Vashti Ann Lamdin

c1815-1851

Vashti Ann was baptised on the 21^st November 1815, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Palmer.

She married Thomas Lamdin on the 20^th October 1833, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.

The 1841 census records Vashti as Ann, aged 25, living with Thomas, aged 30, a Porter, in West Mills, Newbury, Berkshire. (Surname recorded as Landin on ancestry)

Vashti died aged 35 in 1851. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 5^th February.

Thomas (38) was recorded in the 1851 census, as a Grocer’s Porter, living in Union Chapel Yard, Newbury. His father-in-law Thomas Palmer (64), a Cordwainer, was recorded living with him. (Surname recorded as Lamna on ancestry)

Thomas remarried in 1852, his 2^nd wife was Elizabeth Sims

They had the following 4 children, all born in Newbury:

Elizabeth Jane born 1853

William Thomas born 1856

Charlotte Ann born c1859

Eliza Mary born 1861

The family were recorded living at 5 Trafalgar Place, Newbury in both the 1861 and 1871 census records, Thomas was recorded as Grocer’s Porter.

Thomas died aged 61 on the 31^st July 1871, at Trafalgar Place, Bartholomew Street, Newbury. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 3^rd August.

Elizabeth died aged 66 on the 17^th July 1893. She was laid to rest in Newtown Road on 20th July.

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