Personal Details of Henry Wootten
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| Buried: | 31/10/1885 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Henry Wootton |
| Date of burial | 31/10/1885 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Conscrated Common Internment |
| By whom buried | Reverend H B Poole |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 021 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for Henry Wootten
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Accounts Entry for Henry Wootten
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Henry Wootten
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 05/11/1885 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | HENRY WOOTTEN WOOTTON (sic) – Oct. 28, at the Almshouses, Newtown-road, Newbury, Henry Wootton, aged 67 years. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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Henry Wootten
HENRY WOOTTEN
He was born c. 1818 in Speen. From his marriage record his father was John Wootten, no occupation given.
On 8 November 1849 he married Eliza Lawrence at St. Mary’s Church, Speenhamland. She was the daughter of John Lawrence, labourer (the 1841 census records he was a tailor). Thomas Stillman and Martha Pocock were witnesses.
Henry’s occupation was a miller’s carter and he was living in Thatcham at the time, and Eliza’s occupation was a servant.
They had 3 daughters: Harriet Ann born in 1854 (2Q) but sadly died just 6 months later and she was buried in the Cemetery on 23 December 1854; Eliza born in 1856; and Clara born in 1859 (3Q) – she died aged 7 years old and she was buried in the Cemetery on 12 December 1866.
He is recorded in the 1871 census living at 2 Smiths Buildings with his daughter Eliza, aged 16 years: his occupation grocer’s porter. His wife Eliza had been admitted to Moulsford County Asylum, Cholsey, in the district of Wallingford, where she died in January 1878. She was buried on 7 January 1878 at St. Mary’s Church, Cholsey.
The 1881 census records that he was a widower and continued to live with his daughter Eliza who had become a dressmaker, at the same address, and he was still working in the same occupation.
The Newbury Church Charities granted him a place at the Almshouses in Newtown Road, Newbury, where he died aged 67 years on 28 October 1885. He was buried on 31 October 1885.
His daughter Eliza died a spinster on 10 June 1940, aged 84 years, and she was buried in Shaw Cemetery on 13 June 1940.
No Mrs. P. Code
Sources: Berkshire Marriages Index 6/11/1849; 1861 to 1881 census; Death Index of his wife Eliza 1878 (1Q) and BBI; Death Index 1885 (4Q): BBI for his daughter Eliza dated 13/6/1940.
Author: Deirdre Duff
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