George Clements

1802-1866

George, his parents and siblings:

George was born on the 10^th June 1802. He was baptised on the 18^th July 1802, in Thatcham, Berkshire, the son of Thomas and Sarah Clements (nee Emmory/Emery/Emmery) who were married on the 20^th March 1786, in Thatcham.

Possible burial for George’s mother: Sarah Clements, aged 58, buried on the 23^rd November, 1823, at St Mary, Thatcham.

Possible burial for George’s father: Thomas Clements, aged 67, buried on the 24^th June 1832, at St Mary, Thatcham.

Thomas and Sarah also had the following children baptised in Thatcham:

Ann, 9^th July 1786

Thomas, 23^rd May 1790 (born 23^rd April)

Dinah, 2^nd December 1792 (born 4^th November)

John, 21^st June 1795 (born 15^th May)

William, 22^nd January 1797 (born 27^th December 1796)

Thomas, 29^th December 1799 (born 14^th November)

Richard, 13^th April 1806

George:

George Clements married Sarah Walker on the 6^th August 1826, at St Nicolas, Newbury (both were single, witnesses, John Walker and Elizabeth Stillman)

(Sarah was born on the 7^th September 1800, she was baptised on the 5^th October 1800, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of William and Mary Walker (nee Buffin) who were married on the 19^th May 1798, at St Nicolas, Newbury (both were single, witnesses, Samuel Purdue and John Cooper.) In 1815 Sarah (15) was living in Kember’s Yard, on the east side of Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with her father William (37), a Horseler, her mother Mary (36) and her siblings, John (13), William (9), Eliza (5) and Charles (2).

George and Sarah had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

George Walker Clements, 9^th August 1826 (dad a Labourer)

Emma, 19^th October 1828 (dad a Servant)

Frederick, 27^th March 1831 (dad a Servant)

George was widowed in 1832, Sarah died aged 31. She was buried on the on the 21^st May, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

George remarried on the 18^th June 1833, at St Nicolas, Newbury. His 2^nd wife was Maria Dobson, a spinster. (Witnesses: George Stillman and Ann Lewis)

(Maria Dobson was baptised on the 2^nd August 1795, at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire, the daughter of Thomas and Deborah Dobson (nee Maynes) who were married in October 1786, at St Mary, Bucklebury, Berkshire, (Thomas was from Thatcham). 

George and Maria had a daughter, Ellen, baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury, on the 17^th January 1836 (dad a Carrier)

In 1841 George (35), a Carrier, Mara (35), (Maria) George (15), Emma (12), Frederick (10) and Ellen (5), were recorded living in Newbury, Berkshire. (Surname recorded as Clemons on ancestry)

The 1851 census records George (49), a Carrier, Meria (50), (Maria) Emma (21), a Dressmaker, Frederick (20), an Iron Founder and Ellen (15), living in Clements Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

In 1861 George (59), a Carman, Maria (62), Frederick (30), a Journeyman Iron Founder and Ellen (24) a Seamstress, were recorded living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

George (67) committed suicide, (by hanging) on the 29^th January 1866. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 31^st January.

Maria after George’s death:

In 1871 Maria (75), a Seamstress, was recorded living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with her married daughter Ellen New (34), her son-in-law, George New (31), a Baker and Mealman, her grandsons, William George New (7), Henry Clements New (1) and a domestic servant.

Maria died aged 76, in 1872, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 25^th January. (Age at death mistakenly recorded as 65 on the burial record)

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