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Personal Details of Richard Willis

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Buried:	26/08/1899

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

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for Richard Willis.
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.

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	Richard Willis
Date of burial	26/08/1899
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. W. Hinkley
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 108

Accounts Entry for Richard Willis
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Newbury baths

Source:	NWN
Article date:	14/04/1890
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury baths - Richard Willis has recently been appointed bathkeeper at the Newbury baths in the place of Samuel Giles the latter having left the town
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Man in a fit

Source:	NWN
Article date:	05/01/1899
Copyright:
Transciption:	Man in a fit. A man named Richard Willis, a labourer, was seized with a fit on Tuesday evening against Messrs Davies' shop and in the fall he gashed his face. Being taken into the hall of the liberal club he was seen by doctor John Watson who advised his removal to the hospital and the police ambulance having been procured he was removed there by PC flowers and a couple of willing helpers. On the following morning he was removed to the workhouse Infirmary
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Begging

Source:	NWN
Article date:	02/02/1899
Copyright:
Transciption:	Begging Richard Willis was charged with begging in Burghclere but as he had been locked up one night he was discharged.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Richard Willis.

Richard Willis

Richard Willis. Died in the Newbury union workhouse 24th of August 1899. Announcements appeared in the Newbury weekly news and also in the Faringdon advertiser and the Vale of White Horse Gazette dated 2nd of September 1899.

It seems likely that the Richard Willis mentioned in the Newbury weekly news on the 5th of January 1899 had had a seizure and had been taken to the workhouse Infirmary on the 6th of January.

Looking at Richard Willis in the 1891 census it appears most likely that he is the Richard Willis born circa 1845 in Leeds and living in east London as a dock labourer. He had a wife Mary a Hawker

Author: Fnrc
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