See also

Arthur Oakley (1864-1884)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1864

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire, England1 3

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Nov 1865 (age 1)

  • St. John's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England2

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  • 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, England3

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  • 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)

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  • Death:

  • 26 Jan 1884 (age 19)

  • off, Jutland, Denmark4

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  • 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

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (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.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.