Personal Details of Rachel Keep
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| Buried: | 07/10/1870 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Rachel Keep | ||||||
| Age at Death | 37 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 07 October 1870 | ||||||
| Abode |
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | The Rev'd. W Harding, | ||||||
| Comments | Unable to read the title of official | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Rachel Keep
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Burial Register Entry for Rachel Keep
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
DEATHS Rachel Keep
| Source: | NWN |
| Article date: | 08/10/1870 |
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| Transciption: | Rachel Keep After a protracted and severe illness, aged 37, at the Wharf, wife of John Keep |
Biographical Information
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Rachel Keep c1831-1870
Rachel Keep
c1831-1870
Rachel, her parents, siblings and early life:
Rachel was born in Grafton, Wiltshire. She was baptised on the 30th January 1831 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, the daughter of Thomas (a Labourer) and Millicent (aka Amelia) Davies (nee Laurence) who were married on the 7th August 1820 in Great Bedwyn.
Rachel’s siblings were:
Mary baptised 24th December 1820 All baptised in Great Bedwyn, surnames recorded as Davies
George baptised 9th February 1823 Father recorded as a Labourer, abode, West Grafton
Charles baptised 22nd May 1825
William baptised 24th February 1828
Henry baptised 9th February 1834
Eliza baptised 26th June 1836
The 1841 census record Thomas Davis (40) as an Agricultural Labourer, living in West Grafton, Wiltshire, with Millicent (40) and their children, George (15), Charles (15), William (14), Henry (7), Rachel (5) and Eliza (3).
In 1851 Thomas Davis (50) was recorded working as a Cooper, living in Farm Lane, Leckhampstead, Berkshire with Amelia (52), William (23), a Cooper, Rachel (20) and Eliza (15).
Rachel in later life:
Rachel Davis married John Keep in 1854 (marriage registered in Newbury)
(John was baptised on the 31st March 1833 in Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of George and Elizabeth Keep (nee Chapman) who were married on the 26th July 1830 in Chieveley, Berkshire)
Rachel had a daughter, Mary Jane Davis, born in 1852, before she married John.
Rachel and John had the following children:
William 1854
John 1864
Leonard George c1868
The 1861 census records John (28) as a Lock Keeper, living in Greenham Mills, Greenham, with Rachel (29) and their children, Mary (8) and William (6).
Rachel’s mother Amelia Davis died aged 62 in 1862, she was buried on the 14th March at St James Leckhampstead.
Her father Thomas Davis died aged 64 in 1866, he was buried on the 13th March at St James Leckhamstead.
Rachel died aged 37 on the 1st October 1870, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7th October.
The 1871 census records John (38) as a Wharfinger, living in Wharf Lane, Newbury, with his children, Mary (19), William (16), John (5) and Leonard (3).
John remarried in in 1873. His 2nd wife was Louisa Phillips (marriage registered in Newbury). He was widowed again in 1890. He married Elizabeth Freeman (nee Church) in 1891 and was widowed again in 1910.
John continued to live in Wharf Road, Newbury until his death. He died aged 83 on the 26th April 1916 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery, with his 2nd wife Louisa, on the 29th April.
Newbury Weekly News
Dated 6th October 1870
Oct. 1, at the Wharf, Newbury, after a protracted and severe illness, Rachel, wife of John Keep, aged 37 years
Author: gambles
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