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Martha Oakley (1890-1978)

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Martha Oakley

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • laundry maid then an underwear presser4 5

  • Birth:

  • 19 May 1890

  • Wavertree, Lancashire, England2 6 1 4 5 3

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  • 1901 census says born in Everton and 1911 says Liverpool

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11 mns)

  • 22 Frederick Street, Latchford, Cheshire, England6

  •  

  • visitor living with her parents John and Mary, and sister Mary in the home of Jesse and Emma Slater. Born in Wavertree Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • 16 Gray Street, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Lancashire, England1

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  • daughter living with her parents John and Mary, sisters Mary, Anne and Ellen, and brother John. Born in Everton Liverpool Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • 162 Roundthorn Road, Oldham, Lancashire, England4

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a laundry maid and living in five rooms with her parents John and Mary, sisters Mary, Sarah, Annie and Ellen, and brother John. Born in Liverpool Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 49)

  • 171 Stanley Road, Chadderton, Lancashire, England5

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  • an unmarried underwear presser living with her brother-in-law Earnshaw, sister Sarah, nephew John and an unknown closed record. Born on 19th May 1890

  • Death:

  • 17 Mar 1978 (age 87)

  • Devizes "Registration District", Wiltshire, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 15 May 1978

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England7

  •  

  • of Flat 2 The Grange St. Bridewell Devizes died 17th march 1978, probate of £11,895 (~£63,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:3462 folio:102 page:22. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Derby 1890 quarter:3 volume:8b page:613. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Devizes 1978 quarter:1 volume:23 page:2189. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:24469 class:RG78 piece:1403 registration district:469 sub-district:1 enumeration district:31 schedule:77. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:4713A page:9 line:4 letter code:NTSR. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:3081 folio:85 page:55. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1978 page:6014 ref:783307309A. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.