See also

Edward Charles Oakley (1865-1913)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • grocers assistant then a provisions merchants clerk, commercial traveller in provisions then oil & colours6 7 8 9

  • Birth:

  • 9 Mar 1865

  • Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire1 10 3 11 6 7 8 9

  •  

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

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Mar 1865 (age 0)

  • Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire12

  •  

  • son of Richard Fairliane Oakley and Elizabeth Fletcher, place given as Kieff, only date of birth given

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England13 11

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Richard and Elizabeth, sisters Jane, Ellen and Emma, brother James, and a servant. Born in Kieff Russia

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Stoneham Street, Great Coggeshall, Essex, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried grocers assistant living with for Robert and Emma Mander and family, a visitor, another assistant, and a servant. Born in Kieff Russia British Subject

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 26)

  • 25 Queens Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England7

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  • an unmarried boarder working as a provisions merchants clerk and living with widowed Louisa Wiss and her granddaughter. Born in Russia British Subject

  • Witness:

  • 15 Mar 1893 (age 28)

  • Edward Charles Oakley witnessed the marriage of Basil Bowtle and Helen Caroline Oakley on Wednesday on 15 March 1893 in St. Mary, Hornsey, Harringay, Middlesex, England

  • Witness:

  • 29 Sep 1896 (age 31)

  • Edward Charles Oakley witnessed the marriage of Felix Choice and Emma Oakley on Tuesday on 29 September 1896 in St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • 97 Winston Road, Stoke Newington, London, England8

  •  

  • unmarried boarder working as a commercial traveller for provisions and living with widowed Louisa J Wiss and her granddaughter. Born in Russia British Subject

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 46)

  • 63 Mildmay Road, Highbury, London, England9

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  • unmarried boarder working as a commercial traveller in oil and colours and living in nine rooms with Thomas and Kate Bennett and family. Born in Kieff Russia resident British Subject

  • Administrator:

  • 10 Oct 1912 (age 47)

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    Edward Charles Oakley was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Richard Fairlam Oakley on Thursday on 10 October 1912 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • 26 Jan 1913 (age 48)

  • Hackney "Registration District", London, England5 14 15

  • Burial:

  • Jan 1913

  • Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, England14

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  • died January 1913

  • Probate:

  • 24 Feb 1913

  • Probate Registry, London, England15

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  • of 53 Englefield Road Southgate Road Middlesex, administration of effects of £119 14s 6d (~£8,000 in 2017) to Frank Herbert Oakley joiner

Sources

1.

Ancestry UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810-1968, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). British Consulate General Odessa page:10.

2.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1700 folio:112 page:19.

3.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C00736-9 sys:Russia-EASy film:1494318 ref: pg 10 no26.

4.

Passport. Document from St. Petersburgh Russia dated 6th May 1867.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1913 quarter:1 volume:1b page:625. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1807 folio:44 page:1 schedule:183. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1065 folio:67 page:58 schedule:308. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:207 folio:10 page:11 schedule:81. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:976 class:RG78 piece:33 registration district:10 sub-district:7 enumeration district:7 schedule:120. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

10.

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

11.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1700 folio:112 page:19 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 1 May 2023.

12.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C00736-9 sys:Russia-ODM film:1494318.

13.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

14.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). england London Stoke Newington Abney Park Cemetery plot:sec.E03 index 6S03memorial id:114235272. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.

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). London 1913 page:303. Cit. Date: 14 July 2025.