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Buried:	18/05/1893

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Burial Register

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Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: Sacred to the memory of/ William Boyer/ who departed this life/ July 15th. 1854 aged 45 years./ Also of Charles Boyer/ son of the above/ who died August 31st. 1857/ aged 4 years 8 months./ Also of Ellen Boyer/ daughter of the above/ who died June 21st 1872/ aged 36 years. North face of copestone: Also of Mary Ann Boyer/ wife of the above/ who died May 9th. 1879 aged 68 years. South face of copestone: Also of Elizabeth Boyer/ sister of the above/ who died August 5th. 1875 aged 64 years. Also of Clara Boyer/ sister of the above/ who died Feb.20th. 1877/ aged 63 years. Left wall plaque: Sacred to the memory of/ Eliza, daughter of William & Mary Ann Boyer/ who died/ Jany.1st 1852/ aged 5 months/ Quotation unreadable. Right wall plaque: In Loving Memory of/ William Boyer/ eldest son of the late William & Mary Boyer/ who died at Brimpton/ May 15th. 1893 aged 58 years/ interred in the family vault below/ "God is love."

Name on Memorial	William BOYER
Date of death	15/05/1893
Age	58
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Copestone, Headstone, Two Wall Plaques and footstone
Construction Material	Limestone with engraved and inlaid letters
Condition of memorial	Fair, headstone leaning back and partially blocking plaque
Pattison Location Code	W146
Others named on memorial
William BOYER
Charles BOYER
Ellen BOYER
Mary Ann BOYER
Elizabeth BOYER
Clara BOYER
Eliza BOYER

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	William Boyer
Date of burial	18/05/1893
Whence brought	Brimpton
Where & how buried	Consecrated Brick Vault
By whom buried	Reverend R Dunn
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 071
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for William Boyer
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

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Death - William Boyer

Source:	NWN
Article date:	18/05/1893
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 18^th May 1893 BOYER – May 15, at Brimpton Villa, Brimpton, William, eldest son of the late William Boyer, plumber, Newbury, aged 58 years.

Biographical Information

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William Boyer c1835-1893

William Boyer

c1835-1893

William, his parents, siblings and early life:

William was baptised on the 19^th July 1835, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of William and Mary Ann Boyer (nee Starbuck) who were married on the 31^st May 1834 at the Chapel of St Paul, Hammersmith and Fulham, Middlesex. (Witnesses, Elizabeth Boyer, J. S. Starbuck and Eliza Starbuck)

His father William was born on the 30^th December 1808 in Newbury, Berkshire. He was baptised on the 24^th February 1809 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the son of William and Martha Boyer (nee Ruddle) who were married on the 14^th February 1808 in Kingsclere, Hampshire (William was from Newbury, witnesses, Ann Ruddle, G. Boyer and Elizabeth Hobbs)

His mother Mary Ann was born 26^th June 1810, in Hammersmith Middlesex, she was baptised on the 5^th August 1810, at St Paul, Hammersmith and Fulham, Middlesex, the daughter of James and Sarah Starbuck (nee Holloway) who were married on the 24^th August 1809 in St Marylebone, Westminster.

William’s siblings were (all baptised at St Nicolas Church, Newbury):

Ellen, 8^th May 1836 (died in 1872, buried in the family plot)

George, 19^th January 1838

Martha, 3^rd May 1839

Clara, 26^th October 1842

Mary Ann, 16^th August 1844

Frederick, 5^th November 1847

Alfred, 9^th November 1849

Eliza, 31^st August 1851 (died aged 5 months on the 1^st January 1852, buried in the family plot)

Charles, 30^th January 1853 (died aged 4 yrs 8 months on the 31^st August 1857, buried in the family plot)

The 1841 census records William (31) as a Plumber, living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with Mary Ann (30) and their children, William (6) Ellen (5), George (3) and Martha (2).

The 1851 census records William (42) as a Plumber and Glazier, employing 8 men and 2 apprentices, living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with Mary Ann (40), William (15), a Painter’s Apprentice, Ellen (14), George (13), Martha (11), Clara (8), Mary Ann (6), Frederick (3) and Alfed (1).

His father William died aged 45 on the 15^th July 1854, he was laid to rest in a family plot in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21^st July. His mother Mary Ann died aged 68 on the 9^th May 1879, she was laid to rest in the family plot in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16^th May.

William in later life:

William married Elizabeth Purver in 1856 (marriage registered in the December quarter in Andover)

They had a daughter Alice born c1858 in Newbury.

The 1861 census records William (25) as a Plumber and Glazier, employing eleven men and a boy, living in Greenham, Berkshire, with his wife Elizabeth (26) their daughter Alice (3).

Their daughter Alice died aged 11 in 1869. She was buried on the 27^th December at St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston, Berkshire.

The 1871 census records William (35) as a Plumber, living in Cottage Street, Aldermaston, Berkshire, with Elizabeth (36).

In 1881 Wiliam (45) was recorded as a House Decorator, living in Brimpton Villa, Brimpton, with Elizabeth (46)

The 1891 census records William and Elizabeth, both aged 55, living in The Street, Brimpton, William was recorded as a Painter & Glazier

William died aged 58 on the 15^th May 1893, he was laid to rest in the family plot in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th May.

After her husband’s death Elizabeth moved to Basingstoke (7, Beaconsfield Road). She died aged 63 on the 3^rd April 1898, in Basingstoke.

Probate: BOYER William of Brimpton Berkshire plumber died 15^th May 1893 Probate Oxford 28^th July to Elizabeth Boyer widow Effects: £1720 13s 10d

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