Chester le Street Chronicle and District Advertiser, 3rd August 1923
THE LATE MR. JOHN JOSEPH OXLEY.
All that was mortal of the late Mr, John Joseph Oxley, of Warden House, Washington Station, husband of Mrs. Annie Oxley and second son of the late Mr. George Oxley, timber merchant, of Holmside, was laid to rest on Friday last week in Gateshead East Cemetery.
The Chief Mourners were:-
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There were also present
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5th paragraph says:-
The late Mr Oxley spent many years abroad, mostly in Canada and Newfoundland. He was married to a Canadian lady, Miss Annie McGillivray, in Perth, Canada, on September 23rd 1886. A few years later he went to Newfoundland, where he acquired large mineral and timber concessions. Returning to England in 1913, he leased North Biddick Hall, Washington Station, where he resided till 1920. He was made a Mason in Perth, Canada, in 1885.
