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Personal Details of Richard Henry Megrow

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Buried:	10/12/1890

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Burial Register

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	Richard Henry Megrow
Date of burial	10/12/1890
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend John Green
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 052
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Richard Henry Megrow
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Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

deaths - Harry Richard Megrow

Source:	nwn
Article date:	11/12/1890
Copyright:
Transciption:	Harry Richard Megrow Dated 11^th December 1890 MEGROW – Dec. 7, at Smith’s Bulidings, Marsh-road, Newbury, Harry Richard, infant son of Henry Megrow, aged 10 months.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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Harry Richard Meagrow/Megrow 1890-1890

Harry Richard Meagrow/Megrow

1890-1890

Harry Richard Meagrow was born in Newbury, Berkshire (birth registered in the March quarter), the son of Henry and Ann Meagrow (nee Palmer) who were married in 1882 (marriage registered in Hungerford)

Harry Richard Megrow died aged 10 months on the 7^th December 1890, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10^th December.

(The Cemetery Accounts Ledger records his name as Richard Henry Megrow)

Harry Richard’s family:

Harry’s father Henry Magrow was born in 1853, in Eddington Wiltshire, the son of Silvester and Harriet Megrow (nee Liddiard) who were married in 1852 (marriage registered in Hungerford) Henry Meagrow died aged 75 in 1929, in Newbury.

Harry’s mother Ann was born on the 24^th November 1857, in Lambourn, Berkshire, the daughter of Richard and Mary Palmer (nee Drew) who were married in 1854 (marriage registered in Hungerford) Ann Meagrow died aged 90, in 1948, in Newbury

Harry’s mother Ann had an illegitimate son Henry Richard Palmer, born in 1881, in Lambourn

Henry and Ann also had the following children born in Newbury:

Annie Mary Meagrow, born c1883, baptised 1^st April 1883, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Eliza Elizabeth Meagrow, born 1885, baptised 29^th September 1885, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Harriet Meagrow, born 1888, baptised 18^th April 1888, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Alfred Warwick Meagrow, born 17^th Nov. 1891, baptised 19^th January 1892, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Sidney Walter Silvester Meagrow, born 1894

Margaret Selina Meagrow, born 1898

In 1891 Henry Megrow (36) was working as a Groom, living at 4, Smith’s Buildings, Newbury, with Ann (35), William G. (11), Anne M. (8), Eliza E. (5) and Harriet (3).

In 1901 Henry Meagrow (46), an Assistant to a Butcher, Ann (45), Harriet (13), an Apprentice to a Toy Dealer, Alfred (9), Sidney (6) and Margaret (2) were still living at 4 Smith’s Buildings.

The 1911 census records Henry Meagrow (57) as a Trademan’s Groom, living at 2 Corporation Cottages, Speenhamland, Newbury, with Ann (55) and their children, Warwick (18), a Stable Lad, Sidney (16), a Butcher’s Errand Boy and Margaret (12)

The 1939 Register records Ann Meagrow (82) and her son Sidney (45) still living at 2 Corporation Cottages, Speenhamland.

Harry Richard Megrow

Dated 11^th December 1890

MEGROW – Dec. 7, at Smith’s Bulidings, Marsh-road, Newbury, Harry Richard, infant son of Henry Megrow, aged 10 months.

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