See also

Family of William John O'Connor and Olive Anna Graystone

  • Husband:

  • William John O'Connor (1886-bef1939)

  • Wife:

  • Olive Anna Graystone (1902-1973)

  • Children:

  • John Joseph O'Connor (1924-1955)

  • Marriage:

  • 11 Mar 1922

  • St. Nicholas's Church, Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England1,2

  •  

  • William a Royal Navy petty officer of HMS Birmingham, Olive 5 Talbot Street Bathside Harwich, both single, groom's father John O'Connor deceased painter and decorator, bride's father Oliver Henry Graystone donkeyman, married by licence and witnessed by Oliver Henry Graystone and Elsie May Graystone

Husband: William John O'Connor

  • Name:

  • William John O'Connor1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Royal Navy petty officer2

  • Birth:

  • 12 Jan 1886

  • Paddington, Middlesex, England3,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 5)

  • 18 Brindley Street, Paddington, London, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in one room with his parents John and Jane, and sisters Mary and Alice. Born in Paddington London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 15)

  • Fairfax Drive, Prittlewell, Essex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an errand boy and living with his widowed mother Jane, and sisters Gertrude, Alice, Ellen and Frances. Born in Paddington London

  • Military Service:

  • frm 12 Jan 1904 to 11 Jan 1926 (age 18-39)

  • the Royal Navy as no:217828 becoming a Chief Petty Officer4

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 25)

  • HMS Bulwark, Sheppey, Kent, England7

  •  

  • an ordinary able seaman serving on board the battleship HMS Bulwark. Born in Paddington Middlesex

  • Death:

  • bef 1939 (age 52-53)

  •  

  •  

  • as his wife was shown as widowed in the 1939 register

Wife: Olive Anna Graystone

  • Name:

  • Olive Anna Graystone8,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Oliver Henry Graystone (1864- )

  • Mother:

  • Anna Caroline Fisher (1865?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tobacconist10

  • Birth:

  • 3 Mar 1902

  • Harwich, Essex, England8,9,10,11,12

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 5 Talbot Road, Harwich, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her parents Oliver and Anna, brothers Harry, Jack and Harold, and sisters Kate and Minna. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 62 High Street, Sheerness, Kent, England10

  •  

  • a widowed tobacconist living with Ernest J Richards (whom she later married), son John, future step daughter Joan P C Richards and a closed record. Born on 3rd March 1902 and married a Richards at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q4 1973 (age 71)

  • Sheppey "Registration District", Kent, England12

Child 1: John Joseph O'Connor

  • Name:

  • John Joseph O'Connor13,14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1924

  • Medway "Registration District", Kent, England10,13

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 15)

  • 62 High Street, Sheerness, Kent, England10

  •  

  • unmarried seeking work and living with his mother, Ernest J Richards (future step-father), future sister Joan P C Richards and a closed record. Born on 18th September 1924

  • Death:

  • Q3 1955 (age 31)

  • Dartford "Registration District", Kent, England14

Note on Husband: William John O'Connor

not sure where William died but it was before 1939, could it have been in Staines in quarter:2 1939?

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1922 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1051. Cit. Date: 18 September 2018.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Harwich St. Nicholas marriages 1916-1933 ref:D/P 170/1/33 image:104. Cit. Date: 19 September 2018.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Paddington 1886 quarter:1 volume:1a page:13. Cit. Date: 19 December 2020.

4.

FindMyPast British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:ADM 188/382/217828 no:217828. Cit. Date: 19 December 2020.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1 folio:63 page:50. Cit. Date: 19 December 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1680 folio:121 page:8. Cit. Date: 19 December 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:4467 registration district:62 sub-district:1 enumeration district:18schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 19 December 2020.

8.

Adams/Wilkinson Family Tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ancestry.com. Cit. Date: 6 September 2008.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1902 quarter:2 volume:4a page:764. Cit. Date: 18 September 2018.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1787F page:10 line:32 letter code:DITM. Cit. Date: 18 September 2018.

11.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10250 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:314. Cit. Date: 23 June 2018.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sheppey 1973 quarter:1 volume:5f page:1592. Cit. Date: 19 September 2018.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Medway 1924 quarter:3 volume:2a page:1338. Cit. Date: 18 September 2018.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dartford 1955 quarter:3 volume:5b page:372. Cit. Date: 7 May 2019.