Unnamed Atkins

buried 20^th September 1869

This stillborn baby was the child of Joseph and Mary Ann Atkins (nee Seward) who were married on the 7^th May 1865 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire.

Joseph was a Bricklayer, he was born in 1839 in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Simon and Martha Atkins (formerly Burkett, nee Hopson, later Hibberd) who were married on the 13^th June 1836 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

Mary Ann was born c1837 in Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of Daniel and Adah Seward (nee Newman) who were married on the 10^th January 1835 at St Mary Thatcham, Berkshire.

Joseph and Mary Ann also had a son William Simon born in 1871, who was baptised on the 31^st May 1871 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

The 1871 census records Joseph (31) living with his wife Mary (33), his widowed mother Martha Hibberd (67) and his nephew Frederick Atkins (13), in Northbrook Street, Newbury.

Joseph died aged 32 in 1872, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th June.

Mary Ann remarried in 1876, her 2^nd husband was Henry Portsmouth.

Mary Ann Portsmouth died aged 41 in 1878, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 24^th September.

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