Personal Details of Benjamin Booz
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| Buried: | 09/04/1898 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Benjamin Booz | ||||||
| Age at Death | 85 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 09 April 1898 | ||||||
| Abode |
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | E.H. Titchmarsh | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Benjamin Booz
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Burial Register Entry for Benjamin Booz
Memorial Details
| From top of headstone: In Memory of/ Harriet/ wife of Benjamin Booz/ died June 10th.1872/ aged 48 years./ Also of Benjamin Booz/ died April 5th. 1898/ aged 85 years/ Also of Emily Selman/ daughter of the above/ died June 26th. 1906/ aged 63 years. | |
| Name on Memorial | Benjamin Booz |
| Date of death | 05/04/1898 |
| Age | 85 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone and footstone |
| Construction Material | Limestone |
| Condition of memorial | Engraved letters, fair |
| Pattison Location Code | P26 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Harriet Booz | |
| Emily Selman |
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 | Benjamin Booz |
| Date of burial | 09/04/1898 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated Family Grave Reserved Ground |
| By whom buried | Reverend E H Titchmarsh |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 100 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for Benjamin Booz
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Benjamin Booz
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
DEATHS Benjamin Booz
| Source: | NWN |
| Article date: | 07/04/1898 |
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| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 7th April 1898 BOOZ – April 5, at 35 Northbrook Street, Newbury, Benjamin Booz, in his 86th year. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
The articles below contain information about Benjamin Booz.
Benjamin Booz C1813 - 1898
Benjamin Booz
c1813-1898
and
Harriet Booz
c1823-1872
Benjamin was born c1813 in Portsea Hampshire. He married Harriet Ashley (born c1823 in Urchfont Wiltshire) in 1842 (marriage registered in Newbury).
They had the following children (all births registered in Newbury):
Emily 1843
William 1844
Maria 1846 (died aged 1 in 1848)
Harriet 1849 (died aged 1 in 1850)
Kate 1851
Frederick 1853
George 1856 (died aged 9 in 1865)
Thomas 1858
Charles c1861
Alice 1863
Their daughter Harriet died aged 1 in 1850 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30th August.
The 1851 census records Benjamin (38) as a School Master, living in Railway Terrace Newbury with Harriet (28), Emily (7), William (6) and a servant, Sarah Stevens (13). (Surname was recorded as Boose on ancestry )
In 1861 the family were recorded living at 1Trafalgar Place Newbury. Benjamin (48) was working as a County Court Bailiff, his son William (16), was working as Printer and Bookbinder’s Apprentice.
Their son George died aged 9 in 1865 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st November
By 1871 the family had moved to West Street Newbury. Benjamin (58) was working as a Clerk and Shop Man, Kate (19) was working as a Milliner and Frederick was working as a Printer’s Apprentice. (Surname recorded as Berz on ancestry)
Harriet died age 49 on the 10th June 1872 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th June (surname recorded as Booth in burial register)
The 1881 census records Benjamin (68) as a Clerk to an Upholsterer living in Carnarvon Terrace Newbury. Also recorded living in the household was his son Charles (20), a Printer’s Compositor, his daughter Alice (17), a Draper’s Assistant, his married daughter Kate Ashdown (29) and her husband George (28), a Salesman to an Upholsterer and their son William Ashdown (1).
Benjamin died 85 on the 5th April 1898 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9th April
Author: C Gambles
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