See also

Family of Richard Francis Oakley and Louise Gertrude Sarah Bedwell

Husband: Richard Francis Oakley

  • Name:

  • Richard Francis Oakley2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Fairlam Oakley (1838-1912)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Fletcher (1842-1893)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • engineers fitter becoming Engineer at Garrets in Leiston, then running an ironmongers shop, then an engineers fitter, heavy load excavator, sluice and crane (did he work for Ransome & Rapier?)5,6,7,8,9,10

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Frank Bowtle gave us to understand that this Richard went to Chile for Garretts & finished up as a sheep farmer. I am not sure, if he did he didn't stay long, perhaps he went with brother James and returned?

  • Birth:

  • 17 Mar 1888

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England2,6,10,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Aug 1888 (age 0)

  • St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England3,14

  •  

  • son of Richard Fairlam Oakley (engineer) and Elizabeth of Wethersfield

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England12

  •  

  • son living with his parents Richard and Elizabeth, sisters Helen, Constance, Flora and May, and brothers Frank and Thomas. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 13)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried son living with his widowed father Richard, sister Jane, niece Bessie Bowtle, and a servant. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 23)

  • 11 Grimsey Road, Leiston, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried lodger working as an engineers fitter for an agricultural engineer and living in six rooms with Henry Carter and family and cousin Richard Basil Bowtle. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Directory:

  • 1925 (age 36-37)

  • Castle Hedingham, Essex, England7

  •  

  • as an ironmonger of

  • Directory:

  • 1929 (age 40-41)

  • Castle Hedingham, Essex, England8

  •  

  • as an ironmonger of

  • Directory:

  • 1933 (age 44-45)

  • Castle Hedingham, Essex, England9

  •  

  • as an ironmonger of

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 51)

  • 33 Cliff Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • a married engineers fitter on heavy load excavators, sluices and cranes (did he work for Ransome & Rapier?) living with his wife Louise, daughter Kathleen and three closed records (but these could be for different properties). Born on 17th March 1888

  • Death:

  • 8 May 1956 (age 68)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4,15

  • Probate:

  • 6 Jul 1956

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • of 143 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk, administration with will of effects of £2,648 14s 11d (~£61,700 in 2017) by Kathleen Sarah Elizabeth Kersey married woman

Wife: Louise Gertrude Sarah Bedwell

  • Name:

  • Louise Gertrude Sarah Bedwell1,16,17,18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Gertie

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 29 Mar 1890

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England10,16,17,18,19,20,21

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 31st March 1890

  • Baptism:

  • 18 May 1890 (age 0)

  • St. Matthew's Church, Mill Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • daughter of John Bedwell (gentleman) and Sarah of 44 Berners Street Ipswich, born on 29th March 1890

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • 44 Berners Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • daughter living with her widowed mother Sarah, two servants and a visitor. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • Priory Farm School, High Street, Earls Colne, Essex, England20

  •  

  • a boarder who was born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • Nortofts Farm, Finchingfield, Essex, England18

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Gertie living in seven rooms with her step-father Harry Wallace, her mother Sarah, her half-brother Harry John Wallace. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 49)

  • 33 Cliff Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Richard, daughter Kathleen and three closed records (but these could be for different properties). Born on 31st March 1890

  • Death:

  • 4 Dec 1954 (age 64)

  • East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England22,23

  • Probate:

  • 4 Feb 1955

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • of 33 Cliff Lane Ipswich (wife of Richard Francis Oakley) died 4th December 1954 at East Suffolk Hospital Ipswich, probate of effects of £2,296 16s 10d (~£54,800 in 2017) to the said Richard Francis Oakley retired engineers fitter and John Harry Wallace farmer

Child 1: Kathleen Sarah Elizabeth Oakley

  • Name:

  • Kathleen Sarah Elizabeth Oakley24

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Henry Kersey (1918-1988)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jan 1927

  • Halstead "Registration District", Essex, England10,24,25,26

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 12)

  • 33 Cliff Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents Richard and Louise, and three closed records (but these could be for different properties). Born on 11th January 1927 and married a Kersey at a later date

  • Administrator:

  • 6 Jul 1956 (age 29)

  •  

     

    Kathleen Sarah Elizabeth Oakley was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Richard Francis Oakley on Friday on 6 July 1956 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 29 Dec 2008 (age 81)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England25,26,27,28,29

  •  

  • Cause: suddenly

  • Cremation:

  • 20 Jan 2009

  • Ipswich Crematorium North Chapel, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • at 11:30 am, dearly loved wife to the late Robert and much loved mum and grandma

  • Probate:

  • 7 May 2009

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29

  •  

  • grant and will, died 29th December 2008

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Risbridge 1919 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2297. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1888 quarter:2 volume:4a page:592. Cit. Date: 15 August 2021.

3.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene Baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:47 page:88 entry:653. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1956 quarter:2 volume:4b page:734. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.

5.

Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10970 class:RG78 piece:592 registration district:216 sub-district:1 enumeration district:25 schedule:1149. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.

7.

Kelly's Directory of Essex 1925, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). page:110.

8.

Kelly's Directory of Essex 1929, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). page:102.

9.

Kelly's Directory of Essex 1933, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). page:104.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6608C page:12 line:33 letter code:TVNY. Cit. Date: 15 August 2021.

11.

Helen Caroline Oakley, Birthday Book of Helen Caroline Oakley dated 17th June 1886 Wethersfield. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1421 folio:79 page:11. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1722 folio:52 page:15. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.

14.

Chelmsford Record Office - Parish Records. Chelmsford Record Office, Chelmsford

Essex.

15.

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). Ipswich 1956 page:156. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1890 quarter:2 volume:4a page:791. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

17.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St, Matthew baptisms entry:377. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

18.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10391 class:RG78 piece:550 registration district:201 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

19.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1466 folio:30 page:23 schedule:158. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

20.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1720 folio:45 page:4 schedule:18. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1954 quarter:4 volume:4b page:735.

22.

Ibid. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

23.

Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1955 page:154. Cit. Date: 16 August 2021.

24.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Halstead 1927 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1311. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.

25.

Gravestone. see image in personal folder. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.

26.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Kersey family Tree by onebaldk1 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5319689/person/6969432135/facts. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.

27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2009 quarter:1 district:7471C register:1C004 entry:61. Cit. Date: 15 August 2021.

28.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). http://www.familynotices24.co.uk/national/view/696997/kathleen-sarah-elizabeth-kersey. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.

29.

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). Ipswich 2009 no:3021620. Cit. Date: 15 August 2021.