See also

Family of John Oakley and Nellie May Ball

  • Husband:

  • John Oakley (1900-1979)

  • Wife:

  • Nellie May Ball (1898-1962)

  • Children:

  • Nadine Spencer Oakley (1934-2012)

  • Marriage:

  • 18 Aug 1923

  • Christ Church, Hamilton Street, Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England [2]1 2 3

  •  

  • John a dial printer of 103 Brewston Road Oldham, Nellie a nurse of The Grange Cheadle, both unmarried, goom's father John Thomas Oakley labourer, bride's father Richard Ball farmer, married by banns and witnessed by Walter Whitham and Gladys Booth

Husband: John Oakley

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John Oakley

  • Name:

  • John Oakley1 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Thomas Oakley (1862-1919)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Lees (1854-1928)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dial printer /watch & clock dial maker1 2 6

  • Birth:

  • 12 Jun 1900

  • Bootle, Lancashire, England [2]1 4 7 8 6 5

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9 mns)

  • 16 Gray Street, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents and four siblings. Born in Bootle Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 162 Roundthorn Road, Oldham, Lancashire, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents John and Mary and sisters Mary, Martha, Sarah, Annie and Ellen,. Born in Bootle Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • 49 Wroughton Road, Battersea, London, England6

  •  

  • a married watch and clock dial maker living alone. Born on 12th June 1900

  • Death:

  • 6 Nov 1979 (age 79)

  • Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Greater London, England1 5 9

  • Burial:

  • 14 Nov 1979

  • Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, Putney, Greater London, England1

  • Probate:

  • 24 Jan 1980

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England9

  •  

  • of 49 Wroughton Road London SW11 died 6th November 1979, administration of £3,411 (~£13,000 in 2017)

Wife: Nellie May Ball

  • Name:

  • Nellie May Ball2 3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • childrens nurse1 2

  • Birth:

  • 3 May 18981 10

  •  

  •  

  • Dad had Cheadle, Oldham which doesn't make sense. Could not find them in 1901 census

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • Farleycopse Cottage, London Road, Bracknell, Surrey, England10

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with Charles E Brightwell and family, and two closed records (presumably daughters Jean and Nadine). Born 3rd May 1899 and note that she was living apart from her husband John

  • Death:

  • 24 Apr 1962 (age 62)

  • The Bolingbrook Hospital, Wakehurst Road, Wandsworth, London, England1 11

  • Cremation:

  • 30 Apr 1962

  • South London Crematorium, Rowan Road, Streatham, London, England1

Child 2: Nadine Spencer Oakley

  • Name:

  • Nadine Spencer Oakley12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Peter Victor Arnsby Couves (1928-1972)

  • Birth:

  • 15 Feb 1934

  • Broomwood Road, Clapham, London, England1 12

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Jun 1934 (age 0)

  • Broomwood Methodist Church, Kyrle Road, Clapham, Lambeth, London, England1

  • Death:

  • 28 Feb 2012 (age 78)

  • Plymouth "Registration District", Devon, England13

  •  

  • resident in Liskeard Cornwall

Note on Wife: Nellie May Ball

Was Nellie born in Chester, no mother's maiden name? Parents Richard Ball and Lillie?

Sources

1.

Jean Gillingham nee Oakley personal communication.

2.

Ancestry Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930, ( on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Glodwick Christ Church 1920-1930 page:51. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

3.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oldham 1923 quarter:3 volume:8d page:1254. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

4.

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 1900 quarter:3 volume:8b page:338. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sutton 1979 quarter:4 volume:15 page:679. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:0032C page:19 line:22 letter code:ABQW. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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). London 1980 page:6368 no:800100833T. Cit. Date: 18 August 2025.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:2075A page:7 line:26 letter code:DUGB. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Battersea 1962 quarter:2 volume:5c page:19. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Battersea 1934 quarter:2 volume:1d page:527. Cit. Date: 11 August 2017.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Plymouth 2012 quarter:1 district:4161D entry:506348934. Cit. Date: 18 August 2025.