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Personal Details of Georgiana Leone Douglas

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Buried:	10/03/1926

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Georgiana Leone Douglas.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

Name at death

Georgina Leone Douglas

Age at Death

Burial Date

10 March 1926

Abode

Porchester Road
Newbury

Official at Burial

F. Green

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1917
Page Number	106
Reccord Number	10446

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Georgiana Leone Douglas
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	From top step of base: "Robert"/ Jesu in mercy brings us/ to that dear land of rest./ Who art with God the father/ and Spirit ever blest./ Where loyal hearts and true/ stand ever in the light./ All rapture through and through/ in God's most holy sight."/ In Loving Remembrance of my brother, Robert Douglas, M.A. (Oxon), Priest, obt. 21st April 1918 aet.69 years. North facing kerbstone./ Also of Georgian Leona Douglas, obt. 26th. March 1926 aet. 76 years./ East facing kerbstone:/ "Grant us each day of life/ to stand by Thee./ With Thee when morning breaks/ ever to be." E.M.

Name on Memorial	Georgiana Leona Douglas
Date of death	26/03/1926
Age	76
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Marble cross with sculptured angel mounted on 3 steps with 4 kerbstones and corner posts
Construction Material	Marble
Condition of memorial	Inlaid letters, poor
Pattison Location Code	P24
Others named on memorial
Robert Douglas

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Grave of the Month

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FNRC

Article date:

26/03/2026

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Transciption:

Grave of the Month March 2026
Georgiana Leone Douglas (1852–1826)

Date of burial 26 March 1926

Georgiana was born in Germany. As was her father who was an Anglican Clergyman, serving mostly in the Midlands. Georgiana’s mother came from the Newbury area. Georgiana and her brother, Robert, (also buried in this grave) lived on the corner of Porchester Road. Robert died in 1918.

Georgiana bequeathed all her money to build a new St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Newbury, opened nearly 100 years ago in 1927.

Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery recently funded the restoration of her grave. The grave was re-dedicated on 26 March 2026 by Fr Michael Fava, Parish Priest of St Joseph’s.

Article by Maureen Hudd

This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Pictures and photographs

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St. Joseph's Catholic church
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Douglas Probate
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Biographical Information

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