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Personal Details of May Ann Sewell

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Buried:	25/02/1895

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

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for May Ann Sewell.
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

	North facing slope of copestone: Here lies interred in the hope/ of a blessed resurrection through Christ/ the body of Ann Elizabeth Sewell/ relict of John Furnis Sewell of Yarmouth and London/ whose spirit departed this life July 8th. 1858/ in her 78th year/ South facing slope of copestone: Also of Mary Ann Sewell/ (late of Donnington Villas)/ who died Feb. 21st. 1895 aged 79 years.

Name on Memorial	Mary Ann SEWELL
Date of death	21/02/1895
Age	79
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Coped Stone
Construction Material	Sandstone with engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Fair, some erosion
Pattison Location Code	W20
Others named on memorial
Ann Elizabeth SEWELL

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	May Ann Sewell (FBMD shows forename as Mary not May)
Date of burial	25/02/1895
Whence brought	Donnington Road
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Brick Grave
By whom buried	Reverend J Pate
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 082
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for May Ann Sewell
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Mary Ann Sewell

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	28/02/1895
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	MARY ANN SEWELL THE LATE MISS SEWELL This lady, for many years resident at Donnington Villas, passed away on Tuesday last. Having been for some time in declining health. She was best known to a former generation as sister of Mrs. March, wife of the then Congregational Minister of the town. Mary Ann was buried in the Newbury Cemetery February 25 1895 aged79.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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