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Robert/Richard Thomas Freeman
c1864-1865
Richard was born in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Samuel and Emma Freeman (nee Sharp) who were married on the 3rd October 1843 at St Mary the Minster Reading, Berkshire.
Richard Thomas died (age at death recorded as 1 on the GRO website and 2 on the NBI) in 1865, he was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st December. (He has been mistakenly recorded as Robert T Freeman in the NRC Company Accounts Book)
Richard’s family:
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. Samuel died aged 89 on the 7th May 1906, he was laid to rest in a family grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9th May.
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. Emma died aged 94 on the 12th March 1917 in Reading, her body was brought to Newbury and she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16th March with her husband Samuel
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
John 1852 in Reading
Louisa 1855 in Newbury
Fanny c1858 in Newbury
Caroline 1859 in Newbury
Emily 1861 in Newbury
Charles Sharp 1867 in Newbury
In 1851 his father Samuel (33), mother Emma (26), his brother Samuel Henry (6), and his sisters Mary Elizabeth (4) and Charlotte (11 months) were living in Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire. Also recorded living in the household was his aunt, Charlotte Sharp (28).
The 1861 census records Richard’s parents and siblings, Mary (15), Charlotte (12), John (9), Louisa (6), Fanny (3) and Caroline (1), living in West Mills, Newbury.
Both the 1871 and 1881 census records also record Samuel and Emma living in West Mills, Newbury.
By 1891 Emma and Samuel (now retired), were lodging with their widowed daughter Louisa Wood (34) at 17 Craven Street, Newbury. Also recorded in the household were Louisa’s children Fanny (11), Alfred (10) and Samuel (8), Louisa’s brother Charles Sharp Freeman (23), Louisa’s aunt, Charlotte Sharp (69) and a boarder, George Carter (18).
By 1901 Emma and Samuel were living at 10 Kimber’s Almshouses, Newbury.
The 1911 census records Emma (88) living at 144 London Road, Reading with her daughter Louisa Newton (55) (formerly Wood, nee Freeman), her son-in-law Frederick William Newton (60), her granddaughter Gladys Newton (13) and a boarder Percy John Adey (21).
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