Birth: 1832 Binsted, Hampshire, UK
Father: Eli Othen 1797-1880
Mother: Ruth Littlefield 1798-1860
Christening: 26 May 1832 Holy Cross, Binsted, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 10 May 1856 Holy Cross, Binsted, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Ellen (Eleanor) Shrubb (Shrub) 1834-1905
Death: November/December 1908 Batt's Corner, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Burial: 3 December 1908 St James, Rowledge, Surrey, UK
Alfred Othen 1857-a1871
Robert Moses Other 1858-1896
Kate Ellen Othen 1860
George Othen 1862-1888
William Othen 1864
Anne (Annie) Othen 1866-1869
Philip Othen 1868
Harry Othen 1871-1889
Rose Othen [Parratt] 1874-1947
Edith Ruth Othen 1876-1950
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Moses Othen baptised 26 May 1832 in Binsted near Alton, Hampshire, parents Eli and Ruth Othen.
Entry in Ancestry Hampshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Moses Othen on 26 May 1832 in Binsted, Hampshire, parents Eli and Ruth Othen. "Page [blank] Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Binsted in the County of Southampton in the Year 1832 [...] May 26 No. 564 Moses [parents] Eli [a] Labourer [and] Ruth Othen [of] Binsted" and another for Moses Other (sic) on 26 May 1832 in Binsted, Hampshire, parents Eli and Ruth Other (sic) "Page 71 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Binsted in the County of Southampton in the Year 1832 [...] May 26 No. 564 Moses [parents] Eli [a] Labourer & Ruth Othen [of] Binsted".
His brother was baptised on 13 February 1835 at Holy Cross, Binsted when they were living in Binsted.
His brother was baptised on 27 March 1836 at Holy Cross, Binsted when they were living in Binsted.
His sister was registered in January-March 1840 in Alton and baptised on 26 April 1840 at Holy Cross, Binsted when they were living in Binsted.
In the 1841 census as Meses (sic - in the index, Moses on the original) Athen (sic - on the original) aged 3, born in Hampshire, and living with Eli and Ruth Athen (parents?), Samuel Athan (brother?) and Ann, Gean and Lucy Athen (sisters?) in Wheatley, Binsted, Hampshire.
In the 1851 census as Moses Othen aged 18, born in Binsted, Hampshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his parents (Eli and Ruth), brother (Samuel) and two sisters (Ann and Jane) in Narrow Straits, Binsted, Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry Hampshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the banns of Moses Othen and Ellen Shrub on 4 May 1856 in Binsted. "Page 62 The Year 1856 No. 306 Banns of Marriage between Moses Othen, Bachelor & Ellen Shrub, Spinster, both of Binsted were publifhed on the Three Sundays underwritten; That is to fay, On Sunday the 20th of April [...] On Sunday the 27th of April [...] On Sunday the 4th of May".
Marriage of Moses Othen and Ellen Shrub in FreeBMD in April-June 1856 in Alton (2C 238).
Entry in Ancestry Hampshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of Moses Othen aged 24 and a gamekeeper, father Eli Othen, and Ellen Shrub on 10 May 1856 in Binsted. "Page 74 1856. Marriage solemnized in the Parish Church in the Parish of Binsted in the County of Southampton [No.] 147 May 10th Moses Othen [aged] 24 [a] Bachelor [and] Game Keeper [of] Binsted [father] Eli Othen [a] Labourer, [and] Ellen Shrub [aged] 21 [a] Spinster [of] Binstead [father] John Shrub [a] Brick Layer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...both made their marks] in the Presence of us, Alfred Shrub [and] Ann Shrub.
His son was registered in April-June 1857 in Alton and baptised on 27 May 1857 at Holy Cross, Binsted, when he was a game keeper of Binsted, mother Eleanor.
His son was registered in July-September 1858 in Alton and baptised on 1 August 1858 at Holy Cross, Binsted, when he was a labourer of Binsted, mother Ellen.
His daughter was registered in January-March 1860 in Alton and baptised on 19 February 1860 at Holy Cross, Binstead when he was a labourer of Binsted.
In the 1861 census as Moses Olken (sic - in the index, Othen on the original) aged 27, born in Binsted, Hampshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen), two sons (Alfred and Robert) and a daughter (Kate) in Wheatley, Binsted, Hampshire.
His son was registered in October-December 1862 in Alton.
His son was registered in July-September 1864 in Alton and baptised on 6 November 1864 at St Peter, Wrecclesham when he was a keeper living in Rowledge.
His daughter was registered in July-September 1866 in Alton, baptised on 7 April 1867 at St Peter, Wrecclesham, and was buried on 23 April 1869 at Holy Cross, Binsted when they were living in Rowledge, Binsted.
His son was registered in October-December 1868 in Alton and baptised on 7 February 1869 at St Peter, Wrecclesham.
In the 1871 census as Moses Orthers (sic - in the index, Othen on the original) aged 34, born in Binsted, Hampshire, a game keeper, and living with his wife (Ellen), four sons (George, Philip, Robert and William), and a daughter (Kate) in Froyle, Hampshire.
His son was registered in October-December 1871 in Alton.
His daughter was born on 12 March 1874, registered in January-March 1874 in Alton, and baptised as a Methodist on 26 April 1874 in Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.
His daughter was born on 30 September 1876 and registered in October-December 1876 in Alton.
In the 1881 census as Moses Othen aged 48, born in Binsted, Hampshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen), three sons (Harry, Phillip and William), three daughters (Edith, Kate and Rosey) and granddaughter (Alice) in Blacknest, Binsted, Hampshire.
In the 1891 census as Moses Othen aged 59, born in Binsted, Hampshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen), son (Philip) and two daughters (Edith and Rose) at Holt Pound Bottom, Binsted, Hamshire.
In the 1901 census as Moses Chen (sic - illegible on original but probably Othen) aged 68, born in Binsted, Hampshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen Othen) and daughter (Edith Othen) in 4 rooms on the road to church, Binsted, Hampshire.
His wife was buried on 18 December 1905 at St James Rowledge certified under the Burial Act 1880 by Moses Othen.
Death of Moses Othen in FreeBMD in October-December 1908 aged 76 in Farnham (2A 99).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1997 for Moses Othen on 3 October 1908 aged 76 at St James, Rowledge. "Page 44 Burials in the Parish of St. James, Rowledge in the County of Southampton in the year One thosand nine hundred and eight-nine. [...] No. 347 Moses Othen [of] Batt's Corner Frensham [on] October 3rd 1908 [aged] 76 Certified under the Burial Act 1880 by Henry Jessup".
There are fifty eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Moses Othen. (Note that two Moses Othen were born in Binstead in the same year, one married Mary.)
The Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880 allows the bodies of persons entitled to be buried in parochial burial grounds to be buried there without the performance of the service of the Church of England certified by a person who knows the circumstances of the death and has a lawful certificate of the cause of death registered with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Moses Othen was the husband of Ellen Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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