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Frances Alway
c1796-1869
Frances, her parents, siblings and early life:
Frances and her twin brother Oswald were born on the 9th November 1796, they were baptised on the 27th November 1796 at St Mary Thatcham, Berkshire, the children of Oswald and Sarah Northway (nee Fisher) who were married on the 23rd September 1776 at St Mary Thatcham.
Oswald and Sarah also had the following children baptised at St Mary Thatcham:
William 6/7/1777
John 9/8/1778
Hannah 30/7/1780
Benjamin 17/3/1782
Sarah 4/3/1787
Mary 23/11/1788
Charlotte 31/1/1790
Ann 22/4/1792
Maria 27/2/1799
Her father Oswald was born c1753. He was widowed in 1825. Sarah was buried on the 22nd February1825 in Thatcham. Oswald remarried on the 28th November 1828 at St Mary Thatcham. His 2nd wife was Amy Cooper, a widow. Oswald died in 1832 he was buried on the 5th February in Thatcham.
Frances in later life:
Frances married Daniel Alway on the 27th December 1817 at St Mary Thatcham Berkshire (both were single).
They had the following children:
Matilda baptised 3rd October 1819 at St Mary Thatcham
Sarah baptised 22nd July 1821 at St Mary Thatcham
Jesse baptised 14th December 1823 at St Mary (The Minster) Reading (surname mistakenly recorded as Holloway)
Henry baptised 7th June 1829 at St Mary (The Minster) Reading
Emily baptised 13th May 1832 at St Nicolas Newbury (surname mistakenly recorded as Holloway)
Mary Ann baptised 5th July 1835 at St Nicolas Newbury
Daniel was recorded as a Journeyman Carpenter in 1841, a Wheelwright in 1851, a Master Carpenter in 1861 and a Carpenter in 1871.
In 1841 the family were living in Back Lane, Newbury. The 1851 and 1861 census records record Daniel and Frances living in St Mary’s Hill, Newbury.
In 1851 their daughters Mary Ann and Emily were recorded living with them.
In 1861 their married daughter Mary Dowling, her husband Charles Dowling, a Groom and their granddaughter Emily Dowling (1) were recorded living with them.
Frances died aged 75 in 1869, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26th November.
The 1871 census again records Daniel living in St Mary’s Hill, Newbury.
Daniel died aged 84 on the 13th August 1873 at Northcroft Lane, Newbury (the home of his daughter Emily and her 2nd husband John Cooper), he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16th August.
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