Monument Details

 

 
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  Headstone: To the sacred and / beloved memory of / Mary Witts, died 6th. November1945 / aged 76. / And / John Ridgeby Witts, J.P. died 17th. March 1946/ aged 74. //
   
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    John was brought up in 4, Smith's Buildings, The Marsh, off Northbrook Rd, Newbury, the son of a Chairmaker. He was appointed a Postman in 1892 and beame an Inspector of Postmen by the time he retired. He married Mary Alexander, daughter of Shepherd Thomas & Naomi of East Garston, in 1895 and had 2 children. They lived in 53 York Rd, Newbury until their deaths. Daughter-in-law Violet and granddaughter Mary were living with them in 1939. John left £1232 to son John. Source: Ancestry records.
   
  01 February 2020
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Persons named on this monument.

Mary WITTS  
John WITTS  

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