OWTRAM Family
A man or woman is never truly dead, so long as a single person has some knowledge or remembrance of them.
OWTRAM Family
A man or woman is never truly dead, so long as a single person has some knowledge or remembrance of them.
This surname has a number spelling variants like OUTREM, OUTRAM, OUTRIM, OUTTRAM, OWTTRIM, OUTTRIM to mention but a few. There have been instances of it used as a first name where it is often spelled as “Outram”.
I have met with Laurin Lang and had email contact with Don Outram, both of whom are undertaking an extensive one surname study on these families.
Several early generations of this family were located in Derbyshire, England. The index for the Wills of Derbyshire contains family history relevant for many of my early OWTRAM ancestors.
The earliest OWTRAM ancestor I descend from is William OWTRAM. He was baptised in January 1673 at Dronfield , south of Sheffield.
There are at least three different marriage connections between the HERMON and OWTRAM families. These connections come back to the marriage of Francis OWTRAM (born 1758 at Worksop) and Susanna RICHARDSON in 1779.
These OWTRAMs were farmers that originated from Rayton, near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. Worksop is 40kms east from their Dronfield origins. In the parish churchyard, there is a large altar tomb on the southern side of the Worksop Priory in memorium of Richard, his brother Carey, and their parents.
There is a book, " The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop ", published in 1826. It describes a "Mr Outram" who resided at Rayton as being in a good modern house, a short distance from the site of the ancient mansion of the Eyres, the ruins of which were some years ago discernible, a little nearer the river. "Mr Outram" is a member of an old Worksop family, the branches of which are intermarried with many names in the town.
It puzzled me how these families met in the early 1800’s, given the 295~ kms distance between Worksop and London. It would appear some of the OWTRAMs from Worksop moved to the greater London area.
Alfred HERMON died in November 1866. His wife, Sarah nee OWTRAM, died soon after on 4 January 1869. The seven children that survived them ranged in age from 4 to 16 years. In Sarah's will, dated 10 January 1867, she appointed her brother Henry OWTRAM and brother-in-law Robert Hermon OWTRAM, as guardians of her surviving children.
The 1871 UK Census shows Mary Anne OWTRAM (a house keeper), their mother’s unmarried cousin, was with the children in Cadogan Rd, Surbiton. Robert, and his wife Mary, lived in nearby Claremont Road with their ten children. Meanwhile, Henry OWTRAM lived at Worksop some 290kms north. His children appear to have had plenty of contact with his late sister’s children.
I am not aware of any OWTRAM living in New Zealand these days but there has been descendants living here in the past.
I was fortunate early on in my research to have contact with Lucy M OWTRAM (1920-2008) in Richmond, England. She provided me with a copy of a handwritten Owtram Family History. Its author unknown, it was updated by Herbert Ridsdale OWTRAM in 1891. Handwritten copy made by Robert Lancelot OWTRAM.
This source confirmed many of the HERMON – OWTRAM links although I only received some of its pages.