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Personal Details of James House

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Buried:	29/09/1890

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Birth

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Burial Register

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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	James House
Date of burial	29/09/1890
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend W Pheasent
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 051
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for James House
© 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:	James House
Date of death:	25 September 1890
Age at death:	73
Parish from which they were admitted to the workhouse:	Thatcham
Where buried:	Newbury Cemetery
Workhouse Master:	William Hawkes
Comments:

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

DEATHS James House

Source:	NWN
Article date:	02/10/1890
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 2^nd October 1890 HOUSE – Sept. 25, Union Workhouse, Newbury, James House, of Thatcham, aged 73 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about James House.

James House c1820-1890

James House

c1820-1890

James was a Labourer. He was baptised in 1821 in Thatcham, Berkshire, the son of Anthony and Ann House (formerly Hawkins) who were married on the 2^nd February 1820 at St Mary’s Church Thatcham. (Ann was a widow, Anthony was a bachelor)

Anthony and Ann also had the following two children baptised in Thatcham:

Thomas 1823

Mary Anne 1825

In 1841 James (20) was living with his parents Anthony (70) and Ann (50) and a Thomas House (8) in Crookham Common, Thatcham

The 1851 census records James (30) living in Chapel Street, Thatcham, with his widowed mother Ann (62) and his niece Lussia Jennings (8).

James was serving an 8 year prison sentence in 1861 (convicted of stealing 8 whips on the 29^th February 1860)

In 1871 James (52) was recorded as a Prisoner in Reading Jail. He was convicted of arson on the 28^th February 1871 and was sentenced to 14 years penal servitude and 3 years police supervision.

The Habitual Criminals Register 1881-1882 records the following:

Name: James House, Date of Birth: 1818, Place of Birth: Thatcham Berks, Occ: labourer, Complexion: dark, Hair: grey, Eyes: brown, Height: 5ft 1 ½ ins, Build: thick set, Shape of Face: long, Distinctive Marks: Ruptured on right side, mole on chest, Prison from which liberated & date of liberation: Parkhurst (Convict) 19/11/81, Destination on Discharge: Newbury Berks, Remarks: 8 previous convictions.

James died aged 73 on the 25^th September 1890 in the Newbury Workhouse, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road cemetery on the 29^th September.

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