In the 1871 census 3 North Street, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
Head Emma Oxby, married, age 35, dress maker, born Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
Son John Oxby, age 5, scholar, born Barrow on Soar
Daughter Sarah E. Oxby, age 3, born Barrow on Soar
Daughter Charlotte Oxby, age 4 weeks, born Barrow
Aunt Sarah Ward, age 74, born Leicester
4 North Street
Head John Simpkin, age 44, Cordwainer, born Barrow on Soar
Wife Susan Simpkin, age 48, born Ruston, Northamptonshire

In the 1891 census Long Watton, Leicestershire
Head Emma Oxby, widow, age 56, farmer, employer, born Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
Son John Oxby, single, age 25, farmer, employed, born Barrow on Soar
Daughter Sarah Oxby, single, age 23, mother’s help, employed, born Barrow on Soar
Daughter Charlotte P. Oxby, single, age 20, mother’s help, born Barrow on Soar
Daughter Ada Oxby, single, age 17, mother’s help, born Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire
1 farm servant Thomas Shaw, age 19

In the April to June1896 marriage index John Oxby and Elizabeth Peat, Loughborough district, Leicestershire, volume 7a, page 270A

In the 1901 census Derby Road, Hathern, Leicestershire
Head John Oxby, married, age 35, farmer, employer, born Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
Wife Elizabeth Oxby, married, age 40, farmers wife, born Diseworth, Leicestershire
Son George W. Oxby, age 4, born Hathern
Son John F. Oxby, age 1, born Hathern
Mother Emma Oxby, widow, age 65, retired farmer, born Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire

In the 1911 census Hathern Loughborough, Leicestershire
Head John Oxley, age 45, farmer and grazier, employer, born Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
Wife Elizabeth Oxby, age 50, married 15 years, 3 children born alive - 2 still living, born Diseworth, Leicestershire
Son George William Oxby, age 14, school, born Hathern
Son John Francis Oxby, age 11, school, born Hathern
1 farm servant

National Probate Calendar
John Oxby of Moors Farm Hathern Leicestershire farmer died 3 January 1919 probate Leicester 5 March 1919 to Elizabeth Oxby widow. Effects 2340 pounds