Joseph Oliver and Ellen Tubb

Click on map to enlarge - The area where the Olivers and Tubbs originated is between Swindon and Reading just south of the M4 highway and close to Hungerford.
Ramsbury, Wiltshire is NW of Hungerford;
Kintbury, Berkshire is SE of Hungerford;
Inkpen is south of Kintbury.
Calstone-Wellington, Wiltshire (Oliver) is SW of Swindon and west of Hungerford
These places are all within 15 miles of Hungerford, Berkshire.

We know that Mary Ellen Oliver (Mrs. John Peacock) was the eldest child of Joseph Oliver and Ellen **Tubb (**from M.E.'s death certificate), and that she was born in Markham, Ontario on February 9, 1858 when her mother was not quite twenty-four years old. Joseph's age fluctuates over the years. In the 1861 census, he stated that he was 4 years older than his wife. By 1891, the age difference was 11 years. Ellen's age was consistent in the census records.

And Mrs. Peacock's obituary states that her parents returned to England after her birth, probably about 1860 before the birth of George. They returned to Canada before the 1871 census was taken in Muskoka, as the family appears as Joseph and Ellen and five children. The census records confirm that all the Oliver children were born in England except Mary Ellen, the eldest, and John, the youngest son who was born May, 1874, and Grace Louise, the youngest daughter who was born in 1880.

Mary Ellen was baptised in England:

Mary Ellen Oliver, daughter of Joseph and Ellen
Born 9 Feb 1858Baptised - 9 Sept 1860, Inkpen, Berkshire, EnglandSource: IGI

The 1861 Census for Inkpen, Berkshire provides the following important information:
Address: Great Common - 1 house
Joseph Oliver, head, married, 31, agricultural labourer
b. Calston(e), Wiltshire
Ellen Oliver, wife, 27, born Kintbury, Berkshire
Mary Oliver, daughter, 3, born Canada
George Oliver, son, 8 months, born Inkpen, Berkshire
Joseph and Ellen's third child, Ada Matilda, was baptised in Amesbury, Wiltshire (this is close to Stonehenge). The family probably lived in Wiltshire until they returned to Canada sometime before 1871. The other baptisms in England have not been found.

Ada Matilda Oliver, daughter of Joseph and Ellen
Born 14 Jan 1864
Baptised - 1864 Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Source: IGI
The TUBB Family

Ellen Tubb (Mrs. Joseph Oliver) was the daugher of George Tubb and Arabella Rosier who were married in Kintbury, Berkshire February 14, 1831. Ellen was baptised in Kintbury on March 16, 1834.

I have not found George Tubb in a census; however, Arabella appears in 1841, 1851 and 1861 census records.


1841 Census - Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Arabella Tubb, 45, dressmaker, b. Berkshire
James Rosier, 15, agricultural labourer, b. Berkshire
Thomas Rosier, 13, b. Berkshire (father 'Hopkins' on bap. 1827)
John Tubb, 9, b. Berkshire
Ellen Tubb, 7, b. Berkshire

1851 Census - Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Arabella Tubb, 56, widow, seamstress, b. Berkshire
John Tubb, 19, unm, agricultural labourer, b. Berkshire
Ellen Tubb, 17, seamstress, b. Berkshire
Thomas Rosier, 23, unm, potter's labourer, b. Berkshire

1861 Census - Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Richard Hill, 39, coachman, b. Wiltshire
Arabella Tubb, 64, servant/housekeeper, b. Berkshire

Arabella Tubb died in Hungerford District in 1871 at the age of 76.


George Tubb was the son of John Tubb and Mary Golding who were married in Kintbury on June 6, 1796. George was baptised in the same place on September 28, 1796.

Arabella Rosier was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Rosier. She was baptised in Kintbury, Berkshire November 2, 1794. (A Thomas Rosier married Mary Collier May 20, 1790 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire (NW of Hungerford). These may be Arabella's parents.) A brother, Silvanus Rosier, was baptised in Kintbury Dec 12, 1790 to a Thomas and Mary Rosier.