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Personal Details of John Wells

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Born:
Died:
Buried:	16/05/1888

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on John Wells.

As far as we are aware, all the information is correct. However, sometimes transcriptions can lead to errors being made. If you find any errors or omissions, please let us know and we will endeavour to get them corrected as soon as possible.

If you have any further information on John Wells, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for John Wells.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
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	John Wells
Date of burial	16/05/1888
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend W Pheasent
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 038
Transcription comments	Not on Free BMD

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

Workhouse Records

This information was taken from the Newbury Workhouse records currently held at the Berkshire Record Office.

Name:	John Wells
Date of death:	13 May 1888
Age at death:	78
Parish from which they were admitted to the workhouse:	Speen
Where buried:	Newbury Cemetery
Workhouse Master:	William Hawkes
Comments:

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

John Wells

Source:	Graham Wells
Article date:	10/09/2021
Copyright:	as above
Transciption:	JOHN WELLS Using the Ancestry search tool I have found a John Wells, (or more than one) said to be born in 1810 who was admitted and discharged from workhouses in London on a number of accasions in the early 1880s. There is no obvious way of matching him up with your John Wells other than on the basis of name, year of birth, and being accommodated in workhouses. As you have found there is a John Wells in the Civil Register of Deaths, registered in the second quarter of of 1888*. You have confirmed this accords with the Newbury Workhouse record noting a John Wells death on 13 May 1888. This being just three days before the burial of a John Willis at Newbury suggests that the cemetery records have simply made a mistake in their records.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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