Alice Maude Mary Guy

1861-1934

Alice’s birth was registered as Alice Ann, she was baptised Alice Maude Mary on the 21^st July 1861 in Southbroom with Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, the daughter of George (a Shoemaker) and Anne Oakford (nee Gay) who were married on the 21^st October 1854 at Southbroom in the Chapel of St James, Wiltshire (as George Edward and Ann).

George and Ann also had the following children

Anna Maria born 1855

Ellen Sophia born 1858            (both baptised 23^rd May 1858 Anna Maria recorded as Fanny Maria)

Thomas Edward born 1864 baptised 24^th December 1865

Charles James baptised 9^th June 1867

In 1871 Alice (8) was living at the Nursery Canal Side, St James Devizes Wiltshire with her parents and siblings, Ellen (11), Thomas (6) and Charles (4).

The 1881 census records Alice (19) as a Housemaid in Hillsworth, St James, Devizes, for an Arthur Dorcas (37), a Prison Chaplain and his family.

Alice married in 1885.

Marriage details:
Place: St Peter, Devizes, Wiltshire

Date: 21^st March 1885

Groom: Thomas William Guy, aged 21, Bachelor, occupation, Railway Porter, abode, The Nursery

Bride: Alice Maud Mary Oakford, aged 23, spinster, abode, St John’s Street

Fathers: George Oakford, a Shoemaker and William Guy, a Carriage Fitter

Witnesses: Charles R Ma---- and Jane Eliza Barnes

Bride and Groom both signed

Alice and Thomas had the following children:

Florence Gertrude 1885 in Winchester

Emily Dalson 1887 in Shrivenham

Edith Agnes 1889 in Shrivenham

William Thomas c1892 in Devizes (aka Thomas William)

Ellen Beatrice c1895 in Compton Berkshire

May Ethel c1898 in Moreton Berkshire

Ernest George 1901 in Faringdon 

The 1891 census records Alice (29) living at 22 Wharf Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, with her husband Thomas (26), a Railway Goods Checker, and her daughters Florence (5), Emily (3) and Edith (1).

In 1901 Alice (38), Thomas (36), a Railway Porter Forman and their children Florence (15), Edith (11), Emily (3), Thomas (9), Ellen (6) and May (3), were living in Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Berkshire. (Surname recorded as Guel on ancestry)

By 1908 the family were living in Jubilee Road, Newbury, Berkshire.

Edith Agnes died aged 19 in 1908, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th November.

The 1911 census records Alice (48), Thomas (47), a Railway Shunter, Emily (24), a Laundry Assistant, William Thomas (19), Iron Moulder (Foundry), Helen Beatrice (16) (Ellen), a Drapery Shop Assistant, May Ethel (13), Ernest George (9) and a boarder, John Davis (26), a Railway Clerk, living at 2 Alpha Cottages, Jubilee Road, Newbury.

The 1921 census records Alice, Thomas, their children William, Ellen, May and Ernest, their daughter-in-law Elsie (wife of William) and their grandson Arthur, living in Jubilee Road, Newbury.

Alice Maude Mary Guy died aged 73 in 1934, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th September

The 1939 register records Thomas as Retire Railway Servant, living in Rotherstone, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Thomas William Guy died aged 75 in 1940 in Devizes District Hospital, his body was brought to Newbury and he as laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th May.

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