Frederick William Ovenden (1881 - 1917)

Born 1881 in Elham, Kent, England

Died 3 Feb 1917 at about age 36 in France

Memorialised at St. Edward's Church, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

Biography

Frederick was born in 1881. He passed away in 1917.

Sources

Military

OVENDEN, Frederick William (1881-1917) Age 36

C.W.G.C. – Son of Henry John and Hannah Phoebe Ovenden; husband of Florence Mabel Ovenden, of 96 Monthermer Road, Cathays, Cardiff, Wales

Rank: Private – 129101 – Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 72nd Battalion

Birth

Born: 1881 Elham, Kent (2nd Qtr)

Baptised: 10 April 1881 St. Mary, Elham, Kent

Death

Died: 3 February 1917 France

Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, France Ref: Plot V. B. 6

Parents

Son of Henry John Ovenden and Phoebe Hannah (Stevens) Ovenden, they married 1877, London

Spouse

Husband of Florence Mabel (nee Jones), they married 25 December 1905, St. Margaret’s Church, Roath, Cardiff

Census/Address

In 1939, his wife, son and daughter lived at 78 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff

Ovenden Florence M Unpaid Domestic Duties

Ovenden Barbara Cicely Civil Servant

Ovenden George David Civil Servant

In 1907, lived at 30 Angus Street, Cardiff

Son Courtney Wyndham Ovenden’s baptism at St. Margaret’s Church, Roath, Cardiff

In 1901, lived at 20 Castle Street, Cardiff

Head: Henry J Ovenden Tobacconist Kent

Wife: Phoebe H Ovenden Bradford, Yorkshire

Son: Frederick W Ovenden Builder’s Apprentice Elham, Kent

Daughter: Kathleen B Ovenden Pupil Teacher Elham, Kent

In 1891, lived at 54 Miskin Street, Cardiff

Head: Henry J Ovenden Hotel Manager Kent

Wife: Phoebe H Ovenden Yorkshire

Daughter: Marguerite P Ovenden London

Son: Frederick W Ovenden Kent

Daughter: Kathleen B Ovenden Kent

In 1883, lived at New Inn, High Street, Elham, Kent

Sister: Kathleen Bessie Ovenden Baptism record

In 1881, lived at New Inn, High Street, Elham, Kent

Head: Henry J Ovenden Licensed Victualler Kent

Wife: Phoebe Ovenden Bradford, Yorkshire

Daughter: Marguerite Ovenden Middlesex

Son: Frederick Ovenden Elham, Kent

Newspaper

Western Mail – 23 February 1917

HEROES OF THE RANK AND FILE.

KILLED.

Private F W Ovenden, Seaforth Hih?? Canadian Contingeut? Who ? He went to Vancouver in 1913. He had twice previously been wounded. Private Ovenden was educated at the Cardiff Higher Grade School and was an ardent footballer having played for the Old Monktopians for several seasons and was a member of the Glamorgan Volunteer Corps. Private Ovenden was a brother-in-law of Mr. ? Jones a well-known Cardiff ?? man.

Extract:

(Submitted by Mrs. Margaret Smith, the brief notes supplied here have been taken from research carried out on behalf of a member of the Stevens family. Frederick Ovenden’s mother was Stevens prior to her marriage).

Frederick William Ovenden was born in 1882, and he and his wife lived in the Roath area. Members of the family had lived at various addresses, and in earlier years they were in Canton.

The family of Frederick’s father (Henry John Ovenden) were not native to Cardiff and had most likely moved hee from the south-east, possibly Kent or Sussex.

At the time of Frederick Ovenden’s death the family had been in Monthermer Road but had been at other addresses in St. Martin’s Parish. His mother (Hannah) had been living at 78 Marlborough Road in the 1930s but t the time of her death in 1947 was at Lansdowne Road, Canton, where on her children (an unmarried daughter Kathleen) lived.

Frederick Ovenden and his wife Florence had children, but it is not known whether they, or any descendants, remained in Cardiff.