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Personal Details of John Alder

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Born:
Died:	18/04/1891
Buried:	22/04/1891

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Burial Register

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	John Alder
Date of burial	22/04/1891
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend W Pheasent
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 058
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for John Alder
© 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 Alder
Date of death:	18 April 1891
Age at death:	82
Parish from which they were admitted to the workhouse:	Greenham
Where buried:	Newbury Cemetery
Workhouse Master:	William Hawkes
Comments:

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Deaths - John Alder

Source:	NWN
Article date:	23/04/1891
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 23^rd April 1891 ALDER – April, 18, at the Workhouse, Newbury, John Alder, aged 82 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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John Alder 1809-1891

John Alder

1809-1891

John, his parents, siblings and early life:

John was an Agricultural Labourer. He was born on the 27^th July 1809 in Newbury, Berkshire and was baptised on the same day, at St Nicolas Church Newbury, the son of John and Charlotte Alder (nee Langton) who were married on the 17^th June 1809 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

His father John was baptised in in 1788 in Lambourn, Berkshire, the son of William and Mary Alder (nee Dudly) who were married on the 10^th October 1777 at St Michael & All Angels, Lambourn. John worked as a Labourer/Agricultural Labourer.

His mother Charlotte was baptised in 1786 in Newbury Berkshire, the daughter of John and Mary Langton.

Charlotte died aged 66 on Friday the 18^th October 1861 and John died the following day, aged 76. They were buried together on Tuesday the 22^nd October 1861 at St Mary, Greenham.

John and Charlotte also had the following children:

Mary Ann baptised 10^th April 1814 at St Nicolas Newbury

Charles baptised 29^th March 1817 at St Nicolas Newbury

Thomas baptised 26^th November 1820 at St Mary Greenham

Sarah baptised 22^nd December 1822 at St Mary Greenham

William baptised 5^th November 1826 at St Mary Greenham

The 1815 census of Newbury records John (6) living with his parents John (30) and Charlotte (29) and his sister Mary Ann (2), in Quarrington’s Yard, on the east side of Mary Hill, Newbury.

John in later life:

John married Frances Rosier on the 1^st November 1832 at St Mary, Thatcham, Berkshire.

(Frances Weight was baptised in 1796 in Kintbury, Berkshire the daughter of William and Elizabeth Weight. Frances Waite married George Dennis on the 10^th October 1818 at St Mary Kintbury. The had two daughters, Harriet c1819 and Ann c1821. George died aged 25 in 1823, he was buried on the 25^th April in KIntbury, Berkshire. Frances remarried on the 28^th February 1824 at St Mary, Kintbury, her 2^nd husband was Silvanus Rosier. They had a daughter, Maria baptised in 1825 in Inkpen, Berkshire. Silvanus died aged 41, he was buried on the 18^th September 1830 at St Mary Speen).

John and Frances had a daughter Matilda, baptised in Newbury in 1832 and a son, Edwin baptised in Greenham in 1836.

In 1841 John (30), Fanny (35) and their son Edwin (5) were recorded living in Stroud Green, Thatcham, Berkshire

The 1851 census records John (44), Fanny (50), a Laundress, Fanny’s married daughter Maria Rawlins (25), Maria’s husband Henry Rawlins (27), a Blacksmith and their daughter Sarah Rawlins (2), living in Stroud Green.

Frances died aged 78 in 1869, she was buried on the 7^th December at St Mary Greenham

The 1881 census records John (71) lodging with Henry and Maria Rawlins at Wards Cottages on the east side of Stroud Green, Newbury.

In 1891 John (82) was recorded as an inmate in the Newbury Workhouse.

John died aged 82 on the 18^th April 1891, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 22^nd April.

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