Marsh, Oscar (1861-1912)

Transcription of obituary published in the Primitive Methodist Magazine by W.B.

On the 5th of May, 1912, death removed from the Langwith society in the Bolsover Circuit one of God’s true labourers in the person of Oscar Marsh. Born of lifelong Primitive Methodists, at the age of nineteen he gave his heart to God and his powers to His cause.

For many years he was leader of the Sunday morning class, and for a great number of years society steward, an office which he held up to the time of his death. A lover of good music, as choirmaster he greatly improved the order of service.

As cashier to the Sheepbridge Co. at Langwith he had the confidence of his masters and the respect of the miners. A large company followed his remains to the Cuckney churchyard, where the burial service was read by Rev. W. Brown, who also conducted a memorial service on Sunday, May 12th. The bereaved family have our sympathy and prayers.

Family

Oscar was born on 23 February 1861 at Nether Langwith, Nottinghamshire, to parents John, a groom (1861), and Elizabeth. He was baptised on 3 April 1861 at St Mary, Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire.

Census returns identify the following occupations for Oscar.

1871 scholar
1881 commercial clerk
1891 commercial clerk
1901 cashier in colliery office
1911 colliery cashier

He married Evelina Hall (1860-1932) in late 1884 in the Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire. Census returns identify five of eight children.

Wilfred (1889-1949) – electrician (1911)
John George (abt1891-1968) – colliery clerk (1911)
Percy Slack (1893-1917) – colliery clerk (1911); died in WW1
Winifred Evelyn (1896-1990) – married Herbert Leslie Harding, a hairdresser (1939), in 1927
Edith Annie (1897-1986) – married Thomas Martin Cope, a colliery deputy (1939), in 1922

Oscar died on 5 May 1912 at Nether Langwith, Nottinghamshire.

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1913/414

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers