Elsie Sophia OSBORNE

  General Notes:

Birth Jun 1887
St Thomas 5b 37 Osborn Elsie Sophia

Birth Certificate
1887 St Thomas Registration District, Sub District of Exmouth in the County of Devon
Seventh March 1887 at 36 George Street, Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth.
Elsie Sophia, Girl, John Clement Osborn, Jane Osborn formerly Knowles, Coachman.
Registered by J C Osborn, Father, George Street Withycombe Raleigh on second April 1887
- certificate copy was issued on 14th December 1938 "for the purposes of Widows Orphans & Old Age Contributory Pensions"

Marriages Jun 1910 St. Thomas 5b 113
Best Alfred John - married Ada Gooding
Best James Adamson - married Elsie Osborne
GOODING Ada Alberta
OSBORNE Elsie Sophia
- two brothers, but marriages a month apart

Marriage Certificate
At The Parade Chapel, Exmouth in the district of Saint Thomas in the Counties of Devon & Exeter on Seventeenth May 1910
James Adamson Best, 25, Bachelor, Tailor, 8 Albion Street Exmouth. Father Samuel John Best, Tailor
Elsie Sophia Osborne, 23, Spinster, Dressmaker, The Mews Lympstone. Father John Osborne, Carriage Proprietor
Witnesses were John C Osborne (father) and Alfred Best (brother)
- certificate copy was issued on the day of the wedding

Death Dec 1977
Exeter 21 0868 Best Elsie Sophia born 07 MR 1887

Death Certificate
Sixteenth October 1977 at 2 Pineridge Close, Exeter
Elsie Sophia Best, Female, maiden name Osborne.
Born 7th March 1887 in Withycombe Raleigh Devon
Wife of James Adamson Best, a Retired Tailor, of 2 Pineridge Close Exeter Devon
Informant was Mollie Kathleen Earnshaw, daughter, of 2 Pineridge Close Exeter Devon on 17 October 1977
- husband died just 2 months later. They had been married 67 years

Address at birth of daughter - 5 Hartopp Road, Withycombe Raleigh, Exmourth

1891 census
The Elms Cottage, Exmouth (Littleham)
RG12/1675 Folio 5 Page 3
John Clement Osborne, head, 31, coachman, b Devon Shobrooke
Jane Osborne, wife, 26, b Devon Woodbury
Elsie Sophia Osborne, daur, 4, scholar, b Devon Exmouth (slightly young?)
Stanley John Osborn (sic), son, 1, b Devon Exmouth

1901 census
South Street, Exmouth (Littleham), Devon
RG13/2028 F39 P8
John Osborne, Head, M, 41, Coachman, worker, Devon Shobrook
Jane do, wife, M, 36, , , Devon Woodbury
Elsie do, daur, , 14, Dressmaker's apprentice, , Devon Exmouth
Stanley J do, son, , 11, , , Devon Exmouth
Amy W do, daur, , 8, , , Devon Exmouth
William Jancock, boarder, S, 28, General Plumber, worker, Devon Broadwood Kelly

1911 census (indexed as Bent)
RG14PN12582 RG78PN722 RD270 SD1 ED11 SN32
The Mews, Lympstone, Devon
John Clement Osborn, Head, 51, Married, Cab Proprietor, Shobrooke Devonshire
Jane Osborn, Wife, 46, Married 25 years, , Woodbury Devonshire
Elsie Sophia Best, Daughter, 24, Married 1 year, , Exmouth Devonshire
Amy Winifred Osborn, Daughter, 18, Single, Dressmaker, Exmouth Devonshire
James Adamson Best, Boarder, 26, Married, Tailor, Exmouth Devonshire
- against Jane Osborn it states there were 3 children born alive and 3 still alive, in this marriage
- against Elsie Best it states that there were no children
- the house had 6 rooms
- no infirmities shown in the final column of the form

1939 Register
Ref: RG101/6819D/011/30 Letter Code: WFKN
111 Exeter Road , Exmouth U.D., Devon, England
James A Best 23 Dec 1884 Male Tailor (Master) Married 140 1
Elsie S Best 07 Mar 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 140 2
John C Osborne 09 May 1859 Male Private Service Coachman (Retired) Married 140 3
Jane Osborne 14 Jul 1864 Female Incapacitated Married 140 4
James Nicholas 16 Oct 1915 Male Master House Painter Decorator Married 140 5
Mollie K Earnshaw (Nicholas) 04 Dec 1912 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 140 6
- against Mollie (for the change of name to Earnshaw on 22.5.1971) is annotated 23.6.71 CR283 DN

  Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation: Dressmaker, 17 May 1910, Lympstone, Devon, England.

Elsie married James Adamson BEST, son of Samuel John BEST and Elizabeth Jane HOOPER, on 17 May 1910 in Exmouth, Devon, England.¹ (James Adamson BEST was born on 23 Dec 1884 in Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon, England, died on 23 Dec 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England and was cremated in Exeter, Devon, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Date taken from Diamond wedding telegram