Martha Oakley (1890-1978)

Martha Oakley

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
laundry maid then an underwear presser^4,5
Birth:
19 May 1890
Wavertree, Lancashire, England^1,2,3,4,5,6
1901 census says born in Everton and 1911 says Liverpool
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 11 mns)
22 Frederick Street, Latchford, Cheshire, England⁶
visitor living with her parents John and Mary, and sister Mary in the home of Jesse and Emma Slater. Born in Wavertree Lancashire
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 11)
16 Gray Street, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Lancashire, England¹
daughter living with her parents John and Mary, sisters Mary, Anne and Ellen, and brother John. Born in Everton Liverpool Lancashire
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 21)
162 Roundthorn Road, Oldham, Lancashire, England⁴
unmarried daughter working as a laundry maid and living in five rooms with her parents John and Mary, sisters Mary, Sarah, Annie and Ellen, and brother John. Born in Liverpool Lancashire
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 49)
171 Stanley Road, Chadderton, Lancashire, England⁵
an unmarried underwear presser living with her brother-in-law Earnshaw, sister Sarah, nephew John and an unknown closed record. Born on 19th May 1890
Death:
17 Mar 1978 (age 87)
Devizes "Registration District", Wiltshire, England^3,7
Probate:
15 May 1978
Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England⁷
of Flat 2 The Grange St. Bridewell Devizes died 17th march 1978, probate of £11,895 (~£63,000 in 2017)

1.: 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.

2.: 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 1890 quarter:3 volume:8b page:613. Cit. Date: 8 November 2017.

3.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Devizes 1978 quarter:1 volume:23 page:2189. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.

4.: 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.

5.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:4713A page:9 line:4 letter code:NTSR. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

6.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:3081 folio:85 page:55. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.

7.: 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). 1978 page:6014 ref:783307309A. Cit. Date: 20 November 2019.