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Personal Details of George May

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Born:
Died:
Buried:	16/05/1892

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on George May.

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Birth

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Death

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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	George May
Date of burial	16/05/1892
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend J H Pearce
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 066
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for George May
© 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:	George May
Date of death:	13 May 1892
Age at death:	73
Parish from which they were admitted to the workhouse:	Newbury
Where buried:	Newbury Cemetery
Workhouse Master:	William Hawkes
Comments:

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

GEORGE MAY SUDDEN DEATH AT THE WORKHOUSE

Source:	Newbury Weekley News
Article date:	19/05/1892
Copyright:
Transciption:	GEORGE MAY SUDDEN DEATH AT THE WORKHOUSE On Wednesday in last week an old man named George May, 73 years of age, formerly ostler at the "Dolphin" presented himself at the Workhouse, said he had a bad cold and wanted a day's rest. He was accordingly admitted, supplied with beef tea and other nourishment — solid food he would not take- and on the following day he said he was much better, and should leave on Saturday. About two o'clock on Friday morning the nurse was called up by one of the inmates of the ward, who thought he could not hear deceased breathing. An examination proved that life was extinct, and that deceased had been dead perhaps about an hour. Mr. Birch, the medical attendant at the Union, subsequently saw the body, and he gave it as his opinion that death was from syncope. These facts having been deposed to at and inquest held on Friday by Dr. Watson, J.P., a verdict to that effect was returned by the jury, of whom Mr. F. Chivers was foreman. Newbury Weekly News 19 May 1892 not in Mrs P. (missing years) BMD Deaths George May aged 73 Jun Q 1892 Aged 73 Syncope = loss of consciousness
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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