Adelaide Mary Anne (Swaffield) Otway (1835 - 1916)

Born 11 Dec 1835 in Avranche, France

Ancestors

Wife of Edward John Otway Esq . — married 12 Jul 1860 in Leamington Priors

Died 4 Oct 1916 at age 80 in Wyke Regis Dorest England

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Biography

Adelaide Mary Anne Owen was born on 11 December 1835 in Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France as a daughter to Robert Hassell Swaffield DL JP (1797-1870) and his wife, Eliza Mary Josephina Orton (1805-1873) She was christened with three of her siblings, aged 6 yrs in St Paul's Church, Weymouth Dorset, England on 1 January 1842. Her baptism entry clearly states she was born 11 December 1835 in Avranche, France. ^[1][2][3]

(In her family, the surname was originally Owen, then legally changed to become Swaffield for her parents to acquire an inheritance and later her father became Owen-Swaffield. Adelaide was born an OWEN, in 1840 she became Miss SWAFFIELD and then on her marriage she became Mrs Otway)

Marriage

Adelaide married Captain Edward John Otway Esq . (1824-1881) (Scots Fusiliers Guards, later 6th Regiment of Foot) on 12 July 1860 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. He was the son of Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway Bt. GCB. Adelaide then became styled as Mrs Adelaide Otway. ^[4][5][6]

The marriage was announced in the Morning Herald (London) on Monday 16 July 1860 and in a range of provincial papers. ^{[7] [8][9][10] [11]}

Life Story

The census of 1841 shows her with her family in Wyke Regis, Dorset. ^[12] In 1851, she is now Miss Swaffield, living with her family in West Down Lodge, Wyke Regis. ^[13]

In 1861, as newly married she and her husband are in Melcombe Regis, Dorset. ^[14] She and her husband attended a fashionable ball in 1864 at the Royal Hotel, Weymouth. ^[15]

Her husband died in 1881 and she was the sole executrix. He was buried 24 February in Wyke Regis. ^[16]

In both 1891 and on the 1911 census, widowed, she is living at Wyke Cottage, Wyke Regis with her sister, Harriet Lewis Swaffield and two servants. ^[17][18] She is on the electoral roll throughout the 1900s, in 1910 for example at 105 Abbotsbury Road, Wyke Regis. ^[19] On the 1901 census she and sister Harriet are staying at a private hotel, Hanover House, St Peter's Road, Bournemouth. ^[20]

Death

Adelaide died in October 1916 in Weymouth, Dorset, England aged 80 and was buried on 7 October in Wyke Regis (All Saints Church); at the time she was living in Wyke Cottage, Wyke Regis. ^{[21] [22]}

Her estate was valued at £13,816 and probate was sworn to her brothers, George and Alfred. The register entry describes her as a widow. ^{[23] [24]}

Research Notes

I can't locate her in 1871, or on the 1881 census. Her husband is with two servants at 3 Clarance Cottage, Portsea, Hampshire in 1871's census, so maybe she is visiting relatives? ^[25]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906. Adelaide Mary Ann Swaffield Christening Age 6 Birth Date 11 Dec 1835 Christening Date 1 Jan 1842 Christening Place Wyke Regis, Dorset, England Father Robert Hassall Swaffield Mother Eliza Mary Josephine Swaffield
2. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Adelaide Mary Ann Swaffield Birth Date 11 Dec 1835 Birth Place Wyke Regis, Dorset, England Baptism Date 1 Jan 1842 Baptism Place Wyke-Regis, Dorset, England Father Robert Hassall Swaffield Mother Eliza Mary Josephine FHL Film Number 1239262
3. ↑ Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906. Adelaide Mary Anne Swaffield Baptism Date 1 Jan 1842 Baptism Place Weymouth St Paul, Dorset, England Father Robert Hassall Swaffield Mother Eliza Mary Josephina Swaffield
4. ↑ Warwickshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910. Adelaide Mary Anne Swaffield Marriage or Bann Date 12 Jul 1860 Marriage or Bann Place Leaminton Priors, Warwickshire, England Parish Leaminton Priors Spouse Edward John Otway Father Robert Hassell Swaffield
5. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973. Adelaide Mary Anne Swaffield, Marriage Date12 Jul 1860 Marriage Place Leamington Priors, Warwick, England Father Robert Hassall Swaffield Spouse Edward John Otway FHL Film Number 1067480
6. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915. Adelaide Mary Anne Swaffield, Registration Year 1860, Warwick, Warwickshire, Volume 6d Page 616
7. ↑ Morning Herald (London) on Monday 16 July 1860 pg 8
8. ↑ Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser Saturday 21 July 1860pg 2
9. ↑ Dublin Evening Mail Monday 16 July 1860 pg 3
10. ↑ Salisbury and Winchester Journal Saturday 14 July 1860 pg 8
11. ↑ London Evening Standard Saturday 14 July 1860 pg 9
12. ↑ 1841 England Census
13. ↑ 1851 England Census
14. ↑ 1861 England Census
15. ↑ Dorset County Chronicle Wednesday 30 November 1864 pg 3
16. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Edward John Otway
17. ↑ 1911 England Census
18. ↑ 1891 England Census
19. ↑ Dorset, England, Electoral Registers, 1839-1922. Adelaide Otway Year 1910, Registration Place Southern, Dorset, England, Street Address 105, Abbotsbury road
20. ↑ 1901 England Census
21. ↑ England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005. Adelaide M A Otway Death Age 80 Birth Date 1836 Registration Date Oct 1916 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district Weymouth Inferred County Dorset Volume 5a Page 386
22. ↑ Dorset, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2001. Adelaide Mary Anne Otway Death Age 80 Birth Year 1836 Burial Date7 Oct 1916 Burial Place Wyke Regis, Dorset, England
23. ↑ Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936. Adelaide Mary Anne Otway
24. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941. Adelaide Mary Anne Otway. Death Date 4 Oct 1916 Death Place Dorset, England Probate Date 22 May 1917, Probate Registry London, England
25. ↑ 1871 England Census

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