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Personal Details of John Elkins

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Buried:	16/08/1873

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Burial Register

Name at death

John Elkins

Age at Death

Burial Date

16 August 1873

Abode

Newbury

Official at Burial

The Rev'd. Frederick Rosebury, Baptist Minister, Newbury.

Comments

Not sure about Name

Burial Register Index

Book	1868
Page Number	088
Reccord Number	3104

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for John Elkins
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Memory of/ Isabella Elkins/ wife of John Elkins/ who departed this life/ on the 21st. of/ Jan. 1859/ aged 63 years./ "Be ye also ready."/ Also of John Elkins who died Aug. 13th. 1873 aged 78 years/ "The end was peace". Footstone: I. E / 1859

Name on Memorial	John ELKINS
Date of death	13/08/1873
Age	78
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone & Footstone
Construction Material	Limestone
Condition of memorial	Fair condition. Headstone sinking but able to read final line that Mrs. P. believed to be eroded. Engraved letters.
Pattison Location Code	LS45
Others named on memorial
Isabella ELKINS

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

John Elkins

Source:	Reading Mercury
Article date:	16/08/1873
Copyright:	Reading Mercury
Transciption:	JOHN ELKINS ELKINS – on the 13^th inst., Mr. John Elkins, of New-street, Newbury, aged 78 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

John Elkins

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	14/08/1873
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	JOHN ELKINS THE LATE MR. JOHN ELKINS We have to record the death of Mr. John Elkins, which took place yesterday afternoon at his residence in New-street, at the advanced age of 78. Mr. Elkins was in business many years in Newbury, and was much respected by his fellow townsmen. He was a member of the Baptist Church in this town, and for 30 years filled the office of deacon. The deceased was descended from an old Newbury family; his father was for many years being also a deacon of the Baptist Church, and dying August 11th, 1837. Newbury Weekly News 14 August 1873
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about John Elkins.

John Elkins

John Elkins

He was born on 24 July 1795, second son of John and Sarah Elkins in Devizes, Wiltshire. His birth is recorded in the Baptist Register, Devizes. He is the brother of Samuel Elkins (1790-1857). In the 1841 and 1851 Census he is living with his first wife, Isabella, and family in Bartholomew Street where he is working as a Currier and employing 4 men. After Isabella died in 1859, he married Elizabeth James in 1861 and by 1871 they retired to 3 Donnington Square.

He died on 13 August 1873 aged 78 years and he was buried on 16 August 1873 alongside his first wife Isabella. Probate was granted to Alfred Jackson, Draper of Market Place, and Alfred George Whitington, Dairyman of West Fields Newbury.

Sources: Baptist Registration, Devizes; 1841 to 1871 Census; BMD 1Q 1861 Marriage and BMD 3Q 1873 Death; National Probate & Wills; Reading Mercury and Berkshire Chronicle dated 16 August 1873.

Mrs. P. Code LS45, page 132

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