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OTTWAY, Robert William
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Name OTTWAY, Robert William Birth Between 1821 and 1822 Swanton Novers, Norfolk, England
Gender Male Death Aft 1851 Person ID I2463 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Family HOLBORN, Ann, b. Between 1814 and 1816, Wiberton, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1909, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 95 years) Marriage 3 Jun 1846 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
Children 1. OTTWAY, Thomas Holborn, b. Between 1840 and 1841, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
d. Yes, date unknown2. OTTWAY, Maria, b. 1848, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1238 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT WILLIAM OTWAY 1821 or 1822-1853
Robert William OTWAY, bachelor, cordwainer, and son of John OTWAY, labourer, married Ann HOLBORN, spinster and daughter of Thomas HOLBORN, bricklayer, at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 3 June 1846. Witnesses were Joseph and Elizabeth SKINNER.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
From the 1851 census of Terrington St. Clements, Norfolk:
*Robert OTTWAY, head, aged 29, master cordwainer, born at Swanton Novers, Norfolk;
Ann OTTWAY, wife, aged 35, cordwainer's wife, born at Wiberton, Lincolnshire;
Thomas HOLBORN (OTTWAY), son, aged 10, scholar, born at Lynn;
Maria OTTWAY, daughter, aged 2, born at Terrington.
(HO107/1767/67/52)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1. When and where was he baptised?
2. When and where did he die?
The death of a Robert OTWAY was registered in 1853. [Wrong one, aged 77!)
(GRO Sept Q Aylsham 4b 58)

