Augustus Angel Roake
He was born in 1829 in Reading, a son of James White and Mary Roake. He was baptised on 14 June 1829 at St. Lawrence, Reading. His father was a Draper, Haberdasher and Hosier. In 1851 he was an Assistant Draper working for Thomas Thorpe, a Linen Draper in the High Street, Rye. By 1861 he had moved to Newbury where he was trading as a Draper at 14 Bartholomew Street employing two assistants. His brother John Joseph Roake - a Pawnbroker and Clothier - and his large family are living next door and their father James White Roake, now a Proprietor of Houses, is living at Upland Villas, Newtown Road. In the same year he married Hannah, a sister of William George Adey. He died suddenly aged 37 years on 10 May 1866 and he was buried on 15 May 1866.

Probate was granted to his widow Hannah Roake. effects under £3000
Source: Births & Christenings 14/6/1829; 1851/1861 Census; Marriage Index 3Q1861; Death Index 2Q 1866; Probate & Wills; Reading Mercury dated 12/5/1866.
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