Personal Details of Emily Caroline Seward
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| Buried: | 06/05/1920 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Emily Caroline Seward | ||||||
| Age at Death | 23 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 06 May 1920 | ||||||
| Abode |
4 Derby Cottages, King's Road
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | A.G.P. Baines | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Emily Caroline Seward
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Burial Register Entry for Emily Caroline Seward
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 | Emily Caroline SEWARD |
| Date of death | 03/05/1920 |
| Age | 23 |
| 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 | |
| Mary Jane HANCOCK |
Biographical Information
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Emily Caroline Seward (1896 – 1920)
Emily Caroline Seward (1896 – 1920)
Emily Caroline Hancock was born on 6 November 1896 in Newbury, the daughter of Walter Philip and Mary Jane, nee New, Hancock.
Sadly, Emily’s mother Mary Jane died on 7 September 1899 when Emily was aged only 2. Mary Jane was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 9 September.
In the 1901 census Emily was recorded living with her father and five siblings along with Walter’s sister-in-law Rosa Moss and her aunt Elizabeth New at Prospect Place in Newbury. Walter was recorded as a Prudential assurance agent. Walter remarried in 1902 to his sister-in- law Rosa.
Emily attended St John’s school in Newbury and then on 11 April 1904 she started attending St Nicolas Church of England School. The family by that time were living in Old Road in Newbury. She left the school on 8 September 1910 as she was ill and she would not recover before her 14th birthday (school leaving age at that time).
In the 1911 census Emily was recorded living with her father, step mother Rosa and six siblings at 6 Bourne Terrace in Wash Common. Walter was recorded as a watch repairer working at home, Emily did not have any occupation recorded.
Emily married Frederick Charles Edward Seward in Newbury in 1919. Frederick was born 10 March 1895 in Kingsclere, the son of George and Sarah Martha Seward.
In the following May Frederick and Emily were living at 4 Derby Cottages, Kings Road in Newbury. A son Frederick Philip Seward was born on 2 May 1920. Emily died the following day and she was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 5 May 1920.
Frederick remarried in 1921 to Cicely Kay Bishop. They continued to live in Newbury and Frederick died 17 June 1984 while living at 17 Ridgeway House, The Nightingales in Newbury.
Emily’s son Frederick Philip Seward joined the RAF volunteer reserve in WW2 and flew as a pilot in Bomber Command. He died on 29 June 1943 and is commemorated in the Heverlee War Cemetery in Belgium.
Author: Soper
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