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Personal Details of Henry Walker

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Born:
Died:	16/05/1874
Buried:	20/05/1874

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Birth

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Burial Register

Name at death

Henry Walker

Age at Death

Burial Date

20 May 1874

Abode

Newbury

Official at Burial

The Rev'd. E W Shalders, Independant Minister.

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1868
Page Number	101
Reccord Number	3208

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Henry Walker
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	From top of Headstone: In Remembrance of Sara the beloved wife of Henry Walker of Newbury who departed this life March 26th. 1871 aged 69 Also of Henry Walker husband of the above who died May 16th. 1874 aged 66 years. "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." Heb. 4, 9.

Name on Memorial	Henry Walker
Date of death	16/05/1874
Age	66
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Engraved sandstone
Condition of memorial	Good
Pattison Location Code	34
Others named on memorial
Sara Walker

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Walker gravestone

Newspaper Cuttings

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Henry Walker

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	21/05/1874
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	Mr. WALKER who died at his residence in West-street last Saturday morning, after a comparatively brief illness, was formerly the Governor of Wantage Union, and has now for nearly 20 years past been the confidential clerk at the West Mills Brewery. He was much respected by his employers for his conscientious discharge of his duties, and as a tribute to his memory he was followed to the grave by Mr. T.E. Hawkins and Mr. E. Hawkins, and was carried by the workmen at the Brewery.

DEATHS Henry Walker

Source:	NWN
Article date:	21/05/1874
Copyright:
Transciption:	Walker May 16 at West Street Newbury Mr Henry Walker aged 66
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Henry Walker 1808 - 1874

Source:	Michaela Peters
Article date:	20/06/2025
Copyright:
Transciption:	GRAVE OF THE MONTH/MAY 2025 Henry Walker 1808 - 1874 Henry was born in Windsor. At the time of the 1841 census, Henry was the Governor of the Wantage Union Workhouse. His wife Susan was Matron. They had 4 children. Their son Henry passed away aged 4 months in 1840. Susan died in 1841 aged 37 years. Her death was recorded as Puerperal Fever, an infection caught during childbirth. She and their son Henry are both buried in St. Peter and St. Paul Churchyard, Wantage. Henry married Sarah Griffin in Greet, Shropshire in 1845. In the 1861 census, Henry was listed as living at Carnarvon Terrace, West Street, Newbury with wife, Sarah. He worked at West Mills Brewery as Brewer's Clerk. Sarah died in 1871. Henry Walker worked at the brewery for 17 years. He died at West Street, Newbury, aged 66 on 16th May 1874. His cause of death was recorded as diseased heart and West Mills Brewery Chimney (Centre, Back) congestion of the lungs. He was much respected by his employers, Mr Thomas Edward Hawkins and Mr E Hawkins and they followed the coffin, carried by the workmen of the West Mills Brewery, to the grave. He was buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, Newbury on 20th May 1874 alongside his wife Sarah. Michaela Peters
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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