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Personal Details of Mary Jane Hancock

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Buried:	09/09/1899

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Birth

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Loving Memory of / Mary Jane / the beloved wife of / Walter Philip Hancock / who fell asleep in Jesus / September 7th 1899 / aged 30 years. / "Gone to be with Christ which is far better." / "How much we loved her no tongue can tell, / How much we loved her and how well, / Christ loved her too and thought it best / to take her home with Him to rest." / Also Emily Caroline / the dearly beloved wife of / Frederick Charles Seward / and daughter of the above / who departed this life / May 3rd. 1920 / aged 23 years. / "Whosoever believeth in Him shall not / perish but have Everlasting Life." // Footstone: M.J.H. / 1899 / E.C.S. /1920 //

Name on Memorial	Mary Jane HANCOCK
Date of death	07/09/1899
Age	30
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone & footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone. Engraved.
Condition of memorial	Headstone tilted & deeply weathered in places, threatening MI.
Pattison Location Code	ZZ10
Recorder's Notes	Mary Jane, d. of John & Ellen New & sister of Edmund New ChNW35, of Old Newtown Rd. She was the first Walter Philip Hancock's 3rd wife, chemical porter & watch repairer. Her daughter Emily Caroline, wife of Frederick Charles Seward, wood turner, lived at 4 Derby Cottages, King's Rd. Both deaths were just after childbirth & husbands remarried soon after.
Others named on memorial
Emily Caroline SEWARD

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	Mary Jane Hancock
Date of burial	09/09/1899
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated private grave
By whom buried	Rev'd E.F. Mack
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 108

Accounts Entry for Mary Jane Hancock
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Mary Jane Hancock

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	14/09/1899
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	MARY JANE HANCOCK HANCOCK- Sept 7, at 1 Prospect Place, Newbury, the dearly Beloved wife of Walter Hancock, aged 30 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Mary Jane Hancock.

Mary Jane Hancock (1868 – 1899)

Mary Jane Hancock (1868 – 1899)

Jane New was born in 1868 in Newbury, the daughter of John and Helen, nee Thorn, New. Although her name on birth was registered as Jane she used the name Mary Jane, she was recorded as Mary Jane on her marriage and death.

In the 1871 and 1881 censuses Mary was recorded living with her parents and siblings in Newbury, in 1871 in Old Road and in 1881 in Shrewsbury Terrace. Her father John was recorded as an annuitant from the police in 1871 and a pedlar in 1881.

Mary married Walter Philip Hancock in early 1891. Walter was born in 1867 in Hungerford.

Just a few weeks after their marriage in the 1891 census Walter and Mary were recorded living in Bartholomew Cottages, Wash Road in Newbury. Walter was working as a chemical porter.

Walter and Mary had six children, all born in Newbury, Walter Philip (1892), Frederick Charles (1893), Florence Ellen (1894), Alfred Leonard (1895), Emily Caroline (1896) and Mary Jane (1899).

The youngest child Mary Jane was born on 25 August 1899 at 1 Prospect Place in Newbury. Sadly, her mother Mary Jane died a few days later on 7 September at the same address and she was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 9 September. An announcement appeared in the Newbury Weekly News dated 14 September 1899 as below.

HANCOCK – Sep. 7, at 1 Prospect Place, Newbury, the dearly beloved wife of Walter P. Hancock, aged 30 years.

Walter remarried in 1902 to his sister-in-law Rose Ann Moss. He continued to live in Newbury and died on 2 July 1941 while living at 2 Denmark Road in Newbury and working as a caretaker. He was buried at Shaw Cemetery on 5 July 1941.

Mary’s daughter Emily Caroline married Frederick Charles Seward in 1919 and was buried in Newtown Road Cemetery on 6 May 1920.

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