Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery

Personal Details of Richard Twitchen

Jump to: Birth Death Burial Memorial Cemetery Accounts Newspaper Cuttings Biographies

Born:
Died:
Buried:	04/09/1868

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

As far as we are aware, all the information is correct. However, sometimes transcriptions can lead to errors being made. If you find any errors or omissions, please let us know and we will endeavour to get them corrected as soon as possible.

If you have any further information on Richard Twitchen, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Birth

There is no information in our database regarding the birth of Richard Twitchen.

Can you help us? If so, please contact our History Research Group.

Death

There is no information in our database regarding the death of Richard Twitchen.

Can you help us? If so, please contact our History Research Group.

Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for Richard Twitchen.
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: Sacred/ to the memory of/ Richard Twitchen/ who died Aug 30th 1868 aged 83 years/ "Be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot and blameless" 11 Peter, 111, 14 / Also of Caroline/ widow of the abvoe/ who died Aug 18 1870 aged 82

Name on Memorial	Richard TWITCHEN
Date of death	30/08/1868
Age	83
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone & Footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Reasonable, footstone unreadable in front of headstone
Pattison Location Code	CH 7 (F)
Others named on memorial
Caroline TWITCHEN

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	Richard Twitchen
Date of burial	04/09/1868
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. H. Blagden
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 97
Transcription comments	Free BMD list surname as TWITCHIN

Accounts Entry for Richard Twitchen
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

deaths - Richard Twitchen

Source:	nwn
Article date:	03/09/1868
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 3^rd September 1868 Aug. 30, at Kimber’s Almshouses, Mr. Richard Twitchen, aged 83.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Richard Twitchen.

Richard Twitchin/Twitchen c1785-1868

Richard Twitchin/Twitchen

c1785-1868

Richard Twitchin was baptised on the 22^nd January 1785, in Deane, Hampshire, the son of Richard and Sarah Twitchen (nee Webb) who were married on the 22^nd May 1783, in Overton, Hampshire.

Richard and Sarah also had the following three children:

Andrew Twitchin, baptised 7^th November 1783, in Overton

Hannah Twitchen, baptised 5^th March 1787, in Deane

William Twitchen baptised 23^rd March 1791, in Deane

Richard married Caroline Kersley on the 17^th October 1809, in Micheldever, Hampshire. (Witnesses: Thomas Twitchen and Francis Kersley)

(Caroline was baptised on the 8^th April 1788, in Micheldever, Hampshire, the daughter of George and Mary Kersley (nee Withers) who were married on the 22^nd November 1780, in Micheldever).

Richard and Caroline had the following children baptised in Micheldever:

Richard Henry, born 12^th March 1810, baptised 15^th December 1812

Caroline, born 19^th August 1811, baptised, on the 15^th December 1812 (with her brother Richard)

Mary Young, 27^th May 1813

William, 25^th August 1814

Sarah, 9^th May 1816

Francis, 28^th November 1817

Maria Kersley, 12^th March 1821

Anna Webb, 8^th November 1822

Henrietta, 6^th June 1825

Eliza, 6^th February 1827

Jemima, 20^th May 1830

(Richard was recorded as a Farmer on the baptism records)

The 1841 census records Richard (55) as a Baker. He was living in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, with Caroline (50) and their children, Francis (20), Caroline (24), Sarah (21), Maria (16) and Jammima (10) (Jemima). (Surname recorded as Twichen on ancestry)

In 1851, Richard (66) an Annuitant, Caroline (62) and their daughter Maria (30) were recorded living at 3, Frederick’s Cottages, Newbury. (Surname recorded as Twitchen)

The 1861 census records Richard (75) as a Retired Farmer, living in West Street, Newbury, with Caroline (74) and their daughter Martha (40) (Maria) (family surname mistakenly recorded as Twischer on ancestry)

In June 1865 Richard was allocated a Kimber’s Charity Almshouse in Newbury.

Richard Twitchin died aged 83, on the 30^th August 1868. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4^th September.

Caroline Twitchin died aged 82, on the 18^th August 1870. She was laid to rest with Richard, on the 23^rd August.

Mrs P’s Page 69 Code Ch (7)F

*The FNRC believe that the certificates published on this page have been added in compliance with the rules laid down by the General Register Office (GRO). Click here for more information.
If you believe that we may have inadvertently breached the privacy of a living person by publishing any document, please contact us so we can immediately remove the certificate and investigate further.
Thank you.
FNRC.