Personal Details of James Ayres
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| Died: | |
| Buried: | 24/07/1889 |
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Birth
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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
| IHS /ILMO / John James AYRES / who fell asleep in Jesus/ March 29th 1881 / aged 17 years. “His end was peace.” / Also of Mary Jane / wife of James AYRES, and mother of the above /who died Aug. 4th. 1888 / aged 49 years./ And of James AYRES / husband and father of the above/ who died July 19th 1889 / aged 47 years./ “Nothing in my hand -------------------------------" | |
| Name on Memorial | James Ayres |
| Date of death | 26/07/1889 |
| Age | 47 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone |
| Construction Material | Sandstone |
| Condition of memorial | Poor, flaking and leaning |
| Pattison Location Code | NCH 26 |
| Recorder's Notes | Mrs P records James Ayres death as the 26th July? not the 19th as in NWN |
| Others named on memorial | |
| John James Ayres | |
| Mary Jane Ayres |
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 | James Ayres |
| Date of burial | 24/07/1889 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Private Grave |
| By whom buried | Reverend W Pheasent |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 045 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for James Ayres
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for James Ayres
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
deaths - James Ayres
| Source: | nwn |
| Article date: | 25/07/1889 |
| Copyright: | |
| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 25th July 1889 AYRES – July 19, at 10 Craven-court, Newbury, James Ayres, aged 46. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
deaths - James Ayres
| Source: | nwn |
| Article date: | 25/07/1889 |
| Copyright: | |
| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 25th July 1889 AYRES – July 19, at 10 Craven-court, Newbury, James Ayres, aged 46. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
The articles below contain information about James Ayres.
James Ayres 1841-1889
James Ayres
1841-1889
James was baptised on the 26th December 1841, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of John (a Labourer) and Fanny Ayres (nee Foster) who were married on the 20th May 1839, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
His mother Fanny was baptised on the 12th May 1819, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of James (a Sawyer) and Fanny Foster (nee Chubb) who were married on the 1st February 1802, at St Nicolas, Newbury. (Surname mistakenly recorded as Forster on Fanny’s the baptism record). Fanny died on the 17th January 1892. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery (as Frances Fanny) on the 21st January.
His father John was baptised in 1812, in Uffington, Berkshire, the son of William and Anne Ayres (nee Harrord) who were married in 1799, in Uffington. John died on the 3rd March 1895. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery with his wife Fanny on the 7th March.
John and Fanny also had a son Thomas, baptised on the 20th October 1839, at St Nicolas.
The 1841 census records John Ayers (25) an Agricultural Labourer, living in Old Newtown Road, Newbury, with Fanny (20) and their son Thomas (2).
In 1851 John was mistakenly recorded as Thomas Ayres (38), an Agricultural Labourer, living in Bartholomew Street Newbury, with Fanny (34), Thomas (11) and James (9).
James married Jane Cummins in 1863 (marriage registered in Newbury)
(Jane was born in Burghclere, Hampshire. She was baptised on the 1st November 1840, in Burghclere, the daughter of William (a Labourer) and Mary Cummins (nee Blackford) who were married on the 10th February 1838, in Burghclere).
James and Jane had the following children:
John James, born 1864
Robert Thomas, born 1866
Sarah Jane, born 1868
Frances Fanny, born 1870
A stillborn child in 1873 (buried in the NRC on the 4th April)
Phoebe Annie, born 1877
In 1871 James Ayres (29), a Blacksmith, employing 2 apprentices, Jane (29), Thomas (4), Sarah Jane (2) and Frances Fanny (5 months)
The 1881 census records James Ayres (39), a Blacksmith, Jane (39), Robert (14), a Boat Builder, Sarah (12), Frances (10) and Phoebe (4), living in Speen, Berkshire.
James and Jane’s son John James died aged 17, on the 29th March 1881, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4th April.
Jane Ayres died aged 48, in Wallingford, Berkshire, (possibly the Berkshire Lunatic Asylum) on the 4th August 1888. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery, with her son John James, on the 11th August. (Note: The Memorial Inscription records Jane as Mary Jane)
James Ayres died aged 46, in July 1889, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery with Jane and their son John James, on the 24th July.
Newbury Weekly News
Dated 25th July 1889
AYRES – July 19, at 10 Craven-court, Newbury, James Ayres, aged 46.
Mrs P’s Page 76 Code NCh 26
Author: gambles
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