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Elizabeth Fuller Pike/Pyke
1863-1931
Elizabeth, her parents, siblings and early life:
Elizabeth Fuller Grace was born in Peasemore, Berkshire. She was baptised on the 13th September 1863, at St Barnabas, Peasemore, the daughter of George and Alice Grace (nee Hatt) who were married on the 26th July 1862, at St Barnabas, Peasemore.
Elizabeth’s mother Alice was baptised in 1842, in Peasemore, the daughter of James and Naomi Hatt (nee Stream) who were married in 1839, in Peasemore. Alice died aged 67, in 1909, in Peasemore.
Elizabeth’s father George was baptised in 1831, in Peasemore, the son of William and Elizabeth Grace (nee Fuller) who were married in 1827, in Peasemore. George died aged 74 in 1905, in Peasemore.
George and Alice also had the following children baptised at St Barnabas, Peasemore:
Thomas James, 22nd January 1865
George William, 1st September 1867
Eleanor, 19th April 1869
Frank, 19th January 1872
Alice, 7th February 1874
Kate Harriet, 25th December 1875
Tom, 13th June 1877
William, 22nd Septemebr 1879
Harriet, 27th March 1881
Fred, 13th May 1883
Ada, 29th May 1887
In 1871 Elizabeth (7) was recorded living in Mill Green, Peasemore, with her father George (40), an Agricultural Labourer, her mother Alice (29), her siblings, Thomas (6), George (4), Eleanor (1) and her grandmother, Elizabeth Grace (70).
Elizabeth in later life:
In 1881 Elizabeth (18) was working as a General Servant, at Green’s Farm, Down End, Chieveley, Berkshire, for Farmer, James Clarke (47).
Elizabeth married in 1881
Marriage details:
Place: St Barnabas, Peasemore, Berkshire.
Date: 29th October 1881
Groom: William Pike, aged 23, bachelor, occupation, Carter, abode, Chieveley
Bride: Elizabeth Grace, aged 19, spinster, abode, Peasemore
Fathers; George Grace and George Pike, both Labourers
Witnesses: George Barrett and Sarah Hatt
(William Edward Pike was born on the 6th May 1858, in Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of George and Ellen Pike (nee Hamblin) who were married on the 3rd May 1851, in Chieveley, Berkshire (surname recorded as Pyke at time of marriage)
William and Elizabeth had a son, Frank William, born in 1882, in Winterbourne, Berkshire.
The 1891 census records William (31), an Agricultural Labourer, Elizabeth (27) and their son Frank (8), living in Arlington Cottages, Snelsmore, Berkshire.
In 1901 William (42), an Agricultural Labourer and Elizabeth (37), were living in “Lower Lodge” Oxford Road, Snelsmore.
The 1911 census records William (52), a Farm Carter, living at Sandleford Lodge, Greenham, Berkshire, with Elizabeth (42), their grandson Wilfred William Stanley (4) and Elizabeth’s niece, Edith Agnes Grace (14).
In 1921 Elizabeth Pyke (57), William (63) and their grandson, Stanley (14) (Wilfred William Stanley) were recorded living at 1, Warren Cottages, Park Lane, Wash Common, Newbury. William was working as a Farm Labourer, at Sandleford Farm, for Mr. Butler, a Dairy Farmer.
Elizabeth Fuller Pyke died aged 68, on the 28th November 1931, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st December.
The 1939 Register records William Pyke as an Old Age Pensioner, living at Haley Cottage, Wantage Road, Wantage, Berkshire, with his widowed sister-in-law, Eleanor Benson (nee Grace).
William Edward Pike died aged 82, in the Newbury Workhouse, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 23rd April.
Newbury Weekly News
Dated 3rd December 1931
PYKE – Nov. 28th at 18 Adey’s-buildings, Stroud Green, Newbury, Elizabeth Pyke, aged 68 years.
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