HOME
INTRODUCTION
THE OYLERS OF KENT 1500-1700S
SAMUEL OYLER OF HAWKHURST & FAMILY
THOMAS PETTIT OYLER & ELIZABETH POTTER
POTTER SAMUEL OYLER & MARY ANN HALES
5) THOMAS POTTER OYLER
Thomas Potter Oyler – my great, grandfather
- Thomas Potter Oyler born and died in early 1875 (probably
at, or shortly after birth). He was not baptized
- Alice Oyler born 24th day of October 1876. Alice married Thomas
Porter Grayson.
- Jessie Oyler daughter born 13th December 1878. Christened Jan 5th
1879. Address given was 113 Commercial St. (The home of her grandmother Mary
Ann (Hales) Oyler.
The marriage of T.P. Oyler and Bridget Glyn did not last. In 1880 Bridget Oyler petitioned for a separation, custody of the two children still living and for alimony. She must have been very brave to file a petition as this was uncommon in the 1880s and she was already threatened by violence from her husband. The records were found in the National Archives. No record of the results of the petition were found but later records show that Jessie, at least, was living near her mother just before her death in 1881.
An advertisement appeard in the London Standard on Feb. 25th 1880 declaring "I THOMAS POTTER OYLER of Spitalfields' Market, Salesman. Hereby give notice that I will NOT be ANSWERABLE for any DEBTS which my wife BRIDGET OYLER may contract after the date Feb. 24th 1880. THOMAS POTTER OYLER, witness, B.J. ABBOTT."
It is interesting to note that this notice was sworn two days before Bridget Oyler left their house to avoid personal violence and took refuge in the house of a friend and when she returned home Thomas Potter Oyler shut the door on her and refused to allow her to enter the house and then refused to allow her to return. See clause 7 of the Petition
Jessie
Oyler died 15, Jan 1881 of acute hydrocephalus. Address 10 Richmond Villas, High St.
Leyton. Present at the death was Marian Parkes “Aunt” (not believed to be a
relative). Bridget Oyler died of T.B. at the age of 37 in 1883.
Thomas Potter
Oyler died, aged 62 in 1907. His will. Alice Oyler, Thomas and Bridget's only surviving child married Thomas Porter Grayson (Jr) in Edmonton, Essex in
1902. Thomas P Oyler is a witness to the marriage.
Alice Oyler, my grandmother
Thomas Potter Oyler was involved, with his brother George Benjamin Oyler in businesses in Spitalfields Market. Spitalfields Market was a covered market in the East end of London. It was built in 1887 to service a wholesale market, owned by the Corporation of London. This was on the site of a public market, founded in 1683 by Charles II. The original wholesale fruit and vegetable market moved to New Spitalfields Market in 1991. (Source – Wikipedia)
“In 1870 a long report was made on the houses to the Poplar Board of Works, describing their dampness and decay. In default of a response from the owner, called Polley, who lived at Gravesend, they were closed and ordered to be pulled down. The Oylers of Spitalfields Market, who were buying properties nearby, then stepped in and had Nos 199 and 201 Poplar High Street rebuilt in 1880.”
“Dorset Street 1888 Nos.9 - 10: Edinburgh
Chambers, owned by Thomas & George Oyler and operating as a common lodging
house.”
Source: http://www.casebook.org/forum/messages/4920/9211.html