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Personal Details of Martha Stillman

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Buried:	14/01/1888

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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

	STMO/ Thomas STILLMAN/ who died may 29th 1851/ aged 41 years./ Also of Harriet, his wife./ Also William STILLMAN/ who died April 29th. 1874/ aged 54 years./ Also Elizabeth, his wife/ who died March 29th. 1888/ aged 78 years./ Also Catherine, Susan and Lucy/ children of the above W. & E. STILLMAN/ Also Martha STILLMAN/ who died Jany. 8th. 1888/ aged 82 years/ Also Sarah PENDLE/ who died Jany. 10th 1888/ aged 74 years./ Also Elizabeth. STILLMAN/ who died Jany. 28 1884/ aged 102 years.

Name on Memorial	Martha Stillman
Date of death	08/01/1888
Age	82
Gender	Female

Memorial Type
Construction Material
Condition of memorial
Pattison Location Code	NE 38
Others named on memorial
Thomas Stillman
Harriett Stillman
William Stillman
Elizabeth Stillman
Catherine Stillman
Susan Margaret Stillman
Lucy Stillman
Sarah Pendle
Elizabeth Stillman

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	Martha Stillman
Date of burial	14/01/1888
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend Cecil Square
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 035
Transcription comments	On FBMD, Mrs P page 31 NE38

Accounts Entry for Martha Stillman
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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Martha Stillman

Martha Stillman (1806 – 1888)

Martha Stillman was born circa 1806 in Newbury the daughter of William and Sarah Stillman, nee Challis.

William was born circa 1774 in Newbury and married Sarah Challis on 19 May 1805 at St Mary in Hamstead Marshall. Sarah died October 1815 aged 37 and was buried on 18 October 1815 at St Nicolas in Newbury. William remarried on 25 November 1816 at St Nicolas in Newbury to Elizabeth Clayton.

In the 1841 census Martha was living with William and Elizabeth in Bartholomew Street in Newbury along with her sister Sarah.

Martha’s father William died May 1849 and was buried 9 May 1849 at St Nicolas in Newbury.

No trace of Martha in the 1851 census.

Martha was recorded living with her step mother Elizabeth in Wash Road in Newbury in the 1861 census. Ten years later in 1871 Elizabeth and Martha were still living in Wash Road. They were still living in Wash Road in 1881 along with another of Martha’s sisters Sarah Pendle. Elizabeth was recorded as an annuitant and both Martha and Sarah had their employment recorded as “no occupation”.

The Newbury Weekly News edition of 12 January 1888 reported in a short article the death of Martha on Sunday (8 January) and her sister Sarah on Tuesday (10 January) and that their step mother Elizabeth was still alive and would celebrate her 102^nd birthday in April. Martha and Sarah were both buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 14 January 1888.

Martha left a will and probate was granted on 18 April 1888 at Oxford to her nephew William Stillman, a seedsman of 60 Wigmore Street in Cavendish Square, and her niece Ada Collett, of 29 Hatcham Park Road in New Cross. The value of the estate was £24 16s 7d.

Martha’s mother Elizabeth died just a few weeks after Martha on 28 January 1888 and she was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 4 February 1888.

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