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Headstone: In Loving Memory of / James Welch / who died May 29th. 1891 / aged 72 years. / Also / Mary Welch / who died February 6th. 1900 / aged 81 years. / "No words can tell how much we miss them, / Our only stay and solace here. / But in Heaven we hope to meet them / And there to dwell without a tear." / Also Rachel Welch / daughter of the above / who died July 23rd. 1905 / aged 47 years / "For so he giveth his beloved sleep." // Footstone: J.W. / 1891 / M.W. / 1900 / R.W. / 1905 //
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Good. Some areas of East face weathered & words of MI missing. Overgrown at base. |
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James was born in Haxon Villlage, Fittleton near Netheravon, Wilts. to William & Alice, poor farm labourers who both became Paupers with Parish Relief. He became a Groom and married Mary Scott, daughter of a Bailiff from Netheravon. They married in 1846 and moved to Beechingstock near Pewsey as a groom. by 1861 he was in Woodspeen, Newbury working as a Coachman and Gardener. They had 6 children. On retirement as a Groom, James and Mary worked as General Servants for Charles L Chapman, Wine Merchant, Market Place, Newbury after which they retired to Wells Cottage, Market Place next to the Corn Exchange. Rachel worked as a General Servant to William Hall, Draper of the Broadway, Newbury. She then moved to Work as a Nurse & Servant to Wine Merchant, Edward Wells, first at Westmead House off Newtown Rd, then at Castle Houses, Speen, Newbury, where she died. Sources: NRC Bur Rcds; Ancestry records.
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