Harry Viner

and

Elsie Viner

1898-1898

Harry and Elsie were twins, they were born in Newbury, Berkshire, the children of Henry and Emily Adelaide Viner (nee Church).

Harry and Elsie both died not long after birth, they were both buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30^th September 1898.

Their family:

Their father Henry was born in 1864 in Wiltshire, the son of James and Ann Viner (nee Knipe) who were married in 1863 (marriage registered in Chippenham, Wilts). Henry married twice. His first wife was Sarah Ann Canning, they were married in 1889 (marriage registered in Newbury).

They had the following two children:

Florence Annie, born on the 14^th August 1889

William Harry born in 1892 (died aged 0 in 1893, laid to rest in the NRC on the 18^th March as William Henry)

In 1891 Henry (26), a Grocer’s Porter, Sarah (22) and their daughter Florence (1), were living at 22 Waterloo Place, Newbury.

Henry was widowed in 1894, Sarah died aged 26, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 31^st August.

Their mother Emily Adelaide was born on the 9^th April 1875 in Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of Joseph and Martha Church (nee Hazell) who were married in 1857 (marriage registered in Wantage).

Henry married his 2^nd wife, Emily Adelaide Church in 1897 (marriage registered in Newbury)

They also had a daughter, Edith Winifred, born on the 7^th December 1899. (also known as Winifred Edith)

Henry died aged 35 in 1900, he was laid to rest in the NRC on the 14^th May.

After Henry’s death his daughter Florence Annie went to live with her aunt and uncle Samuel and Mary Pocock (nee Canning) in Old Newtown Road, Newbury.

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The 1901 census records Emily (25) as an Upholsterer living at 4 Waterloo Place, Newbury, with her widowed mother Martha (65), her brother Frederick (17) and her daughter Winifred (1).

In 1911 Emily (35) was recorded as an Upholsterer, living at 4 Waterloo Place, Newbury with her daughter Winifred (11) and her brother Richard Church (44), a Postman.

Emily remarried in 1919 (marriage registered in Newbury), her 2^nd husband was Harry Jones.

Harry Jones died in 1926.

In 1939 Emily was living at 1 West Street Newbury, she was still working as an Upholsterer and was living with her married daughter Edith W. May and her grandson Clifford R. May.

Emily Adelaide Jones died on the 18^th May 1957, at the time of her death she was living at 1 West-street, Newbury, Berkshire.

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