Henry William Oaten

#212, (6 January 1872-18 April 1900)
FatherCharles Oaten (27 May 1843-24 Apr 1914)
MotherHarriet Louisa Roberts (1848-6 Mar 1884)
ChartsOaten Family - descendants
Last Edited4 Sep 2022
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Henry was born on Saturday, 6 January 1872 at the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.1 He was the son of Charles Oaten and Harriet Louisa Roberts.

The young Oaten family moved to a four room wooden house in Victoria Parade in 1871. This house was just off the street, close to the corner of Young Street.

In 1871 they moved to Valiant Street in the neighbouring suburb of East Collingwood for a short while then to Hunter Street Collingwood. It was only when the family moved to Sackville Street in Collingwood in 1873 that they put down roots and stayed for 15 years.2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21

They initially lived in a wooden house on Sackville Street, right on the corner of Smith Street This house was rented from John Tulloch who lived next door. However, in about 1875 they moved two doors up to a house initially rented from a Miss Scott, and then from Thomas Latham, a clerk who briefly lived next door.20,19,16,12,5 He presumably lived with his parents at at 14 Sackville Street in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.22

His mother died 6 March 1884 at the approximate age of 36. Henry was aged 12 when this happened. She had been suffering from convulsions for a year.22

On 6 February 1893 a prisoner by the name of Henry William Oaten was discharged after being held for 14 days for larceny, after being tried at the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.
He was described as being a labourer of 5 foot 6 inches, of fresh complexion, with brown hair and grey eyes.23 He was an employee of Broadbent Brothers at Warracknabeal, Victoria.24

Henry William Oaten married Emma Bertha Haberecht in 1895 at Victoria, Australia.25

Henry died on 18 April 1900 at Corowa, New South Wales, at age 28 of an accidental drowning.24,26

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
1872Birththe Melbourne suburb of Collingwood1
1893Note memo only CR CRthe Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg23
OccupationWarracknabeal, Victoria24
1895MarriageVictoria, Australia25
1900DeathCorowa, New South Wales24,26

Family

Emma Bertha Haberecht (23 Sep 1875-8 Jul 1957)

Citations

  1. [S8] Victoria, Birth Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1872 No.1810.
  2. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Fitzroy [copy of VPRS 4301] [1858-1901] Victoria Parade.
  3. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1872 p.366.
  4. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Hunter Street 1872.
  5. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1874.
  6. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1873 p.616, p.138.
  7. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1873 p.616.
  8. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1874 p.604.
  9. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1875 p.634.
  10. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1876.
  11. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1876 p.524, p.93.
  12. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1877.
  13. [S931] Sands Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1877 p.522.
  14. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1878.
  15. [S355] Sands and McDougall Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1878 p.533.
  16. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1879.
  17. [S355] Sands and McDougall Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1879 p.551.
  18. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1880.
  19. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street 1881.
  20. [S929] Victoria, Rate Books, 1855-1963 City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901] Sackville Street.
  21. [S355] Sands and McDougall Directories,Victoria, Australia (various dates), 1882 p.658.
  22. [S265] Victoria, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1884 No.975.
  23. [S927] Victoria, Police Gazettes, 1855,1864-1924 1893.
  24. [S924] The Horsham Times, Horsham, Victoria, 1900 'OBITUARY.', The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), 23 October, p. 2. , viewed 25 Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73024334
  25. [S338] Ancestry.com.au Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com.au/) http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/43539742/person/…
  26. [S338] Ancestry.com.au Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com.au/) http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/43539742/person/…