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Monument Details
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Headstone |
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Sandstone Engraved |
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Headstone: In Ever Loving Memory of / Percy / fourth son of William & Ellen West / died October, 1st. 1899 / aged 17 years. / "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth / best in thy sight. / Also of Stanley / youngest son of the above / who entered into Rest / July 10th. 1908 / aged 21 years. / Interred at Englefield Green Cemetery. / "With Christ which is far better." / Also of William, father of the above / who died Aug. 2st. 1909 aged 63 years. / Also of Ellen. wife of the above / who died Dec.30th 1933 / aged 84 years. / At Rest. // Footstone: P. * W. / 1899 / S.W. 1908 / W. W. 1909 / E.W. 1933 // (See note re 3)i
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Good but some blistering of face & extensive lichen on MI. |
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N.B. Ellen's death date on the headstone is incorrect. It should be 1932. Percy & Stanley West were 4th & youngest sons of Gardener William West & Ellen nee Beszant who had 5 sons & 3 daughters. William was born in Corsham, Wilts, the son of a farmer, & Ellen was born in Trowbridge, Wilts to a gardener. They were married in May 1872 in Corsham and had arrived in Newbury by the 1881 census. They first lived in Shrewsbury Terrace off Buckingham Rd then moved to Craven, & later Berkeley, Tces in Berkeley Rd. William always worked as a Gardener (non-domestic). Percy was living in Berkeley Rd at the time of his death from peritonitis & heart failure (not from eating mushrooms & nuts as first stated in the NWN). Stanley was recorded as a Packer of Baking Powder in the 1901 Census when only 2 sons remained at home. William's address is recorded as 7, Berkeley Rd in the Burial record. Ellen was living with her single son Arthur, a baker, in Staines in the1911 census and is recorded in the NRC Burial records as being brought from 2, Winchcombe Rd (now A339) to her burial in Jan. 1933. Sources: Ancestry records; NRC Bur Recds.
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02 May 2021 |
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