James Viner

c1802-1883

James was born in Hungerford Berkshire and was a Tanner/Tanner’s Labourer. He married Charlotte Titcomb on 18^th October 1829 at Shaw-cum-Donnington Newbury and they had three children, Jane baptised 20^th June 1803, Mary baptised 15^th April 1832 and William baptised 7^th May 1834, all three children were baptised in Hungerford.  Charlotte died in 1837 she was buried on the 17^th September in Hungerford.

James remarried in 1838, his second wife was Elizabeth Eastman (spelt Easman at the time of their marriage, she was born c 1804 in Kintbury).

Elizabeth already had two sons before her marriage to James, William born in 1823 and Joseph born in 1834 and James & Elizabeth had a daughter, Eliza born in 1839.

 The family lived in Greenham until at least 1851 but by 1861 James & Elizabeth were living in Southwark Surrey (Pitt Street).  Elizabeth died in 1864 in Surrey.

After his wife’s death James returned to Newbury.  In the 1881 census he was recorded as a Pauper in the Newbury Workhouse.  He died aged 81 in 1883 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 5th October.

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