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Died: | 30/03/1874 |
Buried: | 02/04/1874 |
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Name at death | Beatrice Ruth Darvill Purdue | ||||||
Age at Death | 5 weeks | ||||||
Burial Date | 02 April 1874 | ||||||
Abode |
Donnington |
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Official at Burial | The Rev'd. Jabez Ingham. Minister. | ||||||
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Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Beatrice Ruth Darvill Purdue
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Reproduced with kind permission
Slants: IMO MARTHA, youngest and much beloved daughter of John & Sarah DARVILL who departed this life Aug 20th 1856 aged 15 years. "Free from the world of grief and sin with God eternally shut in" Also ERBERT DARVILL died March 30th 1874 aged 7 weeks. | |
Name on Memorial | Beatrice Ruth Darvill PURDUE |
Date of death | 30/03/1874 |
Age | 7 weeks |
Gender | Female |
Memorial Type | Coped Stone |
Construction Material | |
Condition of memorial | Average, engraved letters |
Pattison Location Code | Ma49 |
Recorder's Notes | Covered in straw. |
Others named on memorial | |
Martha DARVILL | |
Herbert Darvill PURDUE |
The articles below contain information about Beatrice Ruth Darvill Purdue.
Beatrice Ruth Darvill Purdue
1874-1874
Beatrice was born in Berkshire, the daughter of Charles and Ruth Purdue (nee Davrvill) who were married in 1863.
Beatrice died on the 30th March 1874 (aged either 5 weeks, as recorded on the burial record or 7 weeks, as recorded on the memorial inscription) she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2nd April, with her brother Herbert (buried 1871) and her aunt, Martha Darvill (buried 1856, the sister of her mother Ruth).
Beatrice’s family:
Her father: Charles was baptised on the 18th July 1824 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Charles and Ann Purdue (nee Lawrence) who were married on the 19th April 1819, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire. Charles married Elizabeth Keys in 1850 (marriage registered in Newbury) They had the following children:
Catherine Maria, born 1851
Arthur Wellington, born 1852
Helen Elizabeth, born 1854
Charles, born 1857-1857
John Charles, born 1858
Frederick William, born 1859-1859
In 1851 Charles (27) was recorded as a Grocer, living in the Broadway, Speenhamland, Newbury, Berkshire, with Elizabeth (29) and their daughter Catherine Maria aged 2 months.
The 1861 census records Charles (36) as a Maltster, living in a private house in Shaw cum Donnington, Berkshire, with Elizabeth (40) and their children, Catherine (10), Ellen (6) (Helen), Arthur (8) and John (2).
Charles was widowed in 1862, Elizabeth died aged 43, she was buried on the 15th September at St Mary the Virgin, Shaw cum Donnington. Charles remarried the following year.
Beatrice’s mother: Ruth was born in 1833, she was baptised in 1836 in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, the daughter of John and Sarah Ward Darvill (nee Edmonds) who were married in 1818 in Princes Risborough. Ruth married Richard Darvill in 1856 (marriage registered in Newbury) The had a daughter Martha Mary, born 1st December 1858 in Whitechapel (Beatrice’s half-sister). Ruth was widowed in 1861. She remarried in 1863.
Beatrice’s full siblings were:
Clara Darvill born c1864
Herbert Darvill born 1865 (died aged 6 years 2 months in 1871, buried in the NRC on the 1st November)
Ada Darvill born 1867
Edith Darvill born 1868
Fanny Sarah Darvill born c1870
May Louise Darvill born 1871
Cecilia Darvill born c1873
Ethel Maud Darvill born 1875
Frederick Darvill born 1877 in Buckinghamshire (died 1877)
The 1871 census records Charles (46) as a Brewer, living in Shaw cum Donnington, with his 2nd wife Ruth and his children, Arthur (18), a Brewer, John Charles (12), Herbert (5), Ada (3), Edith (2) and Fanny Sarah (1).
By 1877 the family were living in Buckinghamshire.
The 1881 census records Charles (56) as a retired Brewer, living at Beech Villa, (west side of Amersham Hill) Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with Ruth (50), Martha Mary Darvill (21), Clara (17), Ada (14), Edith (12), Fanny (11), May (9), Cecilia (8), Ethel (5) and a servant.
By 1885 Charles and Ruth were back living in Donnington, Berkshire.
They both died in 1885, Charles died aged 60 on the 13th April (buried 18th April) and Ruth died aged 52, on the 11th December (buried 15th December). Both were buried at St Mary the Virgin, Shaw cum Donnington.
Mrs P Page 196 Code Ma 49
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