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John Freeman
1852-1879
John was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Samuel of Emma Freeman (nee Sharp) who were married on the 3rd October 1843 in Wolverton, Hampshire.
His father Samuel was a Millwright, he was born on the 18th April 1817 in Newbury Berkshire and was baptised on the 14th May at Northcroft Lane Meeting House, Newbury, (Baptist) the son of John and Sarah Freeman (nee May) who were married on the 31st August 1800 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.
His mother Emma was born c1823 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Sharp (nee Griffiths) who were married on the 13th September 1819 at St Giles, Reading, Berkshire. ((Mary Elizabeth was recorded as Elizabeth on the marriage record).
Samuel and Emma also had the following children:
Samuel Henry 1844 in Reading
Mary Elizabeth 1846 in Reading
Charlotte 1849 in Reading (died 1849)
Charlotte 1850 in Reading
Louisa 1855 in Newbury
Fanny c1858 in Newbury
Caroline 1859 in Newbury
Emily 1861 in Newbury
Richard Thomas c1864 in Newbury (died in 1865, buried in a private grave in the NRC on the 1st December)
Charles Sharp 1867 in Newbury
In 1861 John (9) was living in West Mills, Newbury with his parents and siblings Mary (15), Charlotte (12), Louisa (6), Fanny (3) and Caroline (1).
The 1871 census records John (18) as a Clerk, boarding at 12 Millbrook Road, Westminster, London.
John died aged 27 on the 2nd October 1879 in London, he was brought to Newbury and was buried in a family grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6th October.
Other family members buried in the family grave with him were his parents Samuel Freeman (buried 1906) and Emma Freeman (buried 1917), his brother and sister-in-law, Samuel Henry Freeman (buried 1920) and Mary Anna Freeman (buried 1928), his sisters Charlotte Bryant (buried 1886) and Caroline Offer (buried 1929) and his niece Fanny Louisa Wood, the daughter of his sister Louisa. (buried 1896).
Mrs P Page 56 NE39(A)
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