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Charlotte Parr
c1820-1888
Charlotte was born in Sydmonton, Hampshire. She was baptised on the 6th February 1820, in Kingsclere, Hampshire, the daughter of James (a Labourer) and Jemima Elsbury, of North Sydmonton.
James and Jemima also had the following children baptised in Kingsclere:
James born c1811 (no baptism found)
Elizabeth Ilsley, 7th July 1822
Gabriel Hesley, 26th December 1824
Abraham Illssley, 5th August 1827
Isaac Elesbury, 26th August 1832
In 1841 Charlotte Ellsbury (20) was recorded living in Sidmonton, Hampshire, with her father James (60), an Agricultural Labourer, her mother Jemima (50) and her brothers James (30) and Isaac (9).
Charlotte married in 1849
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Date: 20th March 1849
Groom: Henry Middleton, widower, occupation, Carpenter, abode, Newbury
Bride: Charlotte Eilsly, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury
Fathers: James Eilsly, a Labourer and Thomas Middleton, a Carpenter
Witnesses: George Stillman and John Totty Mayo
Charlotte was widowed in 1850. Henry died aged 30, he was buried on the 11th May, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
The 1851 census records Charlotte Middleton (28), lodging at the Elephant and Castle, Market Place, Newbury. Also lodging there was Charles Parr (31), a Carpenter.
Charlotte married Charles Parr in 1853.
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Date:26th December 1853
Groom: Charles Parr, full age, bachelor, occupation, Carpenter, abode, Newbury
Bride: Charlotte Middleton, widow, abode, Newbury
Fathers: Robert Parr, a Carpenter and James Eilsly, a Labourer
Witnesses: George Stillman and Edward Stillman
(Charles was baptised on the 4th July 1819, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the son of Robert and Mary Parr (nee Woods) who were married on the 2nd August 1808, at St Nicolas, Newbury)
The 1861 census records Charlotte (40) (recorded as Anne) and Charles (42), a Licensed Victualler, living in Market Place, Newbury (Elephant and Castle)
Charles died aged 46, in 1865, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13th March.
In 1871 Charlotte (49) was recorded as the Innkeeper, at the Elephant and Castle, Newbury. (Ancestry have mistakenly recorded her surname as Garr)
The license of the Elephant and Castle Inn was temporarily transferred from Charlotte Parr to John Merrit in 1878.
The 1881 census records Charlotte (62) as a Needlewoman, living in Wharf Road, Newbury, with her married sister, Elizabeth Wheeler (60) and a lodger.
Charlotte died aged 70 in 1888, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21st August.
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