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John Hunt
Born 1822 Speen Parents Stephen Harriet nee Vockins
1847 Married Maria Gough
1851 census Benham. Speen Wife Maria, 2 daughters Rosa and Amelia*
Occupation labourer
1861 census Rawlins Lane, Hampstead Wife Maria, 3 daughters, Harriet, Mary and Kate
3 sons John, George and Thomas
Occupation Agricultural labourer
1871 census Bradleys yard, Newbury Wife Maria, 2 daughters Mary and Elizabeth**
3 sons Albert, George and Thomas
Occupation Gas Stoker
1881 census Smith Building, Stroud Green Wife Maria, 1 daughter Elizabeth**
2 sons George and Thomas, 1 Grandson Henry
Occupation - laundress
1891 census 2 Netherton Terrace, Newbury Wife Maria
3 boarders Richard, Jane and Richard Knight
Occupation Gas labourer
1901 census 6 Netherton Terrace, Newbury Wife Maria
Occupation Gas Labourer
*Amelia present at death 1910
** Sylvia Sellwood’s GGrandmother
Always appears to have been in work.
Married Maria Gough in 1847 and they had 10 children, 6 daughters and 4 sons.
Illiterate, signed marriage certificate and Elizabeth’s birth certificate with a cross.
Started life as an agricultural worker and when he moved into Newbury worked at the Gas Works which were established in 1830 moving to larger premises in 1880.On his death certificate 1910 he was described as yard foreman at the gas works.
Cause of death – senile decay. Was living with daughter Amelia at Round Oak Cottage, Greenham.
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