Edward Coxhead

1872-1872

Edward was born on the 28^th March 1872, the illegitimate son of Anna Maria Coxhead of Hampstead Marshall. He died on the 8^th April in the Newbury Workhouse and was laid to rest in in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10^th April.

Edward’s family:

His mother Anna Maria was baptised as Anne Maria, on the 8^th May 1836, in East Woodhay, Hampshire, the daughter of William (a Labourer) and Anna (Hannah) Coxhead of Woodhay.

Her parents William Coxhead and Hannah Bailey, were married on the 15^th May 1828, at St Mary, Kintbury, Berkshire. Witnesses were Lucy Bailey and Charles Watts.

Anna Maria had also the following illegitimate children:

Eliza, 1858 in Hampstead Marshall

Frederick James, 1861 in Hampstead Marshall

Louisa Ann 1864 in Hampstead Marshall

Elizabeth, 1867 in Woodhay Hampshire

In 1861 Hannah M (25) was recorded as a Housekeeper, living in Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire. She was living with her widowed father William (62), an Agricultural Labourer, her brother Edwin (29), an Agricultural Labourer and her daughter Eliza (3).

The 1871 census record H. M. Coxhead (34), a Field Hand, as an inmate in the Newbury Workhouse. Her children, Frederick (9), Louisa Ann (6) and Elizabeth (3) were also recorded living in the Workhouse. Her father William (75) was now living alone in Hampstead Marshall and was working as a Labourer.

Hannah Maria married in 1872

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury

Date: 18^th December 1872

Groom: Edward Crook, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Newbury

Bride: Hannah Maria Coxhead, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury

Fathers: William Coxhead and ? Crook, both Labourers

Witnesses: John R. Stillman and Ann Case or Carr

(Edward Crook was born c1820 in either St Marylebone London or Donnington, Berkshire).

Edward and Hannah had the following children:

Mary Maria, baptised 28^th September 1875 in Wootton, Hampshire

Ellen Georgina, baptised 18^th August 1878 in Wootton, Hampshire

William, baptised 4^th September 1881, at St Nicolas Newbury

The 1881 census records Hannah M (44) as a Charwoman, living in Rose and Thistle Yard, Pembroke Road, Newbury, with her children, Elizabeth Coxhead (13), Maria Crook (5) and Georgina Crook (2). Edward (62) was recorded as a General Labourer, in the Newbury Workhouse.

The 1891 census records Edward (71) as a Scavenger, living at 5 Herborough Road, Newbury, with Hannah (54) and their children Mary (12) and William (9)

Edward (81) and Hannah M (64) were living at 3 Bartholomew Almshouses in 1901

Edward died aged 82 in 1905. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30^th January.

The 1911 census records Anna Maria (74), living on her own means at 2 St John’s View, Bartholomew Street, Newbury (Surname recorded as Croach on ancestry)

Anna Maria died aged 75 on the 11^th March 1912. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16^th March.

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