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Personal Details of James Greetham

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Buried:	11/05/1868

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on James Greetham.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Affectionate Remembrance of / James Greetham / who died May 5th. 1868 / aged 67 years, / Also John Greetham / son of the above / who died Jan. 14th. 1874 / aged 31 years. "My God, my Father, while I stray / far from my home on Life's rough way, / O teach me from my heart to say, / 'Thy will be done.'" / Also of Hannah / wife of the above / who died Dec. 20th. 1887 / aged 75 years, // Footstone: J.C. 1868 / J.C. 1874 / H.C. 1887 //

Name on Memorial	James GREETHAM
Date of death	05/05/1868
Age	67
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone; footstone.
Construction Material	Limestone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Good condition but laid down & covered by vegetation.
Pattison Location Code	NW(B)11
Recorder's Notes	James was a canal lock keeper who lived with his family first at Greenham Mills Lock Cottage & by 1871 in the Canal Cottage, Northbrook St. He & Hannah had 9 children. When widowed, Hannah became a laundress & by 1881 lived with her d. Elizabeth, grandson, James, & a Lodger in West Fields, Newbury.
Others named on memorial
John GREETHAM
Hannah GREETHAM

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	James Greetham
Date of burial	11/05/1868
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Common interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. C. Bourke
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 95

Accounts Entry for James Greetham
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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