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Buried:	18/10/1897

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Memorial Details

	I H S: Cross: In / loving memory / of / Mary / the beloved wife of William Adams / who fell asleep Oct 14th 1897 / aged 59 years / For ever with the Lord / Also of William / husband of the above / who died Feb 13th 1902 / aged 60 years / Thy will be done.

Name on Memorial	Mary Adams
Date of death	14/10/1897
Age	59
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Large Cross
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Reasonable condition, readable
Pattison Location Code	NCH(H)10
Others named on memorial
William Adams

Cemetery accounts

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The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Mary Adams
Date of burial	18/10/1897
Whence brought	Greenham
Where & how buried	Consecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend W Kirkley
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 098
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Mary Adams
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Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

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deaths - Mary Adams

Source:	nwn
Article date:	21/10/1897
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekley News Dated 21^st October 1897 ADAMS – Oct. 14^th, at the Axe and Compasses, St Mary’s Hill, Mary, the dearly loved wife of William Adams, aged 59 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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Axe and Compass, st mary's Hill
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Biographical Information

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Mary Adams c1836-1897

Mary Adams

c1836-1897

Mary, her parents, siblings and early life:

Mary was born in Little Hemsworth, Yorkshire. She was baptised on the 6^th March 1836, at St Helen, Hemsworth, the daughter of Charles and Martha Walker (nee Bingley) who were married on the 27^th November 1832, at St Helen, Hemsworth.

Mary’s father Charles was born c1808, in Nun Monkton, Yorkshire. He died aged 83 in 1892, in Little Hemsworth.

Her mother Martha was born c1809 in Hemsworth, Yorkshire

Charles and Martha also had the following children baptised at St Helen, Hemsworth:

William, 22^nd September 1833

Charles, 25^th October 1840

Susanna, 15^th September 1844

George, 5^th March 1848

Joseph, 24^th November 1850

Sarah, 27^th August 1854

The 1841 census records Charles (30), an Agricultural Labourer, Martha (30), William (7), Mary (5) and Charles (8 months), living in Little Hemsworth, Yorkshire.

In 1851 Mary (14) was working a House Servant in Hemsworth for a Farmer, John Green (25) and his family. (Ancestry have mistakenly recorded her aged 74).

Mary gave birth to a daughter, Emma in 1857, in Hemsworth, Emma was baptised on the 11^th October 1857 in Hemsworth, the illegitimate daughter of Mary Walker, a spinster of Little Hemsworth.

The 1861 census records Mary (24) working as a House Servant for a Lucy and Benjamin Beddow, an Independent Minister, at 9 Regent Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire. (Ancestry have mistakenly recorded her surname as Wacker) Her daughter Emma (3) was recorded living with her grandparents Charles (55) and Martha (50), her uncles, George (13), Joseph (10) and her aunt, Sarah (6).

Mary in later life:

Mary married 1864.

Marriage details:
Place: St John the Evangelist, Newbury, Berkshire

Date:18^th January 1864

Groom: William Adams, aged 22, bachelor, occupation, Machinist, abode, St John’s Newbury

Bride: Mary Walker, aged 26, spinster, abode, St John’s Newbury

Fathers: Charles Walker, a Farmer and Thomas Adams, a Machinist

(William was born c1842, in Donnington, Berkshire, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Adams (nee Preston) who were married in 1841 (marriage registered in Newbury)

William and Mary had the following children:

William Charles Henwood, 1864 in Newbury

Fanny, 1866, in Greenham

Mary Ann, 1868 in Greenham

Thomas, 1870 in Greenham

Henry, 1872 in Greenham

Alice, 1874 in Greenham

Florence, 1878 in Greenham

The 1871, 1881 and 1891 census records all record the family living at the “Axe and Compass” Inn, Newbury Berkshire. Households recorded as follows:

1871: William (29), a Machinist, Mary (32), Emma (12) (now known as Emma Adams), William (6), Fanny (4), Mary Ann (2) and Thomas (9 months).

1881: William (39), an Engine Fitter, Mary (43), Willian (16), a Railway Porter, Fanny (14), a Domestic Servant, Mary Ann (12), Thomas (10), Henry (8), Alice (6) and Florence (2).

1891: William (49), a Wheelwright, Mary (51), Fanny (24), Alice (16) and Florence (12)

Mary died aged 59, at home (Axe and Compass Inn) on the 14^th October 1897. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th October.

The 1901 census records William (59) as an Innkeeper at the “Axe and Compass” Inn, his daughter Fanny (34), Mary (32) and Florence (22) were still living with him and were helping him at the Inn.

William died 60, at the “Axe and Compass,” on the 13^th February 1902. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery with Mary, on the 18^th February.

Mrs P’s Page 86 Code NCh (H) 10

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