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Personal Details of John Parker

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Buried:	29/08/1896

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on John Parker.

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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 / John Parker / who died Aug. 23 1896 / aged 70 years. / Martha Parker / wife of the above / who died July 18 1915 / aged 88 years. / Maria Tuck / who died May 2 1879 / aged 58 years. / "Why do we mourn departed friends / Or shake at Death's alarms, / 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends / To call them to his arms." // Footstone: J.P.1896 / M.P. 1915 / M.T. 1879 //

Name on Memorial	John PARKER
Date of death	23/08/1896
Age	70
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone; Footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Good; footstone propped against P(G)5
Pattison Location Code	P(G)6
Recorder's Notes	John Parker & wife Martha (nee Warr) : Both born Sherborne, Dorset. Coach wheel maker & wheelwright. Married in Sherborne, came to Newbury by 1871 census & lived in Speen then 22, West St. Their niece Mary Blagden lodged with them while at school & after as a dressmaker. After John's death, Martha took in boarders. Maria Tuck: nee Warr, born in Sherborne, older sister to Martha, married local Labourer John Tuck in 1854 in Sherborne. John & Martha Parker were witnesses who signed their marriage certificate. Occupation on marriage cert is Silk Winder. Her husband, John Tuck died in Sherborne in 1875. She may have boarded with Martha after then. Source: Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
Martha PARKER
Maria TUCK

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	John Parker
Date of burial	29/08/1896
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend E H Titchmarsh
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 090
Transcription comments	On FBMD

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

Biographical Information

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