See also
Husband:
Walter Oakley (1862-1934)
Wife:
Constance Ferguson (1867-1933)
Children:
Marriage:
Q4 1889
Camberwell "Registration District", London, England1
1862 baptism Walter Oakley
1934 Evening News Walter Oakley
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
Q1 1862
Baptism:
3 Sep 1862 (age 0)
St. Bartholomew's Church, Westwood Hill, Sydenham, Kent, England3
son of Thomas Oakley (bankers clerk) and Catherine of Sydenham
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 9)
Fir Lodge Boarding School, Kirkdale, Sydenham, Kent, England6
a pupil attending school and living with twenty others. Born in Sydenham Kent
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 19)
2 Lombard Street, City of London, London, England7
unmarried bank managers son living with his sister Kate, and brothers Thomas and Frederick, and three servants. Born in Sydenham Kent
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 29)
Riverdene, Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England4
married visitor working as a stock broker living with his brother Frederick, sister-in-law Alice, niece's Freda and Brenda, and his wife Constance, and three servants. Born in Sydenham Kent
Administrator:
28 Nov 1891 (age 29)
Walter Oakley was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Thomas Oakley on Saturday on 28 November 1891 at the Principal Registry, High Holborn, Holborn, London, England
Census absence:
31 Mar 1901 (age 38-39)
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 49)
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 59 yrs 5 mns)
The Retreat, North Warnborough, Hampshire, England5
a married stock broker of 2 Copthall Buildings London living in nine rooms with his wife Constance, and two servants. Born in Sydenham Kent
Death:
7 Feb 1934 (age 71-72)
Cause: at sea on a cruise to Panama on the Homeric
Probate:
7 Mar 1934
Probate Registry, London, England8
of 2 Copthall Buildings London and of The retreat North Warnborough Hampshire died 7th February 1934 at sea, probate of effects of £17,542 14s 1d (~£985,000 in 2017) to Constance Mercia Grimsdale (wife of Arthur Gerald Grimsdale) and Thomas Edward St. Clare Daniell solicitor
1867 baptism Constance Ferguson
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
17 Mar 1867
1921 census says born in Camden Town London
Baptism:
10 Aug 1867 (age 0)
St. George and All Saints Church, Crayford Road, Tufnell Park, Middlesex, England11
daughter of William Ferguson (stock dealer) and Maria of Hilldeep Cottage, born on 17th March 1867 and baptised with Brothers William, George and Marmaduke, and sister Charlotte
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 4)
Elm Bank, Hornsey Lane, Crouch End, Middlesex, England12
daughter as Constance Fergusson living with her widowed father William, brothers William and Constance, sister Charlotte, widowed grandmother Maria Emmot, aunt Ann Emmot, and two servants. Born in London
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 14)
Birklands, Hornsey Lane, Crouch End, Middlesex, England13
attending school and living with nineteen others. Born in London Middlesex
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 24)
Riverdene, Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England4
married visitor living with her brother-in-law Frederick, sister-in-law Alice, niece's Freda and Brenda, and her husband Walter, and three servants. Born in Tufnell Park Middlesex
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 34)
Fox Hill House, Keston, Kent, England14
married wife living with her daughter Constance, a visitor, and two servants. Born in Tufnell Park London
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 44)
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 54 yrs 3 mns)
The Retreat, North Warnborough, Hampshire, England5
married wife doing home duties and living in nine rooms with her husband Walter, and two servants. Born in Camden Town London
Death:
Q4 1933 (age 66)
Aldershot "Registration District", Hampshire, England15
Name:
Constance Mercia Oakley16
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
16 Jul 1892
1939 register says born 16th July 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
Fox Hill House, Keston, Kent, England14
daughter living with her mother Constance, a visitor, and two servants. Born in Purley Surrey
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 11 mns)
Rabbs Mill House, Cowley Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England17
married wife as Mercia doing home duties and living in ten rooms with her husband Arthur, son John, daughter Sanchia, and two servants. Born in Purley Surrey
Administrator:
7 Mar 1934 (age 41)
Constance Mercia Oakley was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Walter Oakley on Wednesday on 7 March 1934 at the Probate Registry, London, England
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 47)
29 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England18
married doing unpaid domestic duties and a full time member of the W.V.S. living with her husband Arthur, son John, daughter Sanchia, and five others. Born on 16th July 1893
Death:
16 May 1957 (age 64)
The Victoria Cottage Hospital, Tonbridge, Kent, England19 20
Probate:
12 Sep 1957
Probate Registry, London, England20
of Wrangling Green Brenchley Kent (wife of Arthur Gerald Grimsdale) died 16th May 1957 at The Victoria Cottage Hospital Tonbridge, probate of effects of £18,724 7s 7d (~£425,000 in 2017) to John Rowan Grimsdale corn merchant and Sanchia Ray married woman
sister of George Ferguson who married Walter's sister Mary
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Camberwell 1889 quarter:4 volume:1d page:1340. Cit. Date: 30 May 2026.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1862 quarter:1 volume:1d page:761. Cit. Date: 6 January 2024.
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Sydemham St. Bartholomew baptisms 1845-1860 page:86 entry:676. Cit. Date: 25 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:550 folio:52 page:9 schedule:56. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:5799 registration district:109 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13, 14 schedule:122. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:768 folio:78 page:40 schedule:161. Cit. Date: 29 May 2026.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:0379 folio:44 page:3 schedule:260. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
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 1934 page:576. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Evening News 9th February 1934. Cit. Date: 3 June 1934.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1867 quarter:2 volume:1b page:220. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Tufnell Park St. George Crayford Road baptisms 1858-1904 page:35 entry:274. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1336 folio:19 page:29 schedule:121. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1376 folio:76 page:30 schedule:580. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:686 folio:47 page:22 schedule:141. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Aldershot 1933 quarter:4 volume:2c page:252. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Croydon 1892 quarter:3 volume:2a page:241. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:6163 registration district:127 sub-district:1 enumeration district:27 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1774A page:3 line:1 letter code:DIPA. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tonbridge 1957 quarter:2 volume:5b page:779. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.
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 1957 page:765. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.