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William Rudd Oswald                          1843-1890
William was born about 1843, the son of William Oswald and Elizabeth Florence Laing, at Stepney, Middlesex. He married Frances Alice Webster.

Frances Alice Webster                         1849-1912
Frances was born on 29 September 1849, the daughter of Christopher Maling Webster and Mary Laing, at Sunderland, County Durham.
They had no children.

Birth of Parents
William Rudd Oswald b: abt 1843         Stepney, Middlesex       1843 4Q Stepney 2 480
son of William Oswald and Elizabeth Florence Laing

Frances Alice Webster b: 29 Sep 1849               Bishopwearmouth
daughter of Christopher Maling Webster and Mary Laing

Marriage
15 Apr 1873
William Rudd Oswald
Frances Alice Webster 		St. James, Piccadilly       1873 2Q Westminster 1a 798

The Times, Thursday, Apr 17, 1873                 MARRIAGES
  On the 15th, inst., at St. James, Piccadilly, by the Rev. G. W. W. Minns, LL.B., William Rudd, son of William Oswald, Esq., of Highbury Park, to Frances Alice, daughter of C. Maling Webster, Esq., of Pallion Hall, Sunderland.


1881 Census
Pallion Hall
 RG11-4991 4 April 1881 Bishopwearmouth, County Durham
Chris M. Webster
Mary (Wife)
Henry (Son)
Walter Frances (Son)
Frances A. Oswald (Dau)(M)
L. Burdon Webster (Dau)
Albert Edward Fenton (GSon)
Mary Fenton Fenton (Gdau)
Plus 6 Servants 		Age 68
Age 61
Age 33
Age 23
Age 31
Age 19
Age 6
Age 5 		Co. Magistrate, Ship Owner

Late Lieut. 8th Kings Regmnt
Patent Rope Manuf.
Visitor
Visitor
Scholar
Scholar 		Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Birkenhead
Birkenhead 		Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Cheshire
Cheshire 		17 May 1812
2 Dec 1819
25 Sep 1847
22 Aug 1857
29 Sep 1849
9 Aug 1861
abt 1874
abt 1875

Death
William Rudd Oswald Died 13 Mar 1890, Age 45,       1890 1Q Islington 1b 330

The Times, Saturday, Mar. 15, 1890                         DEATHS
  On the 13th inst., at Highbury, very suddenly, of pneumonia, William Rudd Oswald, Esq., youngest son of the late William Oswald, Esq., of Highbury.

1901 Census RG13-162 1 April 1901 Upper Holloway, Islington, London
27 Hilldrop Crescent
Frances A. Oswald (Widow)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 56 Living on own means Sunderland Durham 29 Sep 1849

1911 Census RG14-259 3 April 1911 West St Pancras, London
8 Regents Park Road, Gloucester Gate   (5 Rooms)
Frances A. Oswald (Widow)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 61 Private Means Sunderland Durham 29 Sep 1849

Death
Frances Alice (Webster) Oswald Died 18 Jan 1912, Age 62,       1912 1Q Pancras 1b 9

LONDON   19 Apr 1912                         Probate
OSWALD, Frances Alice, of 5 Regents Park-road, Gloucester Gate, Middlesex, widow, died 25 January 1912, Probate London, 19 April, to Ernest Alfred Webster, esquire.   Effects £477 19s. 9d.



SPECIAL THANKS  to Reg and Russell Stones of New Milton, Hampshire, for the photographs provided above.