Emma Eleanor Ottaway

1890 - Abt 1986  (95 years)

• Name	Emma Eleanor Ottaway
  Birth	18 Dec 1890	Great Melton, Norfolk
  Baptism	25 Jan 1891	St Mary and St Walstan’s, Bawburgh, Norfolk
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Cottage in Rectory Grounds, Great Melton, Norfolk
  Census	1901	Cottage in Rectory Grounds, Great Melton, Norfolk
  Census	1911	Great Melton, Norfolk
  Residence	1923	1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  Electoral Register
  Residence	1938	1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  Electoral Register
  Census	1939	1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  ‘Incapacitated. Failing eyesight’.
  Residence	1946	1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  Electoral Register
  Residence	1951	31 Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  Electoral Register
  Residence	1962	21 Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
  Electoral Register
  Death	Abt 1986
  Person ID	I4414	Ash Family Database
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	George Frederick Bennett,   b. 28 Apr 1889, East Grinstead, Sussex d. 29 Jul 1972, Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1917	All Saints, Great Melton, Norfolk
  Notes	George & Emma were married in All Saints, Great Melton (Melton Magna) in Norfolk - not to be confused with All Saints, Little Melton - on 17th April 1917, right in the middle of the First World War. The marriage ccertificate also tells us that George’s father, James, was a labourer and his father-in-law, John Ottaway, a carpenter. Mabel Edith Ottaway was Emma’s younger sister.
  Children	1. Margaret Louise Bennett,   b. 6 Jun 1926, East Grinstead, Sussex d. 5 Jun 2019 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F3286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1890 - Great Melton, Norfolk Baptism - 25 Jan 1891 - St Mary and St Walstan’s, Bawburgh, Norfolk Census - 5 Apr 1891 - Cottage in Rectory Grounds, Great Melton, Norfolk Census - 1901 - Cottage in Rectory Grounds, Great Melton, Norfolk Census - 1911 - Great Melton, Norfolk Residence - 1923 - 1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex Residence - 1938 - 1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex Census - 1939 - 1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex Residence - 1946 - 1 Dixon Villas, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood, Sussex Residence - 1951 - 31 Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, Sussex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Emma Ottaway

  
  

• Notes

  Emma lost her sight to glaucoma in about 1937.