Personal Details of Bessie Smith
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| Buried: | 08/05/1886 |
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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.
Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Bessie Smith |
| Date of burial | 08/05/1886 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Conscrated Common Internment |
| By whom buried | Reverend Cecil Square |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 024 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for Bessie Smith
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Bessie Smith
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Bessie Smith
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 13/03/1886 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | BESSIE SMITH SMITH – May 5, at 3 Pleasant-place, St John’s-road, Bessie, the eldest and dearly beloved child of Alfred and Charlotte Smith, aged 2 ½ years |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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Bessie Smith
BESSIE SMITH
1883-1886
Bessie’s parents were Alfred and Charlotte Smith (nee Fisher) who married in Newbury in 1882.
Her father Alfred was a Carpenter and Joiner. He was born c1853 in Kingsclere Hampshire the son of John and Sophia Smith (nee Maslin).
Her mother Charlotte was born c1865 in Newbury she was the daughter of Edmund and Margaret Fisher (nee Knight).
Bessie was born in Newbury in 1883 sadly she died aged 2 in 1886 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8th May
Bessie had three sisters and a brother. Lotty was born in 1885, Lilian Sophia was born c1888, Lena Florence was born c1890 and Alfred Edmund was born 1894.
Her brother Alfred Edmund died aged 18 months in 1896 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery 8th February.
Both the 1891 and 1901 census records record the family living at 3 Pleasant Place St John’s Road Newbury.
Her father Alfred (50) committed suicide on the 17th October 1903 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 20th October (for further details please see the following link): www.fnrcnewbury.org.uk/persondetails.asp?PersonID=5783
The 1911 census records Charlotte (46) working as a Servant in Hammersmith London
Author: Christine Gambles
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