John Malachi Hazell

1855-1919

John’s birth was registered as Malachi Hazell in the December quarter 1855 in Newbury. He was baptised as Malachi on the 28^th June 1857 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, the son of John and Ellen (Eleanor) Hazell (nee Curtis) who were married in 1846 (marriage registered in Newbury).  In his early life John was known as Malachi, in later life he was known as both John and John Malachi Hazell.

His mother Eleanor (aka Ellen) was born in Newbury she was baptised on the 23^rd May 1828 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, the daughter of Adam and Hannah Curtis (nee Moore) who were married on the 21^st November 1810 in Thatcham, Berkshire. Ellen died aged 33 in 1861, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th July.

His father John was born c1817 in Greenham, Berkshire. John died aged 66 in the Newbury Workhouse in 1877, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th May

John and Ellen also had the following two children:

Albert 1852

Elizabeth 1858

In 1851 John’s parents, John (33) and Ellen (22) were living with Ellen’s grandmother Mary Moore (90) in Back Lane, Newbury. John was recorded as a Labourer (Working on the Road) and Ellen was recorded as Nursing Mary Moore.

In the 1861 census John (46), Ellen (33), Albert (8), Malachi (7) and Elizabeth (6) were recorded living in Lewis’s Buildings Newbury John was recorded as an Agricultural Labourer.

In the 1871 census John (52), Albert (19), Malachi (16) and Elizabeth (13) were recorded living in the City, Newbury. John, Albert and Malachi were recorded as Labourers. (Surname recorded as Hagell on ancestry)

Malachi married (as John Hazell) Ellen Randall (nee Stratton, a widow with 5 children) in 1882 (marriage registered in Newbury)

(Ellen (Eleanor) was born in 1847 in Woodspeen, Berkshire, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stratton (nee Allen) who were married in Speen in 1831, Ellen married Thomas Randall in 1868 she was widowed in 1878)

John and Ellen had the following children:
John Henry 1883

Twins: Daniel and John 1885 (John died aged 15 days, he was laid to rest in the NRC on the 21^st December)

 Elizabeth Annie 1888

Caroline Sarah 1891

In 1891 the family were living in St Mary’s Hill, Newbury, John was working as a General Labourer.

Ellen died aged 54 in 1901, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th February.

John Malachi died aged 62 on the 10^th October 1919, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th October.

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