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Oliver Stanton

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1904.
January 1903.

Oliver Stanton (1865- ), Automobile instructor to the Prince of Wales

c1865 Born in Fort wayne, Indiana, USA

1901 Boarding in a Coventry hotel. Living on own means.[1]

1904 STANTON, M. Oliver, 5, Cornwall Mansions, Clarence Gate, W. Is a well-known motor "coach." Taught his Majesty, King Edward VII. how to drive a motor-car. Is an American by birth, and hails from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He commenced his motoring career in 1897, and started with the Daimler Company. Was the originator of the first motor funeral in the world, the function taking place at Coventry in 1900. [2]

1908 Resident in Fulham Workhouse.

1909 December. Sails from Liverpool to USA with his wife on the SS Umbria.

1911 Living at 63 Charlwood Street, St Georges Road, South Belgravia: Oliver Stanton (age 45 born America), Licensed Taxi Driver - B. M. C. Cab Co.[3]

1912 February. Some details about. Appears to have hit hard times. Has been to California but now returned. Wife very ill.[4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1901 Census
  2. ↑ Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1904
  3. ↑ 1911 Census
  4. ↑ The Autocar 1912/03/09
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