William C Ouzman (1876 - 1947)

Born 12 Nov 1876 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Bryson — married 1907 (to 1947) in Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Died 1947 at about age 70 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Ouzman was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England.

Date of birth Identifies William C as a son of his fathers first wife Barbara

Geographical Notes and Social context: “TEDDINGTON, a parish and suburban village in the hundred of Spelthorne, county Middlesex, 12 miles S.W. of London, and 2½ from Kingston. It has stations on the North London and South-Western railways. The village is situated on the western bank of the Thames, about 19 miles above London Bridge, and on the high road from Richmond to Hampton Court, through Bushey Park.
It was anciently called Todynton and Tuddington, and is the site of the first lock on the river, which has recently been rebuilt in masonry, with a subsidiary lock for the passage of pleasure boats. The river is at this point scarcely affected by the tides, which are two hours later than at London Bridge, and the low and high water levels are respectively 16½ and 1½ feet higher, the bed of the river rising about one foot per mile. The population of the village, which is included within the south-western postal district, was in 1861 1,183. Many villa residences have lately been erected on the banks of the Thames, and here are the wax bleaching-grounds and candle manufactory of Messrs. Barclay.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a comparatively modern structure, the earliest portion being of the time of the Reformation. It occupies the site of an ancient chapel belonging to Staines' Abbey, and has tombs of Lord Keeper Bridgman, Whitehead the poet, Dr. Stephen Hales, and Mrs. Woffington, the celebrated actress. The parochial charities produce about £23 per annum, of which £20 belong to Dame Bridgman's school. There are also schools for boys, girls, and infants, erected through the aid of voluntary contributions, and £100 contributed by the late Queen Dowager.
from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868^[1]
The sale of the manorial estate and the opening of Teddington station in 1863 led to a deluge of middle-class housing being built, including at South Teddington. Small terraces went up between Stanley Road and Waldegrave Road, and Broad Street became a street of shops. Manor Road had been laid out in 1861 but the rest of that end of the high street, although it grew rapidly, was not so densely filled.
By 1871 the parish of Teddington had four times as many houses as it had had a decade earlier. Among the major buildings opened in the 1870s and 1880s were St Peter’s Church, a cottage hospital, a town hall and St Alban’s Church.^[2]

William C Cuzman
Age: 6
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Birthplace: Sydenham, Kent, England
Occupation: Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1881
Event Place: Lewisham, London,Kent, England

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Barbara Cuzman Mother F 38 Sydenham, Kent, England
William C Cuzman Father M 23 Lyndhurst, Kent, England
Barbara F Cuzman Sister F 4 Sydenham, Kent, England
Gertrude A Phillips Sister F 12 Sydenham, Kent, England

Boatswain William Ouzman served in the Royal Navy in World War I
Service started: 01 April 1894
Unit(s): Various
Service ended: 01 May 1919

William C Ouzman, RN Records

Transcript of Record
170333 Chatham
Name in Full William Ouxmzn Date of birth (as entered) 12 Nov 1876; Place of birth Teddington, Middlesex: Occupation Tug boy
Date and period of engagement 12 Nov 1894 12 Years : 5 Dec 04 to completion.
Age 18 Height 5' 3 1/2", Hair D Brown, Eyes grey, Complexion ruddy Fair ruddy, Wounds scars marks &c Two tattooes on right forearm one onleft .

Note H.M.S. Boscawen was the name given to a Royal Navy boys' training ship based at Portland. As was common in such shore establishments, the ship acting as Boscawen rotated over time. H.M.S. Trafalgar launched in 1841 was Boscawen from 1873 to 1906.^[4]
Victory I & II were shore establishments/barracks.
HMS Repulse was one of seven Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s
HMS Wildfire (1888) was a screw yacht tender purchased in 1888. She was used as a base ship from 1889 and was renamed HMS Undine in 1907. HMS Wildfire (1889 shore establishment) was a shore establishment established at Sheerness in 1889. It closed in 1933 A number of ships were renamed HMS Wildfire whilst serving as base and depot ships for the establishment: HMS Wildfire (1888) was the original base ship from 1889 until 1907.
The "Illegible" word may be Eastern, as all of the listed postings are in the Eastern District of the Coastguard organisation, These divisions were often under the command of a Rear Admiral at the closing of their career. Newton, will have been Newton by the Sea, now Low Newton by the Sea, Northumberland ^[5] The entry for President IV Amble from 1916 to 1919 is perplexing. President IV was a shore establishment in London, housinge the Coastguards accounting department from 1918 untill '22. There was a coastguars stsion at Amble, on Pan Point. The naval clerk may have added President IV and over written the Amble entry when closing the record in 1919

Enumeration book, census of crew of HMS Northampton

Name: Wm Ouzman
Age: 24
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Sub-District: Portsea And Landport
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: Teddington, Middlesex
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: A B
Relationship to Head of Household: Crew
Event Type: Census
Record Type: Vessel
HMS Northampton was decommissioned and sold for breaking in 1905^[6]

William served in HM Coastguard (Britain) from 1904 to 1923.

Posted to HM Coastguard Dec 1904 during service in Royal Navy

The recruitment/transfer of Coastguard boatmen from the RN was regulated by a General Memorandum
Entry of Seamen into the Coastguard - 1856
Admiralty, Oct. 1, [1856]^[7]
It was the policy of the Coastguard service to post their staff to stations away from their birthplace, and then to move them from station to station every couple of years so that they would not form friendships with the boatmen that they were policing.

Posting to Newton by the Sea '04 - '07

Williams marriage and the birth of their child suggests that William was posted to a Station near Tweedmouth. Newtn is 27 miles south of Tweedmouth.

Name: Agnes Bryson
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1907
Event Place: Berwick, Northumberland, England
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1907
Possible Spouse: William Ouzman^[8]

Posting to Seahouses Coastguard. '10 -'14

Name: William Ouzman
Age: 34
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: North Sunderland, Northumberland, England
Sub-District: Belford
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: Teddington, Middlesex
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: COASTGUARDSMAN
Number in Family: 3
Industry: H M COASTGUARDS
Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Agnes Ouzman Wife F 32 Tweedmouth Berwick On Tweed
Mary Ouzman Daughter F 3 Tweedmouth Berwick On Tweed
Note: The record of RN servise puts William at Seahoses,, 9 miles from Belford.

Posting to Alnmouth '14 - '16

Awarded a Testimonial on Vellum by the Royal Humand Society for saving life on 10/08/15^[9]

Transfer to Middlesbrough & change of role '20.

William was invaleded out of RN service on 23/06/20 and will have joined the Board of Trade Ship Survey organisation.

1921 Census Of England & Wales
10, Marton Grove Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire (North Riding), England
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
William Ouzman Head Male 1875 45 Teddington, Middlesex, England Outdoor Officer Board Of Trade Survey Board Of Trade Surveyor, Middlesborough, Yorkshire
Agnes Ouzman Wife Female 1878 42 Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England Home Duties
Mary Ouzman Daughter Female 1908 12 Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England ^[10]

Name: William Ouzman
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1947
Event Place: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Yorkshire^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/Teddington
2. ↑ https://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/teddington/
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q277-DS3X : Sat Nov 11 12:36:01 UTC 2023), Entry for William C Cuzman and Barbara Cuzman, 1881.
4. ↑ http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/H.M.S._Boscawen_(Boys%27_Training_Ship)
5. ↑ https://maps.nls.uk/view/101027961
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Northampton_(1876)
7. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/RN/Coastguard_1856.html#Entry1
8. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D68-FY5 : 13 December 2014), Agnes Bryson, 1907; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1907, quarter 3, vol. 10B, p. 880, Berwick, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
9. ↑ https://royalhumanesociety.org.uk/about-us/awards-and-certificates/#:~:text=The%20testimonial%20on%20vellum%20is,It%20is%20A4%20in%20size.
10. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1921%2FRG15%2F24078%2F0409%2F02
11. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCW-NHR7 : 2 November 2021), William Ouzman, 1947.

• Provided by Ouzman family member
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• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSXG-Q74 : 20 May 2019), Wm Ouzman, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Portsea And Landport subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWMB-2MM : 11 July 2019), William Ouzman, North Sunderland, Northumberland, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.