Ernest Goodenough Blatch

c1861-1862

Ernest was born c1861 in Newbury he was the son of Charles & Maria Blatch (nee Griffin) who married in Newbury in 1857. Maria was born c1825 in Newbury and Charles was born c1814 in Collingbourne Wiltshire. He worked as an Iron Moulder and was a widower when he married Maria. His 1^st wife was Elizabeth Millicent, they were married in Newbury in 1847 and they had the following children:

Emma Goodenough 1848                                                                                                                                                            

Twins: Elizabeth Mary and Sarah Ann in 1850

The family were recorded living in Pullins Cottages Newbury in the 1851 census. Elizabeth died aged 24 the following year.

Other children of Charles & Maria were:

Caroline Maria 1847                                                                                                                                                     

Charles Herbert Finch 1859                                                                                                                                                                       

Edith Grace 1863

Ernest died aged 1 in 1862 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th February.

The family were recorded living in Old Road (1861), Nursery Gardens (1871), Nursery Old Road (1881) and King John’s Almshouses Argyle Road (1891)

Charles Blatch died aged 80 on the 5^th October 1894 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9^th October.

Maria Blatch died aged 72 in 1898 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th October.

Christine Gambles – 12^th April 2020

Sources:as above