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Unnamed (stillborn) Pottinger
1851-1851
This child’s parents were James and Caroline Pottinger (nee Giles).
Father: James was born on the 28th March 1816, he was baptised on the 5th May 1816 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of William (a Millwright) and Rachel Pottinger (nee Mouldey) who were married on the 2nd July 1810, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
Mother: Caroline was baptised on the 23rd July 1823, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of William (a Labourer) and Mary Giles (formerly Jones, a widow) who were married on the 14th September 1811, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.
James and Caroline were married in 1847
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Date: 28th March 1847
Groom: James Pottinger, full age, bachelor, occupation, Bargeman, abode, Newbury
Bridge: Caroline Giles, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury
Fathers: William Pottinger, a Millwright and William Giles, a Labourer
Witnesses: Alfred Giles and George Stillman
Bride and Groom made their mark
They had the following children baptised at St Nicolas Newbury (James recorded as a Labourer on all three baptisms):
Ann Maria, 27th August 1854
Rachel, 23rd April 1860 (died 1860 buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th May.)
George, 26th April 1863
The 1851 census records James (31) as a Boat Man, living in Lewis’s Buildings, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with Caroline (28) and a widower, George Marshall (42), a Shoemaker.
In 1861 James (40), a Labourer in a Flour Mill, Caroline (37) and their daughter Ann Maria (6), were still living in Lewis’s Buildings.
James Pottinger died aged 46 in 1864. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19th March.
Caroline remarried in 1865
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Date: 13th February 1865
Groom: Henry Townsend, full age, bachelor, occupation, Sawyer, abode, Newbury
Bride: Caroline Pottinger, full age, widow, abode, Newbury
Fathers: William Giles, a Labourer, no father recorded for Henry
Witnesses: Joshua Hamblin and John Redford Stillman
Bride and Groom made their mark
The 1871 census records Henry (47) as a Labourer, living at 19 Shaw’s Lane, Newbury, with Caroline (48), a Charwoman and her children, Ann (16) and George (8).
The 1881 census records Henry (49) a Labourer, living in West Mills, Newbury, with Caroline (57).
In 1891 Henry (68) was again recorded as a Labourer, he was living at 4, Vine’s Buildings, Newbury, with Caroline (66), her son George Pottinger (27) a Labourer, recorded as a boarder and a John Quall (26), a boarder.
Henry Townsend died aged 63 on the 22nd November 1899, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 25th November.
The 1901 census records Caroline (78) living at 1, Vine’s Cottages, Kennet Road, Newbury. Her married daughter Ann(e) Dibley (43) and her son-in-law James Dibley (43) a bricklayer, were living with her. (surname recorded as Iownsend on ancestry)
Caroline Townsend died aged 79 on the 16th April 1903, in the Newbury Workhouse, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 20th April
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