Personal Details of Charles Bushnell
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| Buried: | 29/03/1884 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Charles Bushnell | ||||||
| Age at Death | 85 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 29 March 1884 | ||||||
| Abode |
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | The Rev'd. Richard Williams, Curate. | ||||||
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Burial Register entry for Charles Bushnell
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Burial Register Entry for Charles Bushnell
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Charles Bushnell
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 03/04/1882 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | CHARLES BUSHNELL March 26th at The Workhouse, Newbury, Charles Bushnell, aged 85 years
The Newbury Union Workhouse Death Records state the following 26th march 1884, Charles Bushnell aged 85 from Newbury buried Newbury Cemetery (by relations) |
Biographical Information
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Charles Bushnell c1800-1884
Charles Bushnell
c1800-1884
According to census records Charles was born in Berkshire in 1841, Anwell Berkshire in 1851, Shalbourne Wiltshire in 1861, Oxfordshire in 1871 and Fawley Berkshire in 1881.
Charles was a Blacksmith. He married Jane Abel on the 4th September 1825 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, both were single. (Charles surname was recorded as Bushell and he was from Langley Marish Buckinghamshire).
(Jane was baptised at St Maurice, Winchester, Hampshire on the 28th September 1804, the daughter of Robert and Ann Able.)
Charles and Jane had the following children:
James c1826
Ann c1827 (married Edward Lemm in 1849)
Emma c1828 (married John Burton in 1849)
Charles c1830
Jane c1833 (married George Ayres in 1865)
Robert 1835 (married Jane Gaiger in 1860)
Henry c1838 (died aged 18 months, buried 28th August 1839 at St Nicolas Newbury)
Letitia c1840 (“married” (no marriage found) George Stephens)
Sarah Elizabeth 1842 (married George Scorgie Stephen in 1878)
Amelia c1845 (married James Kelly in 1867)
The 1841, 1851 and 1861 census records record the family living in the Old Cattle Market, Newbury as follows:
1841: Charles (40), Jane (35) and their children James (15), Ann (13), Emma (11), Charles (9), Jane (7), Robert (5) and Letitia (1).
1851: Charles (50), Jane (46), their children Charles (20), Robert (15), Letitia (11), Sarah (9) and Amelia (6)
1861: Charles (60), Jane (56), Letitia (20), Amelia (16) and two grandsons, Charles Lemm (10) (son of their daughter Ann and her husband Edward Lemm) and Charles C Bushnell (11 months).
By 1871 the family had moved to 5 Porter’s Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, recorded in the household were: Charles (72), Jane (67), their “married” daughter Letitia Stephen (31), their granddaughter Elizabeth Stephen (6) and their two grandsons Charles Lemm (19) and Charles Bushnell (8) (son of Robert and Jane Bushnell nee Gaiger)
Charles was widowed in 1877, Jane died aged 72, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30th August.
The 1881 census records Charles (82) as a Pauper in the Newbury Workhouse.
Charles died aged 85 on the 26th March 1884 in the Newbury Workhouse, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29th March.
Author: Gambles
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