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Personal Details of James Welch

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Buried:	02/06/1891

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Birth

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Death

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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

	Headstone: In Loving Memory of / James Welch / who died May 29th. 1891 / aged 72 years. / Also / Mary Welch / who died February 6th. 1900 / aged 81 years. / "No words can tell how much we miss them, / Our only stay and solace here. / But in Heaven we hope to meet them / And there to dwell without a tear." / Also Rachel Welch / daughter of the above / who died July 23rd. 1905 / aged 47 years / "For so he giveth his beloved sleep." // Footstone: J.W. / 1891 / M.W. / 1900 / R.W. / 1905 //

Name on Memorial	James WELCH
Date of death	29/05/1891
Age	72
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Good. Some areas of East face weathered & words of MI missing. Overgrown at base.
Pattison Location Code	P(B)14
Recorder's Notes	James was born in Haxon Villlage, Fittleton near Netheravon, Wilts. to William & Alice, poor farm labourers who both became Paupers with Parish Relief. He became a Groom and married Mary Scott, daughter of a Bailiff from Netheravon. They married in 1846 and moved to Beechingstock near Pewsey as a groom. by 1861 he was in Woodspeen, Newbury working as a Coachman and Gardener. They had 6 children. On retirement as a Groom, James and Mary worked as General Servants for Charles L Chapman, Wine Merchant, Market Place, Newbury after which they retired to Wells Cottage, Market Place next to the Corn Exchange. Rachel worked as a General Servant to William Hall, Draper of the Broadway, Newbury. She then moved to Work as a Nurse & Servant to Wine Merchant, Edward Wells, first at Westmead House off Newtown Rd, then at Castle Houses, Speen, Newbury, where she died. Sources: NRC Bur Rcds; Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
Mary WELCH
Rachel WELCH

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 Welch
Date of burial	02/06/1891
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend J Milard
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 059
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for James Welch
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Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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