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Personal Details of Lydia Eldridge Higgs

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Buried:	13/10/1884

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Affectionate Remembrance of/ Lydia Eldridge/ the dearly beloved wife of/ Walter Higgs/ who fell asleep in Jesus/ Oct.7th. 1884/ aged 24 years./" Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death/ I will fear no evil."Ps.XXIII, 4 / Also of Walter Montague Collis/ the dearly beloved son of Walter & Lydia Higgs/ born Oct. 4th 1882/ died June 22nd. 1883/" Not lost but gone before."/ Also of/ Walter Higgs/ born Oct.6th 1853/ died Nov.25th.1904./ "Grant him O Lord Eternal rest./ Also of Lilian/ eldest and dearly loved daughter of Walter & Margaret Higgs/ born June 12th. 1890/ called home June 8th.1913./ "She lives remembers and loves."/ From top of open book memorial:/ Also of Ivy Higgs/ died Nov.4th 1956/ aged 56/ Dearly loved. / Also of Margaret Higgs/died Aug.24th. 1963/ In the hundredth year of her age./ Reunited./ Dorothy ?.A. Higgs born Aug. 30th. 1901, at rest April 12th. 1902. - Interred at ? cemetery, Croydon.

Name on Memorial	Lydia Eldridge Higgs
Date of death	07/10/1884
Age	24
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone, open book sculpture and kerbstones
Construction Material	Marble
Condition of memorial	Fair, Inlaid letters, toppled headstone.
Pattison Location Code	P(A)9
Recorder's Notes	Dorothy Higgs, who died in 1902 aged 1 year, is buried in a cemetery in Croydon.
Others named on memorial
Walter Montague Collis Higgs
Walter Higgs
Lilian Higgs
Ivy Higgs
Margaret Higgs

Memorial Images

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Higgs Toppled stone partially raised - top

Higgs Toppled stone partially raised - middle

Higgs Toppled stone partially raised - bottom

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	Lydia Eldridge Higgs
Date of burial	13/10/1884
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated PG
By whom buried	A J Lyle
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 015
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Biographical Information

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