Mary Walker

c1778-1852

Mary Field was born in Newbury, Berkshire. She married John Walker on the 18^th June 1798 in Greenham, Berkshire.

The had the following three children:

Maria, born on the 4^th March 1799, baptised on the 27^th March 1799 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury

Eliza, baptised on the 18^th July 1813 in Greenham, Berkshire

Ann, baptised on the 16^th January 1818 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury

The 1815 census of Newbury records John Walker (46), Mary (40), their daughters Maria (16), Eliza (2) and a Thomas Coker (45) a Bootmaker, living at the Three Trouts, Northcroft Lane, Newbury. (John was probably the Landlord but not stated as such)

Mary was widowed in 1839, John died aged 67, he was buried on the 26^th November, at St Nicolas Newbury. (Obituary records John Walker, for many years, Landlord of the Rose and Crown, Northcroft Lane, Newbury)

The 1839 Robson’s Directory, records Mary Walker at the Rose and Crown, Northcroft Lane, Newbury.

In 1841 Mary (60), was recorded as an Innkeeper, in Northcroft Lane, Newbury, her daughter Eliza (25) (recorded as Elizabeth), was living with her.

The 1851 census records Mary (74), as an Almswoman, late a Victualler, living in Raymond’s Almshouses, Newbury, Berkshire. Her daughter Eliza (37), late a Victualler and her granddaughter Eliza Lewis (9), (the daughter of her married daughter Ann and her husband Henry Lewis) were recorded living with her. (Surname mistakenly recorded as Walter on ancestry)

Mary’s daughter Eliza died aged 38 in 1851. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th December. (NBI has recorded the date of burial as the 9^th December)

Mary died aged 74 in 1852. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19^th April.

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