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Personal Details of Edwin John Swaite

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Buried:	24/06/1892

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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.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Affectionate Memory of / Edwin John Swaite / the beloved husband of Caroline Swaite / who died June 20th. 1892. / aged 46 years. / "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall / be called the children of God. " Matt.V.9. / "Grant us They peace, Lord, through the coming night / Turn Thou for us its darkness into light. / From harm and danger keep Thy children free. / For dark and light are both alike to Thee. //

Name on Memorial	Edwin John SWAITE
Date of death	20/06/1892
Age	46
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone; 3 Kerbstones; Vase
Construction Material	Limestone Lead letters
Condition of memorial	Good, some cracks on face. Many letters missing but words visible. Overgrown
Pattison Location Code	P(B)3
Recorder's Notes	Edwin was the son of Joseph, a cattle dealer & Caroline Swaite of 2 Eyles Buildings, Newtown Rd. He married Caroline Edith Phillips, a servant to a furrier & draper in Hackney & daughter of a Factor in Bartholomew St, in 1888. He worked as a Printer living in Waterloo Place off West St. in 1881 & Charles Place, Cheap St in 1891, with a spell in The Wharf as a Farrier (Kelly's Directory 1887) He was a Blacksmith of Gas House Rd, Newbury when he died, leaving £120 to his wife who arrived again a few years later. Sources: NRC Bur Records & Ancestry Records

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	Edwin John Swaite (FBDM shows forename as Jobo not John)
Date of burial	24/06/1892
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend H Burson
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 067
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Edwin John Swaite
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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