Personal Details of Harriet Rosa Smith
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| Buried: | 22/01/1900 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Harriet Rosa Smith | ||||||
| Age at Death | 49 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 22 January 1900 | ||||||
| Abode |
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | John Neville | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Harriet Rosa Smith
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Burial Register Entry for Harriet Rosa Smith
Memorial Details
| Headstone: In Loving Memory of / Harriet Rosa Smith / who died Jan. 17th. 1900 / aged 49 years. / "Her toil is over, her work is done, / .. long dark night is past / ... battle fought, her crown is won, ...reach her rest (or port) at last." // Footstone: H.R.S. / 1900 // | |
| Name on Memorial | HANNAH ROSA SMITH |
| Date of death | 17/01/1900 |
| Age | 49 |
| Gender | Female |
| Memorial Type | Headstone; Footstone |
| Construction Material | Sandstone Engraved |
| Condition of memorial | Badly weathered face, epitaph very difficult to decipher;. Both headstone & footstone laid down in a disordered way and misplaced |
| Pattison Location Code | P(D)11 |
| Recorder's Notes | Harriett was born in Benham nr Newbury to Agricultural Labourer John & Maria Hunt, She became a General Servant to Lawyer, John Fuller by 1871 at 13, Donnington Square, Speen. She married Thomas Smith of Newbury in 1873 and lived in Mill Lane, then Jackson's Cottages, Greenham. Thomas was first a Corn Dealer's Labourer then a Boiler Maker's Labourer. They had 8 children. The year after her death, her husband married Katherine (baptised Catherine) Mary Tombs of Twyford. They lived at 32 York Rd & had several more children. Thomas died in 1929 & is buried with his & Kate's daughter, Jessie K. Smith, in plot M(C)3. Kate is in plot (M(B)1. Harriet & Thomas's son Bertie Smith died aged 101 & is buried in plot S16. Sources: Ancestry records; NRC Bur Recds. |
Newspaper Cuttings
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Harriett Rosa Smith
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 25/01/1900 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | HARRIET ROSA SMITH SMITH – Jan 17, at 1 York-terrace, York-road, Newbury, Harriet Ross, the dearly beloved wife of Thomas Smith, and second daughter of John and Maria Hunt of Newbury, Berks. Aged 49 |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
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John and Maria Hunt - 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1897
© Sylvia Sellwood
John and Maria Hunt - 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1897
Harriett Rosa Smith (John and Maria Hunt's daughter) and family are almost certainly in this photograph
© Sylvia Sellwood
Biographical Information
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Harriett Rosa Smith (nee Hunt)
HARRIETT ROSA SMITH nee HUNT
Second child of John and Maria Hunt born 1851, Rosa on 1841 census, Harriett on 1861 census.
1871 she was working as a servant to John and Phoebe Fuller living inDonnington Square. In 1872 she married Thomas Smith. By 1881 she had two sons William born 1874 and Albert born 1876, also a daughter Florence Kate born 1878.
On 1891 census they had three more children, Bertha born 1882, Arthur born 1886 and Harriett born 1891. Thomas was a boiler maker and they were living atJackson’s Cottages,Roseberry Place, Greenham.
Thomas Smith, born 1850, was a corn dealer labourer and they first lived at Mill Lane Greenham.
Harriett died 1900 aged 49 years. She is buried in NRC.
Thomas died 1929 aged 79, address32 York Road, also in NRC
Both in same grave
Mrs P ref. P170, P(D) 11
Inscription ILMO Harriet Rosa Smith died on 17th January 1900 aged 49 years
Rest of inscription is unreadable.
Author: Sylvia Sellwood
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