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Personal Details of William Charles Edwards

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Buried:	20/11/1895

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on William Charles Edwards.

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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 Loving Memory of / William Charles / the dearly loved son of / William & Jane Edwards / who died Nov. 15th. 1895 / aged 16 years. / "He was not, for God took him." / Also / Albert Henry / second son of / W. & J. Edwards / who died March 19th. 1898 aged 10 years. / "Be ye therefore followers of God / as dear children." //

Name on Memorial	William Charles EDWARDS
Date of death	15/11/1895
Age	6
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone. At present located in row in front on Goddard, P(B)18
Construction Material	Limestone Lead Letters
Condition of memorial	The Headstone has been laid on the grave of Emily Goddard, P(B)18. Many of the lead letters are missing but the MI is decipherable.
Pattison Location Code	P(C)8
Recorder's Notes	Willliam & Albert were 2 of 3 sons and 8 children born to William Edwards of Chilton, Wilts.,& Jane Mills of Kintbury, Berks. They married in Kintbury on 2 Dec., 1876. William worked as a Bricklayer's Labourer and Jane as a General Servant. Having lived in Kintbury, where William Charles was born, the family moved to Greenham Fields, Greenham and then by 1891 to 5, Nursery Cottages, Old Newtown Rd, Newbury where Albert was born. They were both living in Greenham when they died, possibly at Woodbine Cottages, Greenham Rd, where the family were living in 1901 and where their father died that year. Their mother died in 1931, aged 79, at 4, Connnaught Rd, Newbury off Mill Lane. NB Mrs Paterson recorded William as being 6 years old not 16 when he died. Sources: Ancestry records; NRC Bur Recds
Others named on memorial
Albert Henry EDWARDS

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 Charles Edwards
Date of burial	20/11/1895
Whence brought	Greenham
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend J T Stead
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 087
Transcription comments	On FBMD

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

Biographical Information

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