re the Sarah Minnie Snell error: note the page number Page: 1437 which should be 1457 ... the correct marriage details are at familysearch here: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNZ1-YFT
the family in 1881
Thomas Carter, Head 34 born Barnsley Yorkshire, iron fitter? and ? Ada Carter, Wife 28 born Nottingham Notts Wilfred Carter Son 6 born Chesterfield Derbyshire Sarah Carter Dau. 1 born " "
there is a significant gap between Wilfred and Sarah ... one possibility is that Thomas was in the military (and possibly Wilfred was born after he left for a posting abroad)
if he then deserted from the military, which was not uncommon, he might have changed his name, also not uncommon
one possibility is India ... the Afghan war started in 1878 and was a source of desertions ...
Ada in 1871 for info
Name: Ada Carter Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1852 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Civil Parish: Wakefield Ecclesiastical parish: St MaryTown: Wakefield County/Island: Yorkshire Registration district: Wakefield
and actually, it looks like Thomas was already married in 1871
Name: Thomas Oxley Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Oxley Gender: Male Where born: Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Leeds Town: Leeds County/Island: Yorkshire Country: EnglandRegistration district: Leeds
Thomas Oxley 25 labourer at foundry Mary Ann Oxley 21 born Wedgbury, Staffordshire Thomas Oxley 2 Joseph Oxley 5 Months
although his birth details still don't match with anything in the index
so that would explain not marrying and also not using his own name perhaps
looks like the other family in 1881
Name: Thomas Oxley Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Relationship to Head: Son Mother: Mary A. Oxley Gender: Male Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Leeds County/Island: Yorkshire Street address: 36 Marlborough St Registration district: Leeds
Mary A. Oxley 33 head, married, born Golden Hill, Staffordshire Thomas Oxley 12 Herbert Oxley 8 born Leeds
Births Jun 1873 Oxley Herbert Leeds 9b 527
Births Dec 1874 Oxley Wilfred Chesterfield 7b 609
since Wilfred's birth cert names Thomas as father, either there was an estrangement between the two births, or Herbert was Mary Ann's child after she separated from Wilfred
(edit ... deleted obviously incorrect 1857 marriage!)
in any case it looks like you have a whole new set of family members :-)
someone here has
Thomas Oxley 1869 Leeds West Yorkshire
in their family tree (that is, the child of the first marriage)
and that person and another also have
Thomas Oxley 1845 Barnsley South Yorkshire
Births Dec 1845 Oxley Thomas Ecclesfield 22 139
seems to be your Thomas
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everything I posted from www.familysearch.org
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I don't know where the info above was found
Using freebmd...........
Marriages Jun 1900 (>99%)
Oxley Wilfred Chesterfield 7b 1457 Snell Sarah Minnie Chesterfield 7b 1457
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Name: Thomas Oxley Birth Date: 1851 Age: 36 Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Hewitt Spouse's Birth Date: 1864 Spouse's Age: 23 Event Date: 28 Feb 1887 Event Place: Parish Of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Father's Name: Thomas Oxley Spouse's Father's Name: William Buxton Marital Status: Widowed Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01052-5 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 1752146 , Reference ID: it 4 p 133
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strange?
Name: Sarah Minnie Snell Event Type: Marriage Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration Year: 1900 Registration District: Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Event Place: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Volume: 7B Page: 1437 Line Number: 64
Sarah Minnie Snell probably married one of the following people
Name: Alfred Harvey Name: William Thurlby
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Name: Wilfred Oxley Event Type: Marriage Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration Year: 1900 Registration District: Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Event Place: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Volume: 7B Page: 1457 Line Number: 349
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Name: Wilfred Oxley Event Type: Birth Registration Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year: 1874 Registration District: Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Event Place: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Volume: 7B Page: 609 Line Number: 305
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If they didn't marry, she wasn't his wife.
He may have changed to her name for monetary gain
BTW, I think you've got the wrong year for the birth of James Carter
How did Thomas describe himself when he married Hewitt? Was he supposedly a widower?
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WILFRED OXLEY,my grandfather was born on 23rd September 1874
His parents were THOMAS OXLEY & ADA OXLEY(fomerly Carter) shown on birth certificate & resident at 37 Hillside, Chesterfield 1881 Census indicates family now living at 42 Newland Dale, Chesterfield but appear to have changed family name to CARTER (Ada's maiden name), the famiily being :- Thomas Carter, Head (married) aged 34 Ada Carter, Wife (married) aged 28 Wilfred Carter Son aged 6 Sarah Carter Dau. aged 1
1892 James Carter was born 1885 Ada Carter died 1887 Thomas Carter married Mary Ann Hewitt on 28th February 1887 but using his his real surname of Oxley, the marriage certificate confirming this. At this tiime they were living at Higher Albert Street, Chesterfield 1888 Fanny Victoria Carter was born
1891 Census shows family now at 67 Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, the family being Thomas Carter, Head aged 39 Mary Ann Carter, Wife aged 28 Wilfred Carter, son aged 16 Sarah Carter, dau., aged 11 james A Carter, son aged 9 Frederick Hewitt, step son aged 5 Fanny V Carter, aged 2
1895 Mary Ann Carter died 1899 Thomas Carter/Oxley died 1900 WILFRED OXLEY (now with his birth surname confirmed) married Sarah Minnie Snell on April 2nd 1900
1901 Census indicates Wilfred & Sarah living at 15 Porter Street, Staveley Nr. Chesterfield the family being :- Wilfred Oxley,Head, aged 26 Sarah Minnie Oxley, wife aged 23 Minnie Oxley, dau., aged 0
The mystery is "Why did Thomas change family name from OXLEY (his birth name} to CARTER (his wife's maiden name) ?) & the big question is " Were they ever married ?" I cannot find any evidence of this in marriage records.
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