OSWALD HENRY RATHBONE⁽⁷⁵⁷⁾

Birth and death

• Birth: 29 Sep 1859, Liverpool, Lancashire (Ratbone Register). This date is also listed in the IGI, based on a member submission without information as to source, and by Foster (1890). There is a GRO entry in the births index for the Dec quarter of 1859 (W. Derby, 8b, 233).
• Christening: not known.
• Death: 21 Nov 1919, "Garlenda", Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire.(Ratbone Register). The same date is listed in the IGI, based on a member submission with no details as to source. There is a GRO deaths index entry for the Dec quarter of 1919 (Wirral, 8a, 483), giving his age as 60.
• Burial: Nov 1919, Toxteth Cemetary, Liverpool, Lancs. (Rathbone Register
• Occupation: underwriter, marine inspector (1901)
• Will: 24 March 1920, probate granted at Chester, Cheshire, England ( Robert Alan Bennett quoting an unknown source: RATHBONE Oswald Henry of Garlenda, Meols_drive, Hoylake CHESHIRE underwriter died 21 November 1919 Administration (with will limited) Chester 24 March 1920 to Frederick Raymond banker Effects £83970 14s 11d.). A copy of the will is held by the Cheshire Records Office under reference MF91/66, WR61 P181, as confirmed by their online wills database.
• Father: Philip Henry RATHBONE⁽⁷⁵²⁾ (1828-1895).
• Mother: Jane Stringer STEWARD⁽¹⁸⁹⁾ (1833-1905).

Other dates

• 1861 Wales Census: aged 1, staying at Ordoria(?) House, Llandudno, with his parents: Philip (37) and Jane (29) and siblings: Alice (6), Edgar (4), Harold (2) and Gerrard (6 mo.), together with four servants.
• 1871 England Census: aged 11 and a pupil at Oakley House Gentleman's School, Reading (St Giles), run by William Watson (50) B.A. Together with him were his elder brothers Edgar (14) and Harold (11). There were 34 boys at the school in total, with ages ranging between 9 and 16, though only three of them, including Oswald, were 11 or under. Besides the head, and presumably owner, of the school, there was one assistant master. William Watson's family comprised his wife and eight children. Also in the household were a housekeeper, a general servant, a cook, two housemaids and two nurses.
• 1881 England Census: not found.
• 1891 England Census: aged 31, single, an underwriter, living at Greenbank Cottage with his parents: Philip (62) and Jane (57) and with his unmarried siblings Edmund (27), an architect, Ethel (21), of no occupation, and three servants: also a married visitor: Lucy GRIFFITH(?), (26).
• 1901 England census: head of household at Briarwood, Carnatic Road, (named after Carnatic Hall, which was built by Baker and Dawson, owners of the privateer Mentor, out of part of the proceeds of the sale resulting from the capture of the French EastIndiaman Carnatic in 1799, according to the Liverpool Pictorial website). This was in Wavertree, Liverpool. Oswald was aged 40, a marine insurance underwriter. Also present was his wife Jessie (28), born in Liverpool, daughter Helen F Rathbone (6), born at Garston, Lancs., daughter Olive F Rathbone (4), born at Garston, and son Christopher (11 mo.), born at Liverpool. There were also a cook, a housemaid and two nurses.

Notes

Oswald is mentioned just once by Robinson (1992) She describes him far more staid than his brother Harold. He is mentioned a number of times in Briggs (1917), both as a visitor in Italy and also at home in England.

Oswald appears in the family portrait taken on the occasion of the marriege of Alice Rathbone ⁽⁷⁵⁴⁾ to William (Willie) Moore⁽⁷⁶⁸⁾ in 1880. The photograph is reproduced in Robinson (1992).

Marriage

• Marriage: 1893, Toxteth Park, Christ Church (Rathbone Register). There is a GRO marriages index entry for the Dec quarter of 1893 (Toxteth Park, 8b, 349).
• Spouse: Jessie FAIRRIE⁽¹²⁰³⁾.
  
  
  • Birth: 1872, Liverpool, Lancashire. (1901 England census). There is a GRO births index entry for the Sep quarter of 1872 (W. Derby, 8b, 264).
  • Christening: unknown.
  • Death: 1958 (Rathbone Register)
  • Occupation: none specified (1901 England census).
  • Burial: unknown.
  • Father: Adam J. Fairrie, born in Scotland (ca.1833/40 - ?).
  • Mother: Emma, born in Liverpool (ca.1839/40 - ?).
  • Notes: The 1891 England census shows Jessie to have been one of twin girls, the other being Helen Jane, and that they were the two youngest of six children. They were at 63 Parkfield Road, Toxteth Park. The other children were Emma (26), single, Adam (24), a sugar broker's agent, Mary (23), and Henry (20) a sugar refiner. The household also had a cook, a waitress and two housemaids. The father Adam was a sugar broker and refiner. The children were at the same address in the 1881 England Census.

Children

• Helen Fairrie RATHBONE (1894-1971) - unmarried
• Olive Fairrie RATHBONE (1896-1982)
• Christopher Fairrie RATHBONE (1900-1960)
• Brenda Izrafel RATHBONE (1908- )
• Wilfred Fairrie RATHBONE (1911-1982)

These five children are listed at the back of Robinson (1992), without any dates, together with their respective children and grand-children.

© John Stowell 2006             Last updated on 08 Oct 2006.

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