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Personal Details of William Dewe

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Buried:	08/03/1888

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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

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	William Dewe
Date of burial	08/03/1888
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend E George
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 036
Transcription comments	Name found using other sources

Accounts Entry for William Dewe
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

William Dewe

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	08/03/1888
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	WILLIAM DEWE Dewe - March 2 at 1 Carlisle Terrace, West Fields, Newbury, William Dewe, late of Chieveley, aged 77
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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William Dewe

William Dewe

c1811-1888

William was born c1811 in Berkshire he was baptised on the 8^th December 1811 in East Garston and was the son of Thomas and Mary Dewe (surname spelt Dew on baptism record). William was an Agricultural Labourer, he married Elizabeth Marshall (born c1821 Lambourn Berkshire) in 1846 (marriage registered in KIngsclere) and they had the following children (all births registered in Newbury):

Elizabeth 1847

Eliza c1849

William 1850

Jane Elizabeth 1852

Ellen c1855

Emily c1857

George 1858

Alice 1860

Emily 1864

The family were recorded living in Chieveley, Field Farm (1851), Bradley Field Farm (1861), Down Farm (1871) and Down End (1881).

By 1888 William and Elizabeth were living in Newbury. William died aged 77 on the 2^nd March 1888 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th March.

In both the 1891 and 1901 census records Elizabeth was recorded living with her son William at 1 Carlisle Terrace, Newbury (a Shop), William was a Grocer/Coal Merchant and Elizabeth was recorded as a Grocer’s Assistant in the 1891 census. She died aged 81 in 1901 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st May

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