| 1878 |
Born 10th March at
Brookfield House, Maghull, where his family lived until they... |
| 1882 |
...moved to Roby (G1) |
| 1883 |
Father, Adolf Jonathan, died.
Oscar was his only son (but see footnote and G6) (G1) |
| 1888 |
Mother moved to Bedford where
Oscar attended Bedford Grammar (?) School (note there are two schools in
Bedford, both of extremely high quality, Bedford School and Bedford
Grammar School)(G1) |
| 1895 |
Oscar left school and went to the
City & Guilds Central Technical College in S. Kensington to study Civil Engineering (G1) |
| 1895 |
Gained diploma A.C.G.1 (G1) |
| 1898 |
Mother and sister went to Leyden
House, Mortlake (G1) |
| 1899 - 1902 |
Apprenticed to Sir D. Fox, a civil
engineer (G1) |
| 1902 |
Spent a year in Sweden at a
quarry (G1) |
| 1903 |
Went to Transvaal in land survey
work (G1) |
| 1906 |
Went to Brazil in land survey
work (G1) |
| 1908 |
Back to Africa, Angola, to
railway survey work (G1) |
| 1909 |
Joined mother and sister, now
living at Silverholme, (W shore) on
Windermere(G1) |
| 1912 |
Designed and flew first sea-plane
(G1) (G2) |
| 1914 - 1918 |
Worked at Loughborough (G1) |
| 1918 - 1925 |
Worked at Rochester, “Short Bros” (G1) |
| 1925 |
Married, Sep 15, Barbara Collingwood, and with Oscar’s mother, now over
80, lived at Bettyfold, Hawkshead, also Hollin Bank , Coniston. d
Janet(G1) |
| 1927 |
Prospected for copper in the
Coniston Fells(G1) |
| 1953 |
Died 17 Feb (G1) |