Roger Bruce Osborne (formerly Oppenheim) 1917-1982

[Ashwell]

Am anxious to get in contact with any close family members or relatives of the above-named

Ashwell

[Girl Guide]

When did he change from being Oppenheim to Osborne and where was he born?

His death is recorded in the DQ 1982 registration district is Croydon, Volume no 11, Page 1828

Birth year is given as 2nd August 1917.

Have you obtained his death certificate to see who registered his death?

[Girl Guide]

If I have the right man, in 1939 he is single and living in Norfolk.  Date of birth is the same as that on the death record.

Do you know if he married?  If he did have you checked for any children from the marriage?

[Ashwell]

He was born in 1917 in Banda, India, the son of Ernst Oppenheim who was Commissioner in the United Provinces. He married Vera, a nurse from Sunderland and they lived in various parts of London, ending up in Warlingham and then Croydon.  Roger’s mother changed the family name by deedpoll in 1939

Ashwell

[Annette7]

He possibly married a Vera Marshall in Sept.1946 Sheffield.

A few years later they start appearing in Surrey electoral rolls.

A Vera Marshall born 16/3/1912 was in Sheffield 1939 - and a Vera Osborne b.16/3/1912 also died in Croydon Dec.2002.

Apparently a death notice was in the Times on 14th Dec 1982 which may give further information on his family but I don't have access to newspapers for this date.   Perhaps someone else reading this thread may have.

Annette

[Ashwell]

Thanks for this Annette7

Yes, it was definitely Vera Marshall who was a nurse, so maybe moved to Sheffield to work

The potted history I have of Roger Osborne simply states:

“In 1946, he married Vera Marshall from Sunderland”

So her birth is probably recorded there, rather than in Sheffield where she may just have been working in 1939.  There is mention of the fact that - during the war - she was working as a nurse in Burma

Ashwell

[Girl Guide]

I've found the death notice in the Times which says:-

OSBORNE, ROGER BRUCE - Founder and former principal of Cambridge Tutors, Croydon, Surrey, suddenly on Friday December 10th 1982 in his 65th year.  Funeral service at the Unitarian Church, Croydon at 10.15 am on Friday December 17th followed by cremation.  Family flowers only, donations if desired to Save The Children, The British Heart Foundation and Amnesty International.  All enquiries to Cambridge Tutors, Water Tower Hill, Croydon.

The phone number is not clear but it looks like 01 688 5284

[Girl Guide]

Cambridge Tutors still exists today

Cambridge Tutors College is an Independent Sixth Form College situated in South Croydon, outer London.
Address: 1 Water Tower Hill, Croydon CR0 5SX
Phone: 020 8688 5284
Number of students: 210 (approx)
Chair of Trust Council: Anthony Pearson BA Dip. PSA,CBE
Founded: 1958

[Tessaro]

I notice that there is some interest in Roger Bruce Osborne.  I am a family member and can probably offer some information.