See also

Family of William Valentine Oakley and Fanny Davey

Husband: William Valentine Oakley

  • Name:

  • William Valentine Oakley2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas Oakley (1799?- )

  • Mother:

  • Anne Butterfield (1803?-bef1851)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocer becoming manager of a Co-operative Store4 5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 13 Sep 1827

  • Preston, Hertfordshire, England2 3 5 6 7 8

  •  

  • Hitchin in 1851, 1871 and 1881 census

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Feb 1828 (age 0)

  • Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England2 3

  •  

  • son of Thomas Oakley (yeoman) and Ann

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 13)

  • St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England9

  •  

  • aged 13, pupil at a boarding school with brother Charles. Born in Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 23)

  • Corner House, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England5

  •  

  • nephew of head of ? aged 23 unmarried, assistant grocer living with five others. Born in Hitchen Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 33)

  • 4 Holloway Place, Islington, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 33 married, grocer living with his wife, a daughter and three servants. Born in Preston Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 43)

  • 19 High Row, St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster, Middlesex, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 43 widower, manager of Co-operative store living with Caroline Hopkins and her two sons as servants. Born in Hitchin Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 53)

  • 1 St. Thomas Road, Highbury, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a grocer and living with his son Herbert, two boarders and a servant. Born in Hitchin Hertfordshire

  • Death:

  • Q3 1882 (age 54)

  • Islington "Registration District", Middlesex, England10

Wife: Fanny Davey

  • Name:

  • Fanny Davey1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1832 (app)

  • Lewes, Sussex, England6

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 28-29)

  • 4 Holloway Place, Islington, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • wife aged 28 married, living with her husband, a daughter and three servants. Born in Lewes Sussex

  • Death:

  • Q3 1867 (age 36)

  • Kings Norton "Registration District", Worcestershire, England11

Child 1: Charles Henry Oakley

  • Name:

  • Charles Henry Oakley12 13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Bernice Colmer (1855?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • commercial clerk14

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1857

  • Holloway, Middlesex, England12 13 14

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 3-4)

  • High Street, Lewes, Sussex, England13

  •  

  • grandson aged 3, living with grand-parents, three uncles, two aunts and a servant. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 43)

  • 4 Burghley Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a commercial clerk and living with his wife Bernice, sons Percy, Frank, Ernest and Norman, daughter Dora, and his brother Herbert. Born in Holloway

Child 2: Lizzie Oakley

  • Name:

  • Lizzie Oakley15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • companion16

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1859

  • Holloway, London, England15 6 16 17

  •  

  • 1861 census says born in Islington London

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 1-2)

  • 4 Holloway Place, Islington, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • daughter aged 2, living with parents and three servants. Born in Islington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 41)

  • Sunnyside, Miskin Road, Dartford, Kent, England16

  •  

  • unmarried niece working as a companion and living with her uncle Edwin and aunt Mary, cousin Ernest, and a servant. Born in Holloway London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 51)

  • 7 Hatherley Road, Sidcup, Kent, England17

  •  

  • unmarried visitor working as a housekeeper and living in eight rooms with husband Ernest and Edith (her cousin) Oakley, nephew Henry, and two servants. Born in Holloway London

Child 3: Herbert Oakley

picture

1861 baptism Herbert Oakley

  • Name:

  • Herbert Oakley18 19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Louisa Emily Bottomley (1859-1905)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hosier8 21 22 14

  • Birth:

  • 24 Aug 1861

  • Holloway, Middlesex, England18 19 23 8 22 14

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Islington

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Sep 1861 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Upper Street, Islington, Middlesex, England19

  •  

  • son of William Valentine Oakley (grocer) and Fanny of Holloway Place, born 24th August 1861

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 9)

  • 142 Barnsbury Road, Barnsbury, Middlesex, England23

  •  

  • nephew living with uncle John Edwin Davey, aunt and his future step-mother Ellen Davey, sister Annie Oakley, and a servant. Born in Holloway Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 19)

  • 1 St. Thomas Road, Highbury, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a hosier and living with his father William, two boarders and a servant. Born in Islington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 29)

  • Edmund House, Fairfax Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, England22

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a hosiers assistant and living with his wife Louisa (it looks like Laura though), his widowed step-mother Ellen Oakley, and two boarders. Born in Holloway Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 39)

  • 4 Burghley Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • brother working as a hosier's assistant and living with his brother Charles, sister-in-law Bernice, nephews Percy, Frank, Ernest and Norman, and niece Dora. Born in Holloway

  • Death:

  • 7 May 1901 (age 39)

  • Edmonton "Registration District", Middlesex, England20 24

  • Probate:

  • 24 Jun 1901

  • Probate Registry, London, England24

  •  

  • of 4 Burghley Road Hornsey Middlesex died 7th May 1901, administration of effects of £148 (~£12,000 in 2017) to Louisa Emily Oakley widow

Child 4: Arthur Oakley

  • Name:

  • Arthur Oakley25 26

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1864

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire, England25 27

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Nov 1865 (age 1)

  • St. John's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England26

  •  

  • son of William Valentine Oakley (grocer) and Fanny of 34 Duchess Road, baptised with sister Annie

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Littlebrook Farm, Stone, Kent, England27

  •  

  • nephew living with his uncle Edwin and aunt Mary, cousins Charles, Frank and Ernest, and three servants. Born in Birmingham Warwickshire

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16-17)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 26 Jan 1884 (age 19)

  • off, Jutland, Denmark28

  •  

  • an ordinary seaman believed to have drowned when the Victoria Nyanza was caught in a huge gale and stranded on shore with no one aboard

Child 5: Annie Mary Oakley

  • Name:

  • Annie Mary Oakley29 30

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Richard Veale (1869-1959)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • draper's apprentice then a needle woman31 32

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1865

  • Kings Norton "Registration District", Worcestershire, England29 23 31 32

  •  

  • 1871 and 1891 census say born in Birmingham, 1911 census says born in Edgbaston Birminham

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Nov 1865 (age 0)

  • St. John's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England30

  •  

  • daughter of William Valentine Oakley (grocer) and Fanny of 34 Duchess Road, baptised with brother Arthur

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 5)

  • 142 Barnsbury Road, Barnsbury, Middlesex, England23

  •  

  • niece living with uncle John Edwin Davey, aunt and hr future step-mother Ellen Davey, brother Herbert Oakley, and a servant. Born in Birmingham

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 15)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 25)

  • London House, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England31

  •  

  • an unmarried drapers apprentice living with widowed Wyndham Soane and his son Horace, and three others. Born in Birmingham Warwickshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45)

  • 15 Cannon Street, Devonport, Devon, England32

  •  

  • married wife working as a plain needle woman on her own account at home and living in one room with her husband John, and son Frederick. Born in Edgbaston Birmingham and married for six years with one child who is still living

  • Immigration:

  • 24 Aug 1911 (age 45)

  • to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from England33

  •  

  • full fare payers travelling on the S.S. Rimutaka with her husband John, and son Fred

  • Death:

  • 30 Mar 1948 (age 82)

  • Queensland, Australia34

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Oakley (which is incorrect)

Note on Wife: Fanny Davey

Fanny's parents were Henry Davey (c1800-?) and Eliza (c1803-?) and she was a sister of John Edwin Davey (1840-) who married Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson in 1866 who later married Fanny's husband William after Fanny and John had both died

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lewes 1854 quarter:2 volume:2b page:209.

2.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C04811-1 sys:England-ODM film:569738, 569739.

3.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Hertfordshire Baptisms Hitchin page:207.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Westminster St. Saviour Pimlico page:35 entry:70.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1545 folio:146 page:1.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:134 folio:107 page:2.

7.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:130 folio:7 page:5.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:258 folio:65 page:1 schedule:503. Cit. Date: 23 July 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:447 book:8 folio:23 page:40.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1882 quarter:3 volume:1b page:205.

11.

Ibid. Kings Norton 1867 quarter:3 volume:6c page:216. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1857 quarter:2 volume:1b page:190. Cit. Date: 9 July 2017.

13.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:586 folio:48 page:1.

14.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1238 folio:98 page:34 schedule:222. Cit. Date: 24 July 2026.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1859 quarter:2 volume:1b page:208. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

16.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:703 folio:56 page:20 schedule:130. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

17.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3713 class:RG78 piece:140 registration district:42 sub-district:4 enumeration district:9 schedule:48. Cit. Date: 4 November 2023.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1861 quarter:4 volume:1b page:170. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

19.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington Upper Street St. Mary baptisms 1861-1873 page:81 entry:642. Cit. Date: 23 July 2026.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1901 quarter:2 volume:3a page:167. Cit. Date: 24 July 2026.

21.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Hampstead St. Cuthbert marriages 1889-1939 page: entry:9. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

22.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1076 folio:83a page:54a schedule:527. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

23.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:254 folio:60 page:27 schedule:158. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

24.

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 1901 page:50. Cit. Date: 24 July 2026.

25.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kings Norton 1864 quarter:4 volume:6c page:445. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

26.

Ancestry Parish Baptisms, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 Ladywood St. John baptisms 1865-1873 page:261 entry:2277. Cit. Date: 28 April 2025.

27.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:886 folio:62 page:33 schedule:178. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

28.

UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). National Archive series:BT157 piece:04 (1884). Cit. Date: 3 October 2025.

29.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kings Norton 1865 quarter:4 volume:6c page:416. Cit. Date: 3 November 2023.

30.

Ancestry Parish Baptisms, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 Ladywood St. John baptisms 1865-1873 page:261 entry:2278. Cit. Date: 28 April 2025.

31.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1091 folio:65 page:5 schedule:25. Cit. Date: 28 April 2025.

32.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:13015 class:RG78 piece:751 registration district:278 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:219. Cit. Date: 28 April 2025.

33.

Ancestry Queensland, Australia, Immigration Indexes, 1848-1972, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

34.

Queensland Government BMDs, (on-line at www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au). Death register:1948/C/585. Cit. Date: 28 April 2025.