OTTAWAY of Chobham Chart no. 154

	James SMITHERS		Martha OTTAWAY
	b. 6 Oct 1865 at Chobham SRY bap. 25 Nov 1866 at Chobham SRY		bp. 21 Apr 1862 at Chobham SRY bap. 17 May 1863 at Chobham SRY
			m. 1891 at Bromley RD KEN
	d. 3 Dec 1944 at Beckenham KEN, aged 79 probate 24 Jan 1945		d. 1962 at Bromley RD KEN, aged 98
	Bricklayer's Labourer (1901) General Labourer (1911)

Children of the Marriage

George Tyers OTTAWAY	Minnie SMITHERS	James SMITHERS	Robert Indigo Rapley SMITHERS	Ivy Grace SMITHERS	James Frank SMITHERS
b. 1887 at Bromley RD KEN	b. 1891 at Bromley RD KEN	b. 1893 at Bromley RD KEN	b. 1895 at Bromley RD KEN bap. 26 Feb 1896 at Beckenham KEN	b. 1904 at Beckenham KEN	b. 23 Oct 1904 at Beckenham KEN
					m. Mabel H CASON 1935 Bromley RD KEN
d. 7 Apr 1961 at Edmonton MDX, aged 75 probate 26 Jun 1961	d. 1894 Bromley RD KEN		d. 24 Aug 1916 France bur. London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval 5.H.21 [FindAGrave]		d. 9 Nov 1980 Croydon RD SRY, aged 76 probate 21 Jan 1981

Who They Were

Martha's son, George, looks like he might have had his biological father's surname as a middle name - Tyers does not look like a forename; apart from his birth and death/probate records, however, I have been unable to find anything else out about him.
James and Martha's son Robert has a very unusual name; I have no idea where the Rapley comes from, it looks like another surname, but the Indigo is truely unique. He joined the 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment, rising to corporal, before being killed in one of the Somme battles in 1916.

Where They Lived

In 1891, James Smithers was lodging with the Gasson family at 17 Yew Tree Road Beckenham KEN; his widowed mother, Eliza Ottaway, was also there. In 1901, the James and Martha lived at 17 Yew Tree Road Beckenham KEN with George (Martha's illegitimate son), Minnie and Robert. In 1911, they lived at 1 Gowland Place Beckenham; the census entry sheet confirms that they had had 6 children, one of which had died. From at least 1916 to 1939, James and Martha lived at 8 Brook Place Beckenham, and were at the same address when James died in 1944. He left his wife £167 14s 5d when his will was proved on 24 Jan 1945

Family Group Identifiers

Family: OTTSRY01
Family Group: ottaway0154