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Personal Details of William Jeffries

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Buried:	03/07/1895

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Burial Register

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Memorial Details

	IHS/ IARO/ Elijah WOOTEN/ who died March 10th. 1877/ aged 48 years./ "In the midst of life we are in death." And of Louisa his wife who died Feb. 22nd. 1902/ aged 71 years./ Also Frederick William/ son of the above/ died April 7th. 1888/ aged 27 years./ Also Joseph/ son of the above/ died Dec. 30th. 1884/ age 21 years./ Also William JEFFRIES/ died June 29th. 1895/ aged 69 years/ Also Betty his wife/ died Nov. 21st. 1887 age 72 years.

Name on Memorial	William Jeffries
Date of death	29/06/1895
Age	69
Gender	Male

Memorial Type
Construction Material
Condition of memorial
Pattison Location Code	XX6
Others named on memorial
Elijah Wootten
Louisa Wootten
Joseph Wootten
Frederick William Wotten
Betty Jeffries

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	William Jeffries
Date of burial	03/07/1895
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend F A Hill
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 084
Transcription comments	On FBMD

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

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Death William Jeffries

Source:	NWN
Article date:	04/07/1895
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 4^th July 1895 JEFFRIES – June 29, at Ashleigh Villa, Craven-street, Newbury, William Jeffries, aged 69.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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William Jefferies/Jeffries 1825-1895

William Jefferies/Jeffries

1825-1895

William Jefferies was born in Berkshire, he was baptised on the 31st July 1825 at St Mary, Kintbury, the son of Thomas and Jane Jeffries (nee Edwards) who were married on the 16^th May 1820 in Kintbury.

Thomas and Jane also had the following children baptised at St Mary Kintbury:

Ann 5^th November 1820

William 23^rd January 1823 (died ages 2 in 1825, buried 30^th April at St Mary Kintbury)

Maria 16^th March 1828

Louisa 26^th September 1830

Joseph 5^th June 1836

John 19^th May 1839

In 1841 William Jefferis (16) and his sister Ann (19) were working as servants for an Elizabeth Fowle aged 35, in Kintbury.

William married in 1851

Marriage details:

Place: St Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex

Date: 16^th July 1851

Groom: William Jeffries, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Park Street

Bride: Betty Stone, full age, spinster, abode, Halsey Street, Chelsea

Fathers: Thomas Jeffries and John Stone, both Labourers.

Witnesses: John James and Eliza James

Bride and Groom both signed

The 1861 census records William Jeffries (35) as a Coachman living in Great Milton, Oxfordshire with Betty (49) (recorded as Elizabeth).

In 1871 William Jeffries (45) and Betty (50) (again recorded as Elizabeth) were recorded living in North Street, Marcham, Berkshire.

The 1881 census records Betty (64) (again recorded as Elizabeth) and William Jefferies (55), a Fly Driver, living with William’s widowed sister Louisa Wootten (50) and her son Frederick (20), a Fly Driver, at The Pelican, Speenhamland, Berkshire.

Betty Jefferies died aged 72 on the 21^st November 1887, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 25^th November.

In 1891 William Jeffries (65) was recorded as a Retired Coachman, living with his widowed sister Louisa Wootten (60) who was living On Own Means, at Ashleigh, Craven Road, Newbury.

William Jeffries died aged 69 on the 29^th June 1895, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 3^rd July with his wife Betty, his brother-in-law Elijah Wootten (buried 1877), his sister Louisa Wootten (buried 1902), and his nephews Frederick Wootten (buried 1888) and Joseph Wootten (buried 1884).

Probate: JEFFRIES William of “Ashleigh” Craven-street Newbury Berks coachman died 29^th June 1895 Probate Oxford 7^th August 1895 to Joseph Jeffries coachman and John Jeffries innkeeper Effects: £1020 12s

Mrs P Page 64 XX6

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