Susannah Moth

c1859-1930

Susannah, her parents, siblings and early life:

Susannah was born c1859 Adbury, Hampshire, the daughter of Henry and Jane Smith (nee Pearce) who were married on the 21^st August 1856 in Ecchinswell, Hampshire.

Her father Henry was born c1832 in Ecchinswell, Hampshire. He was baptised on the 1^st July 1832, in Kingsclere, Hampshire, the son of John and Mary Smith.

Her mother Jane was born in Ecchinswell, she was baptised on the 1^st February 1829 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, the daughter of David and Ann Pearce.

Henry and Jane also had a daughter, Eveline Maria, born 1857, in Adbury.

In 1861 Susannah (2) was living Adbury, Hampshire with her father Henry (28), a Postman, her mother Jane (32) and her sister Eveline (3).

The 1871 census records Susannah (12), living in Adbury with her father Henry (38) a Post Messenger, her mother Jane (41) and her widowed grandfather John Smith (63), an Agricultural Labourer.

Susannah in later life:

By 1881 Susannah (22) was working as a Cook for a William Burgess (53) a Draper & Clothier and his family, in the Market Place, Newbury Berkshire.

Susannah married in 1885

Marriage details:

Place: All Saints, Burghclere, Hampshire

Date: 1^st October 1885

Groom: Caleb Henry Moth, aged 22, bachelor, occupation, Groom, abode, Ellesborough, Bucks

Bride: Susannah Smith, aged 25, spinster, abode, Burghclere, Hampshire

Fathers: John Moth and Henry Smith, both Labourers

Witnesses: Richard Nightingale and Eleanor Louise Nightingale

(Caleb was born in Burghclere, Hampshire. He was baptised on the 26^th April 1863, in Burghclere, the son of John and Harriet Moth (nee Belcher) who were married in 1854 (marriage registered in Newbury))

Caleb and Susannah had the following children:

Henry John, born 1886 in Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire

Frank, born 7^th November 1889, in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire

By 1891 Caleb was working as a Domestic Gardener. The census for this year records Caleb (28) living at Littlecote Lodge, Chilton Foliat, with Susannah (31), his children Henry (4) and Frank (1) and his mother-in-law Jane Smith (60).

Their son Henry John died aged 8, on the 26^th December 1894, at Alma Cottage, Bartholomew Street, Newbury. He was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29^th December.

By 1901 Caleb (38) and Susannah (42) were living at 2 Hereford Place, Newbury, Berkshire.

The 1911 census records Caleb and Susannah living in Chieveley, Berkshire.

The 1921 census records Caleb and Susannah living Stoney Heath, Ramsdell, Baughurst, Hampshire, with an Annie E. M. Wimberly. Caleb was working as a Gardener for Annie.

Susannah died aged 71, on the 11^th March 1930, at 5 Bartholomew Almshouses, Newbury. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13^th March.

Caleb died aged 74 in 1937, at “Penrose” Chandos Road, Newbury, (the home of his son Frank). He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th September.

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