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Personal Details of Francis Fisher

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Buried:	01/09/1897

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Burial Register

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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	Francis Fisher
Date of burial	01/09/1897
Whence brought	Greenham
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend J Sears
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 097
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Francis Fisher
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

DEATHS - Francis Fisher

Source:	NWN
Article date:	02/09/1897
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 2^nd September 1897 FISHER – Aug. 29, at South View, King’s Road, Newbury, Francis Fisher, aged 34 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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Francis Fisher 1862-1897

Francis Fisher

1862-1897

Francis, his parents, siblings and early life:

Francis was born in 1862 in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Ashley and Elizabeth Fisher (nee Rowles) who were married in 1854 (marriage registered in Newbury).

His father Ashley was a Bricklayer. He was baptised on the 26^th December 1830 in Thatcham, Berkshire, the son of John and Ann Fisher (nee Wilkins) who were married on the 23^rd October 1826 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. Ashley died aged 93 on the 2^nd March 1924, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th March.

His mother Elizabeth was baptised on the 1^st January 1837 at St Mary, Bathwick, Somerset, the daughter of Joseph (a Labourer) and Sarah Rowles (nee Huzzey) who were married on the 3^rd June 1833 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire. Elizabeth died aged 75 on the 4^th July 1911, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th July

Ashley and Elizabeth also had the following children (births registered in Newbury):

Sarah 1855

Alice c1857

Henry 1858

Arthur 1861 (died 1862, buried in the NRC on the 15^th January)

Charles Ashley 1864

Elizabeth 1867

George c1870 (no birth registration found)

Edith 1872

Kate 1874

Albert Ashley c1877

Edward Rowes 1879

Emily Jessy c1882 (Emily Jessie died in 1883, buried in the NRC on the 30^th May1883)

The 1871, census records Francis (8) living in Quaker’s Building Ground, Newbury with his parents Ashley (42), Elizabeth (34) and his siblings, Sarah (16), Alice (14), Henry (12), Charles Ashley (6), Elizabeth (3) and George (1).

In 1881 Francis (18) was working as a Bricklayer’s Labourer, he was living at home (5, Quaker’s Building Ground) with his parents and siblings, Charles (16), Elizabeth (13), George (11), Edith (9), Kate (7), Albert (4) and Edward (1).

Francis in later life:

Francis married in 1888.

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury

Date: 13^th February 1888

Groom: Francis Fisher, aged 27, bachelor, occupation, Sawyer, abode, Newbury

Bride: Elizabeth Furley, aged 36, widow, abode, Newbury

Fathers: Ashley Fisher, a Bricklayer and William Griffiths (deceased), a Whitesmith

Witnesses: J Edgar Stillman and Elizabeth Gibbins

(Elizabeth was born in 1851 in Newbury, the daughter of William Henry (aka Henry) and Eliza Griffiths (nee Sawyer) who were married in 1850 (marriage registered in Newbury). She married George Frederick Furley in 1874, they had three children, Henry George in 1875, Caroline in 1877 and Elizabeth in 1879. Elizabeth was widowed in 1885)

Francis and Elizabeth had the two daughters born in Newbury, Frances Eliza born c1891 and Louisa born in 1892.

The 1891 census records Francis (28) as a Sawyer, living in Quaker’s Burial Ground with Elizabeth (39), their daughter Frances (under 3 months old) and Elizabeth’s daughter from her 1^st marriage, Caroline Furley (14), a Fancy Shop Assistant.

Francis died aged 34 on the 29^th August 1897, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st September.

Elizabeth died aged 58, on the 20^th February 1910, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th February. (Abode at time of death: 4 Bolton Place, Newbury)

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