Oborn [Oborne]

William Oborn b. 1806 Keinton, teazel grower, d. 1882 (Sep Q 5c/237 Langport) 51-33

William and family lived in Back Street in 1851. Henry seems to have died in 1856 and his mother Elizabeth in 1857. William married Charlotte the next year. William appears in Keinton Mandeville in 1861 as a teazle merchant with wife Charlotte. In 1871 they lived at 5, Queen Street, Keinton and William was a gardener.

Ogilvie

1) Bella Ogilvie b. 1879 North Leith, Scotland, kitchenmaid, d.o. William and Barbara Ogilvie of Leith? 01W-140

Bella worked at Wootton House in 1901. Nfi

Old

1) Maria Louisa Old b. 1861 (Sep Q 5a/348 Dorchester) Glanville Wootton, Dorset, housekeeper, d.o. John and Ellen Old, died 1908 (Jun Q 5a/213 Sherborne) 91-124

Up to the 1881 census Maria had lived with her parents at Buckland Newton, Dorset. Her father was a small farmer. Maria was a visitor at the home of John Pepperell, accountant, on Butleigh Hill in 1891. In 1901 she was the matron of St. Johns Almshouse, Sherborne, Dorset. She died in 1908 aged 46.

Oldis

[Oldish - Oldist - Oldess]

A) Michael Oldish

B) John Oldish bur. 26 Jan 1745 Butleigh

C) John Oldish bur. 30 Dec 1758 Butleigh

D) Ann Oldish bur. 29 Jun 1786 Butleigh (see next)

E) Ann Oldish bur. 11 Dec 1786 Butleigh (either 2 or 3 below)

F) Elizabeth Oldish bur. 26 Aug 1787 Butleigh

1) James Oldish junior [bur. 3 Jan 1790 Butleigh as pauper?]

There may be two James's here rather than a second marriage, but this is the most likely scenario. A James Oldish received rent from the OOP in 1716 for Justine Burnard. In 1719 Mary received money in her sickness and 30 weeks relief at 6d a week (OOP). In 1720 she received a years relief and in 1721 her house rent. In 1722 she received 23 weeks relief, house rent and care from Dr. Periam. The OOP paid for horse hire to go to Bridgwater about James Olddes [he must have been working away from home]. In 1728 James received 10 pecks of barley to relieve him. In 1729 he received one and a half a bushels, 3 peck of wheat and money while his wife 1s to relieve her in her sickness. He later received half a bushel each of wheat and barley. James' house rent was paid in 1730.

2) William Oldish of Butleigh

A Mary Oldess married Stephen Callow in Butleigh on 11 Jan 1760. #

DD/S/BT/14/2/23 & 11/2/32 - 1] John Hake of Beaminster, clothier 2] William Oldish of Butleigh, tailor Assignment of cottage in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1739-1740.

DD/S/BT/14/2/42 William Oldess Probate of will (1777) of of Butleigh, tailor.. Date: 1787. (this William?)

3) Thomas Oldish bur. 29 Mar 1789 Butleigh or 22 Jan 1780 Butleigh (father and son?)

An Ann Oldish married William Coombes in Butleigh on 8 Jul 1771 - could also be d.o. William (2). #

4) James Oldish Chr. 22 Jan 1762 Butleigh illegit. s.o. Jane Oldish (see 10)

5) Hugh Oldish Chr. 14 Aug 1768 Butleigh, bur. 21 Mar 1770 Butleigh illegit. s.o. Ann Oldish (d.o. Thomas or William above)

6) Maria Oldish Chr. 24 Mar 1775 Butleigh, bur. 21 Dec 1793 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Hannah Oldish

7) William Oldish [bur. 11 Mar 1779 Butleigh?]

8) James Oldish bur. 7 Feb 1792 Butleigh? (see 10)

William Oldis bur. 18 Feb 1840 (Mar Q 10/379 Wells) Butleigh - no age given - was probably this son (2) of James. He died in mysterious circumstances and was interred at 11 o'clock at night without any funeral service after a Coroner's Writ and verdict of 'Felocide' [Suicide].

8a) John Oldis Chr. 18 Mar 1781 Butleigh, thatcher, bur. 11 Jun 1855 (Jun Q 5c/418 Wells) Butleigh 41-4, 51-24

Elizabeth could be the Betty Higgins Chr. 28 Dec 1783 Butleigh, d.o. Ambrose and Ann or the Betty Higgins Chr. 18 Feb 1787 Butleigh, d.o. John and Jane Higgins or even the Elizabeth Chr. 4 Apr 1782 Butleigh d.o. William and Mary. John Oldish had married Elizabeth Higgins on 19 August 1805 in Butleigh. Daughter Grace had an illegitimate daughter Ann in 1824, she married William Look in 1826. # Other children who died in infancy probably belonged to this family; John in 1814 and James in 1819 aged 2. Ellen (Eleanor) married Charles Hockey in Butleigh on 8 Mar 1836. # Mary married William Bond in Butleigh on 1 Jun 1837. # In 1841 John and Elizabeth lived at Barton Stone with their daughters Maria and Elizabeth. Maria married Edward Munday in 1841 (Dec Q 10/709 Wells) and they lived in Glastonbury. # Their daughter Ann was absent from the census but married Edward Blacker in 1848 (Jun Q 10/860 Wells). #

In 1851 John lodged with Edward Blacker in the High Street (where he died in 1855) while his wife and daughter Elizabeth were 'visiting' William Higgins in Dumb Lane. John is probably the Mr. Oldis who had an accident with a chaff cutting machine – reported in the Bridgwater Times of 5 Jan 1854. The older Elizabeth, now a washerwoman, then moved to No. 8 High Street in 1861 (she was listed as if in a separate dwelling but she may have really shared No. 8, having just a room or two) where she lived with her granddaughter Matilda Blacker. Her daughter Elizabeth is almost certainly the one that had died in 1856 aged '30'. Elizabeth lived with her grandson John Mundy in 1871 and died in 1872 while Matilda Blacker became a servant in the house of Dr. J. C. Harris MD of 2, Park View Villas, Croydon, in 1871.

When, as grandmother, Elizabeth was staying with John Mundy in 1871, her age was given as 60/66 but no other record of an Elizabeth of this age exists. It is probable that she is the same as the one b. 1784 - in which case she would have been 86, not 66. At burial she was stated to be 88 (i.e. born 1873/4).

8b) James Oldis Chr. 20 Apr 1783 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. James and Grace Oldish, bur. 10 Mar 1853 (Mar Q 5c/481 Wells - Oldist) Butleigh 41-4, 51-29

In 1841 James (55) with wife Mary (40) and children Thomas (15), Sarah (10), Mary (10) and James (3) lived in Sealy's Row No. 3. Daughter Jane [Oldest/Oldish] had married James Tucker in 1843 (Jun Q 10/831 Wells) and lived in Glastonbury in 1851 with three children. Probably the Jane Oldish who had been a servant to Mary Stone in Glastonbury in 1841. Sarah may have also married - not traced.

In 1851 James, Mary and daughter Mary are found at 'Pond Head'. Thomas, a labourer, lodged with Levi Gilham and James jnr became a servant to George Birkett, both at Hill Farm. His father James died in 1853.

James jnr married Mary Ann Stokes, from Shepton Mallet in 1859 (Dec Q 5c/1068 Shepton Mallet). By 1861 he lived, as a journeyman cordwainer, in Shepton Mallet. In 1871 James jnr and Mary Ann lived at 25, Regent Terrace, St. Philip, Bristol with two sons William and Henry and they remained in Bristol for the censuses 1881 - 1901. James was still in Bristol in 1911 aged 76, with spinster daughter Annie (39) and grandson Henry James Bilson Oldis (8). .

In 1861 Mary (67) widow lived in the High Street again with son Thomas (32) and grandson William [Henry] Ford (4) and his father, lodger George Ford (30). George Ford and Thomas Oldis had previously lodged together in 1851. George Ford married Mary Oldis jnr in 1856 (Dec Q 5c/1081 Wells). Mary Ford was with their other two children in Barton Road on census night. # Mary Oldish's son Thomas died in 1862 (Jun Q 5c/395 Wells).

In 1871 and 1881 Mary Oldis(h) lived together with her friend Mary Gossmore, also a widow. Mary Oldis died in 1884 aged 89 and her friend Mary Gosmore died in 1885 aged 96. #

8b1) John Oldis Chr. 16 Aug 1824 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. James Oldis, died 1866 (Sep Q 5c/362 Wells) 41-7, 51-27

In 1841 John aged 15 had lodged with Emma Gillet in the High Street and married Elizabeth Trickey in 1850. Elizabeth had lived with her widowed mother Sarah, a glover, in Glastonbury in 1841.

In 1851 John and Elizabeth lodged in Oddway with James Craft. By 1861 they lived in Northload Street, Glastonbury where their children Charlotte and Sarah were born. John died in 1866 and Elizabeth in 1868 aged 41. In 1871 Ellen and Charles lived with their aunt Hannah Heal in Glastonbury. Charles married Elizabeth King (b. 1845 Glastonbury) in 1875 (Mar Q 5c/804 Wells) but she died in 1888 (Jun Q 5c/350 Wells). The widowed Charles, a brickworks labourer, appeared in 1891 living in four rooms at 6, Bove Town, Glastonbury - called Chapel "Brethren", with children William (10) and daughter Kate Emily (8). He married Fanny Lamport in 1895 (Jun Q 5c/905 Wells) and they lived at 4, Bove Town, Glastonbury but Charles died in 1899 (Sep Q 5c/305 Wells) aged 48 and Fanny appeared there, a grocer, with Emily in 1901. Ellen married firstly groom William Dalton (b. 1844 Paddington) and in 1891 appeared in St. Giles, London. After his death she married coachman William Dyer (b. 1851 Islington) in 1898 (Jun Q 1b/522 Islington) and they appeared in 1901 in St. Giles Fields where they were visited by nephew William Oldis (b. 1881 Glastonbury). She was widowed by 1911 and lived at 56 Wells Rd., Glastonbury where she acted as foster mother to children supplied by the Church of England (3 of them in 1911).

9) William Oldish (see 1-1 and 7 above)

10) James Oldish bur. 24 Mar 1793 Butleigh see 4, 8

11) John Oldish bur. 17 Jun 1793 Butleigh

12) John Oldish bur. 10 Mar 1797 Butleigh

13) Eleanor Oldish bur. 23 Feb 1799 Butleigh

14) Ann Higgins Oldish alias Riddock Chr. 6 Aug 1826 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Jane Oldish alias Riddock

Oldridge

1) John Oldridge

O'Neil

1) Lily O'Neil b. 1889 Swansea, Carmarthen, nurse

Lily was the hospital nurse at the Cottage Hospital in 1911. Nfi

Oram

1) Thomas Orum

Joanna married Butleigh 15 April 1613 Nimrod Marke and Margery married Butleigh 27 Oct 1623 Edward Abbott #

2) Humphrey Orum

3) William Orum

4) John Oram

5) John Randall alias Oram b. 1786, stone cutter, bur. 21 Mar 1846 (Mar Q 10/359 Wells) Butleigh [aged 69!]

Priscilla was probably a daughter of this couple - the earliest Oram's in Butleigh.

John used both surnames during his marriages. His second to Elizabeth Penny was as John Rendell. She was described as a sojourner and may not be the daughter of Hugh Penny. Sophia was a servant (kitchenmaid) in Wells in 1841. In 1851 Sophia worked at Wells Palace in the Liberty of St. Andrew, Wells. She married widower and labourer Jacob Trollop in Butleigh on 30 Nov 1858 (Dec Q 5c/1011 Wells), giving her father's name as John, and they then lived in Horningsham, Wilts until 1891 and thereafter Sophia was a widow. The Sarah b. 1825 died aged 16 and the birth of a Sarah the next year suggests she was also a daughter of this family - the later Sarah also died young, aged 18! In 1841 Elizabeth and her husband John were in Wells Union Workhouse with Eli, Susan and Charles - plus another daughter Louisa b. 1831. George, Elizabeth and Richard Rendal lived in West Pennard with the Tibbotts. John was a stone cutter and he died in 1846.

In 1851 Elizabeth Oram (51) widow lived at Pond Head with Richard (22), Eli (16) Susan (14), Charles D. (12) and Sarah. Louisa married William Masters in 1851 (Dec Q 5c/1057 Wells). # Eli appeared in 1861 on Butleigh Hill, while Charles was at Barton Stone. Susan married Theophilus Luff in 1857 and lived on Butleigh Hill (Pond Head ?) with her mother Eliza as lodger in 1861. # They were still together in 1871 and 1881 until Elizabeth died in 1887 aged 92 (assuming that Elizabeth is the Betsy Oram who died then).

Richard, unmarried, was a dock labourer in 1871 living at New Town, Burnham.

5a) George Oram alias Rendel Chr. 12 Nov 1815 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. John and Ann Oram

George, Sarah and three children lived at South Town, West Pennard, with mother, Mary Tibbotts (66) widow (of William), in 1851. In 1841 Sarah had lived with her parents in Woodland, West Pennard with George Rendal as a lodger. Sarah died 1851 (Sep Q 10/322 Wells) and George, (using same alias as his father) married Kezia Dunkerton in 1852. Kezia Rendall died in 1874 (Dec Q 5c/397 Wells). See under Rendall.

5b) Eli Oram Chr. 17 Nov 1833 Butleigh, labourer, died 18 Oct, bur. 25 Oct 1872, 1873 (Dec Q 5c/355 Wells) Butleigh 51-28, 71-77

Eli appeared in 1851 at Pond Head with his widowed mother Elizabeth. He was missing in 1861 but married Elizabeth Wheeler in 1868. His son William Loyd was born out of wedlock as William Loyd Wheeler, Chr. 24 Aug 1865 Butleigh. In 1871 Eli and family lived at Hoods Cottages on Butleigh Hill. Eli died in 1872 and by the next census, 1881, Elizabeth with their two sons was in Water Lane. Richard died on 12th July 1885 aged 17. In 1891 Elizabeth and William lived at No. 53 Butleigh. In 1901 Elizabeth (70) lived in four rooms on her own. She died in 1910 aged 78.

William was an engine driver and still single at 32 when he was 'found sleeping in van' on census night 1901, at Tine Mead Farm, Witham Priory, Som. He married Alice Bush in 1910 (Jun Q 5c/813 Frome) and in 1911 they lived in Beckington, Bath.

5c) Charles D. Oram Chr. 21 Apr 1839 Butleigh, labourer, bur. 6 Jan 1913 (Mar Q 5c/613 Wells) Butleigh 51-28, 61-58, 71-83, 81-93, 91-126, 01-143

Charles had lived with his parents at Pond Head in 1851. Jane Batson had lived with her parents in West Pennard in 1841, her father a labourer. In 1851 she was absent from the census. Charles married Jane in 1859. In 1861 Charles (22) lived at Oddway with his wife Jane (25) and son William John. In 1871 Charles (31) and Jane (35) lived with William (10), Sidney (5) Sarah A. (3) and Stella Louisa b. Jan 1871, who died in 1872. A second child called Stella was born in 1876.

In 1881 Charles (39) and his wife Jane and their five children lived at No. 7, Compton Street. In 1891 they lived in Oddway with just their youngest boy Sidney and girl Stella.

William, who was an attendant at Wells Lunatic Asylum married Marianne Wright (d.o. James Wright, a horse dealer) in Butleigh on 26 Apr 1886 (Jun Q 5c/853 Wells) but died in Dec 1887 whilst still at the Asylum..

Sarah Ann (called Annie) was a cook in 1891 at the rectory in Fawley, Hampshire. Charles' wife Jane died in 1892.

Alice Louisa married Henry James Moore in Butleigh on 27 Jun 1895 (Jun Q 5c/873 Wells). #

Stella was a general servant at 255, Balham High Rd., Streatham, London in 1901 and at 20, Church Rd., Barnes, Surrey in 1911.

In 1901 Charles lived in Dumb Court with his second wife Dinah Wilcox who he had married in 1895 plus his unmarried son Sydney. Charles and Dinah lived at 47 Butleigh on the 1911 census and had Thomas Hodges as a boarder.

Sydney married Sarah Florence Paul (b. 1863 Curry Mallet), in 1903 (Dec Q 5c/689 Langport) and on the 1911 census they lived at 61 Butleigh in three rooms. His wife Sarah Florence died 20 Jun 1923 aged 61. She was the daughter of Edmund and Honour Paul and a her father was a farm labourer. She was a 40 year old spinster at marriage, three years older than her husband.

Charles died in 1913, Dinah in 1934 and Sydney, at 35, Cornish Cottages, in 1952.

6) George Oram Chr. 12 Mar 1837 High Ham, servant, s.o. William and Ann Oram 51W-41

George was a servant to Thomas Windsor at Sedgemoor Farm in 1851. He didn't marry and lived at Broadacre Grove, High Ham, farming four acres in 1881 and was a labourer by 1901.

Orchard

1) Jane Orchard

Jane paid rates from 1711 to 1720. Nfi

Osborne

[Asborne]

1) Christopher Orsbourne bur. 1685/6 Butleigh (OOP)

In 1676 the OOP paid for the shroud for Christopher Osbourne's wife. In 1681 he received relief in his sickness, and a pair of 'lynings'. In 1682 Ann Sammwayes was paid for transporting his goods and Richard Hiett for looking after him in his sickness. In 1684 in addition to relief he received money for 'feasicke (physic) ountment and letting blood'. He isn't mentioned in 1684-5 but in 1686 'pd for a shroud for Chrostoph Osburne 5s & for strip in of him 1s & for making the grave 1s and for caring him to church 2s and for beeare at the time 1s & for ringing the bells 1s & for affidavy 6d'. No mention of the child who must have died earlier.

2) Agnes Osborne b. 1877 Butleigh, shoe factory hand

Agnes boarded at 73, West End, Street in 1901 with Thomas and Phyllis Nutt. An enumerator's mistake for Agnes Osmund (below) - the Nutts were her grandparents.

Osmond

[Asmond]

1) Emily Osmond b. 1837 Butleigh, d.o. Ann Osmond?

Emily lived with her grandparents Thomas and Frances Sims in Burton Lane, East Coker in 1851. In 1855 (Mar Q 5c/731 Yeovil) she married Philip Daw and they lived at Alverstoke.

2) John Traves Osmond [Asmond] Chr. 21 May 1854 Butleigh, shoe and boot finisher, s.o. James and Sarah Osmond

John T. was the son of the shepherd James Osmond and lived at Walton in 1861. In 1871 John, a shoemaker, lived with his widowed mother, then called Phillis, a laundress, at Ford Stream, Street. Mary Jane Balsom missing in 1861, was a servant in Glastonbury in 1871 (pob then given as Glastonbury). By 1881 John had married Mary and lived with her and their two children at 102, Cabot Street, St. Paul In, Bristol. At least four more children were born in Bristol. In 1891 Agnes (14) was visiting her grandparents Thomas (68) and Phillis Nutt (68) in West End, Street. Her grandfather was a quarryman. Her parents also lived in West End, Street, in 1891, and daughter Mary Ann was a 'shoe trimmer'. By 1901 the family had moved into 2, Houndswood Terrace, Street while Agnes remained with her grandparents (see Osborne, above).

In 1911 Agnes was a bookkeeper and lived with parents John and Mary Jane and 3 brothers at 2, Houndswood Terrace, Street.

Otton

1) Emily Otton b. 1872 Barton St. David, servant 91-118

Emily aged 12 was in service at the home of Charles Dyer, Saddler at 17, High Street in 1891. No Emily evident from Barton in 1901 but there is Emma Otton, born 1862, d.o. Richard and Mary Otton, there. However, an Emily Otton married at Langport in 1908. Nfi

Owen

1) Thomas Owen bur. 2 Aug 1666 Butleigh

The 'Owens children' first appear in the OOP accounts in 1673 when they had shirt, smock and clothes made for them and shoes repaired. In 1674 they received relief and the boy received shirt, shoes 2 pair of stockings and 2 yards of cloth while the maid received thread and canvas to make two smocks. In 1675 James Adams was paid for looking after the children, they were bought shoes and Dorothy was apprenticed to Thomas Cooke while Charles was apprenticed and aparelled by William Webb. Only Dorothy reappears in the OOP accounts – in 1683 when a warrant was taken out against he for disturbance. Nfi.

Oxon

1) Charles Herbert Oxon b. 1876 Middlesborough, Yorks, chauffeur, s.o. Thomas and Jane Oxon nfi

In 1911 Charles lodged at 18 Butleigh Wootton with Amos Webb. He must have been the chauffeur to either Lawrence Higgins or Fanny Hood at Wootton House.