Personal Details of Bertha Mary Piddington

 

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Buried:  01/03/1934

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Burial Register
Name at death Bertha Mary Piddington
Age at Death 69
Burial Date 01 March 1934
Abode 57 Camp Close
Newbury
Official at Burial S.A. Larrett
Comments
Burial Register Index
Book 1917
Page Number 177
Reccord Number 11015
Sources Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Bertha Mary Piddington
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Newspaper Cuttings

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DEATHS Bertha Mary Piddington,
Source: NWN
Article date: 01/03/1934
Copyright:
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Newbury Weekly News

Dated 1st March 1934

PIDDINGTON – Feb. 24th, at Camp Close, Bertha Mary, widow of the late William John Piddington, late of Albert-road, Newbury, aged 69. – Funeral to-day (Thursday) Parish Church, 2.30pm. Interment Newtown Road Cemetery.

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Biographical Information

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Bertha Mary Piddington c1866-1934

Bertha Mary Piddington

c1866-1934

Bertha, her parents, siblings and early life:

Bertha Mary was baptised on the 29th April 1866 in Hungerford, Berkshire, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Davis (nee May) who were married in 1860 (marriage registered in Newbury)

Her father Joseph was baptised in 1835 in Welford, Berkshire, the son of Jane Davis.

Her mother Sarah was baptised in 1834 in Inkpen, Berkshire, the daughter of James and Elizabeth May (nee Heath) who were married in Inkpen in 1827.

Joseph and Sarah also had the following children:

Joseph May born 1857 (before his parents married)

Caleb Eugene born c1861 (died 1862)

Ellen Maria born 1863

Edith Jane born 1870

Charles George born 1873

In 1861 Bertha’s parents were living in Benham Gate, Welford, Berkshire, with their sons Joseph (4) and Caleb (2 months). Joseph and Sarah were working as a Toll Collectors.

The 1871 census records Joseph (37) a Labourer, Sarah (37), Joseph (13), Ellen (8), Bertha (5) and Edith (8 months), living in Shaw’s Lane, Newbury.

By 1881 the family had moved to West Mills, Newbury. Joseph was still working as a Labourer. Only their children Joseph (24) a Groom, Edith (10) and Charles (7) were still living at home. Bertha (14) was working as a Domestic Servant in Greenham Street, Newbury, for a Thomas Hawkins (33) and his family.

Bertha in later life:

Bertha married William John Piddington in 1885 (marriage registered in Newbury)

(William John was born in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Amos (a Carpenter) and Anne Piddington (nee Adams) who were married in 1866 (marriage registered in Newbury)

William and Bertha had the following children (all births registered in Newbury):

William John born 1885 (died aged 31 on the 29th July 1916 in France in WW1)

Charles Arthur Owen born 1888 (died aged 8 months in 1889, buried Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13th April).

Ethel Maud born 1890

Stillborn child born 1894 (buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30th May)

Arthur James born 1895 (died aged 0 in 1896, buried in the NRC on the 7th March)

Alfred James born c1897 (died aged 14 in 1911, buried in the NRC on the 16th March)

Sarah Annie born c1900

In 1891 William (24) was working as a Carpenter, he was living at 2 Craven Court, Newbury, with Bertha (24) and their children, William (5) and Ethel (11months).

The 1901 census records William (35) working as a Wood Moulding Sawyer at a Joinery Works, living at 4 Albert Road, Newbury, with Bertha (36) and their children, William (15), Maud (12), Alfred (4) and Annie (1).

In 1911 William (44) was recorded as a Carpenter, living at 1 Albert Terrace, Albert Road, Newbury, with Bertha (45) and their daughter Sarah Annie (11).

William John Piddington died aged 48, on the 9th June 1915, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 12th June.

Bertha Mary Piddington died aged 69, on the 24th February 1934, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st March. (Abode at time of death, 57 Camp Close, Newbury)

 

 

Author: Gambles
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