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Personal Details of John Smith

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Buried:	24/03/1886

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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

	Headstone: In Loving Remembrance of / Thomas Smith / who fell asleep in Jesus / Feby.6 : 1885 / aged 72 years. / Weary no, not weary, while learning of the / soul hath sweet possession of his eternal life. / Also / of John Smith / son of the above / who died March 21: 1886 / aged 39 years. / Also / Mary, widow / of Thomas Smith / who died Jany 5: 1893 / aged 78 years. / "Yea, though I walk through the valley of / the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for / thou art with me. // Footstone: T.S. / 1885 / M.S. / 1893 //

Name on Memorial	John SMITH
Date of death	21/03/1886
Age	39
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Laid flat, in danger of being buried again by vegetation
Pattison Location Code	P(G)11
Recorder's Notes	1. Thomas Smith was a Whitesmith, reaching Journeyman level. He married 2.Mary Ann Morris from Leicestershire in 1835 & had 7 children. They first lived in Granger's Yard off Northbrook St before moving to 37, Jack St. In later years they lived with daughter Allice, a dressmaker, in 8, Raymond's Almshouses in Newtown Rd. 3. John Smith, their son, was first an errand boy who became a Journeyman housepainter living in 4 Jack St with his wife, Annie & children. After his death, Annie & children moved to 1, Marsh St until 1901 when she lived as a Cook in Marylebone with son Tom, a Gas Fitter, & his family. Source: Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
Thomas SMITH
Mary SMITH

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	John Smith
Date of burial	24/03/1886
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend E Hamilton
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 024
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for John Smith
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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