I have to go and get tea now. I will check in later.

All the best

Jane

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Feb 2016 18:20


Name:John W E Gray
Birth Date:abt 1880
Date of Registration:Dec 1943
Age at Death:63
Registration district:Scunthorpe
Inferred County:Lincolnshire
Volume:7a
Page:902


and looking at this death.

about same age as John


Name:Kate Ann Gray
Birth Date:2 Jun 1879
Date of Registration:Jun 1971
Age at Death:92
Registration district:Boston
Inferred County:Lincolnshire
Volume:3b
Page:9


Andy