Charlotte was born on Monday 23 March 1874 in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.[1][2]Her common name was Lottie.
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.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
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.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31] She presumably lived with her parents in at 14 Sackville Street in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.[32]
Her mother died 6 March 1884 at the approximate age of 36. Charlotte was aged 9 when this happened. She had been suffering from convulsions for a year. Charlotte was about 10 when this happened.
She married William Charles H. Reaby, son of William Reaby and Margaret Sergeant, at her uncle's house in 'Eurobin' Myamym Street on Wednesday 12 December 1900 in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. She was 26 and her husband William was 25.. William and Charlotte went on to have nine children together.[33][34][35] She was listed as having an occupation of 'home duties'. in 1909.[36] Charlotte and William lived in 1909 in at 15 Mary Street in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.[37]
In Charles Oaten's will Charlotte Amelia Oaten and William Charles H. Reaby were named joint executors by Charles to handle his estate on 18 April 1913. no real estate but property worth £2,761 in the form of 32.2% share of his brother Henry's estate.[38] Charlotte and William lived in 1914 in at Munro Street in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.[39] She was listed as having an occupation of 'home duties'. in 1914.[40]
Her father died 29 April 1914 at the age of 70. Charlotte was aged 40 when this happened.
The will of Charles Oaten, in which Charlotte Amelia Oaten and William Charles H. Reaby were named joint executors by Charles was probated on 26 May 1914.[41] Charlotte and William lived in 1919 in at Wimbourne Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea.[42] She was listed as having an occupation of 'home duties'. in 1919.[43]
On 12 December 1925 William Charles H. Reaby and Charlotte Amelia Oaten celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on 12 December 1925: "REABY-OATEN. - [Silver Wedding.] - On the 12th December, 1900 at Eurobin, Myamyn street, Malvern, the residence of bride's uncle, by the Rev. T. Fairbairn, William Charles, eldest son of the late William and Margaret Reaby, of Burnley street, Burnley, to Charlotte (Lottie), only daughter of the late Charles and Harriet Oaten. (Present address, Eurobin, Wimbourne avenue, Chelsea.).[44]" She was listed as having an occupation of 'home duties'. in 1936.[45] Charlotte and William lived in 1936 in at 79 Claremont Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Gardiner.[46] She was listed as having an occupation of 'home duties'. in 1949.[47] Charlotte and William lived in 1949 in at 21 Westgarth Street in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.[48]
Charlotte died on 17 March 1963 in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong aged 88.[49]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lottie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
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