Caroline Twitchin/Twitchen

c1788-1870

Caroline was baptised on the 8^th April 1788, in Micheldever, Hampshire, the daughter of George and Mary Kersley (nee Withers) who were married on the 22^nd November 1780, in Micheldever.

George and Mary also had the following children

Mary Young and Harriet Sophia, baptised 6^th January 1784

Francis, 24^th January 1786

Thomas, 2^nd February 1790

Benjamin, 18^th September 1791 (died 1791, buried 6^th October, in Micheldever)

Henry, 30^th December 1792

Charles, 12^th February 1797

Maria, 12^th June 1798

Anthony, 9^th December 1799

Walter, 29^th July 1803

Caroline married Richard Twitchen on the 17^th October 1809, in Micheldever, Hampshire. (Witnesses: Thomas Twitchen and Francis Kersley)

(Richard Twitchin was baptised on the 22^nd January 1785, in Deane, Hampshire, the son of Richard and Sarah Twitchen (nee Webb) who were married on the 22^nd May 1783, in Overton, Hampshire).

Richard and Caroline had the following children baptised in Micheldever:

Richard Henry, born 12^th March 1810, baptised 15^th December 1812

Caroline, born 19^th August 1811, baptised, on the 15^th December 1812 (with her brother Richard)

Mary Young, 27^th May 1813

William, 25^th August 1814

Sarah, 9^th May 1816

Francis, 28^th November 1817

Maria Kersley, 12^th March 1821

Anna Webb, 8^th November 1822

Henrietta, 6^th June 1825

Eliza, 6^th February 1827

Jemima, 20^th May 1830

(Richard was recorded as a Farmer on the baptism records)

The 1841 census records Richard (55) as a Baker. He was living in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, with Caroline (50) and their children, Francis (20), Caroline (24), Sarah (21), Maria (16) and Jammima (10) (Jemima). (Surname recorded as Twichen on ancestry)

In 1851, Richard (66), an Annuitant, Caroline (62) and their daughter Maria (30) were recorded living at 3, Frederick’s Cottages, Newbury. (Surname recorded as Twitchen)

The 1861 census records Richard (75) as a Retired Farmer, living in West Street, Newbury, with Caroline (74) and their daughter Martha (40) (Maria) (family surname mistakenly recorded as Twischer on ancestry)

In June 1865 Richard was allocated a Kimber’s Charity Almshouse in Newbury.

Caroline was widowed in 1868. Richard Twitchin died aged 83, on the 30^th August. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4^th September 1868.

Caroline Twitchin died aged 82, on the 18^th August 1870. She was laid to rest with her husband Richard, on the 23^rd August.

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