The Ostler family consists of Edward Ostler, shopkeeper of Newport, Monmouthshire, and Penarth, Glamorgan, his half sister Mary, who married H.J. Stokes, mayor of Aberavon in 1893, and his step-mother Sarah Ostler, formerly Mrs John Welch of Bath. They were all Evangelicals and involved in voluntary church work.

Papers of the Ostler family, consisting of:

• Letters to Edward Ostler, mainly from members of his family, c. 1841 - c. 1912
• Journal of Edward Ostler, 1875-97
• Papers of Edward Ostler, 1868-1911, mainly relating to financial affairs, and of Mary Ostler, including extracts from her diary, 1857-62
• Correspondence between Mary Ostler and her fiancé, H.J. Stokes, 1870-2, with miscellaneous letters to Mary Ostler, 1860-1904
• Letters to various members of the Ostler and Stokes families, 1808-1923
• Papers of Sarah Ostler, 1842-66, with printed memorial, trade and greetings cards, 1865-1924
• Commonplace book of E. Statira Ostler, sister of Edward, 1892-1903
• Notebook containing copies of verse, late 19th century

The papers were bought from J.R. Wrigley in 1971.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 44122-9.

Evangelicalism

Diaries | 19th century

Ostler | Edward | 1833-1912 | shopkeeper

Ostler | Elizabeth Statira | 1829-1904

Ostler | Sarah | d 1869

Stokes | Mary Lavinia | 1846-1923 | nee Ostler

Ostler | family | Newport