Charlotte Arnold

c1826-1903

Charlotte, her parents, siblings and early life:

Charlotte was baptised on the 29^th January 1826, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of William (a Leather Dresser) and Mary Clements (nee Gale) who were married on the 3^rd September 1820, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Charlotte’s father William was born on the 1^st May 1799. He was baptised on the 21^st July 1799, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the son of Joshua and Sarah Clements (nee Purdue) who were married on the 10^th December 1795, at St Nicolas, Newbury. William Clements died in March 1863 aged 65, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on 9^th March.

 Charlotte’s mother Mary Gale was born c1794 in Calstone, Calne, Wiltshire. (Possible baptism: 9^th March 1794, in Calne, the daughter of Robert and Ann Gale). Mary Clements died aged 79, in June 1872. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery, on the 8^th June.

William and Mary also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

William, 1^st July 1821 (dad a Leather Dresser)

Sarah Ann, 12^th October 1823 (dad a Fellmonger)

Sophia, 2^nd March 1828 (dad a Leather Dresser)

Joshua, 27^th December 1829 (dad a Fellmonger)

James, 16^th September 1832 (dad a Leather Dresser)

Charles, 27^th April 1834 (dad a Leather Dresser)

In 1841 Charlotte (15) was recorded living in West Mills, Newbury, with her parents William Clements (40), a Fellmonger and Mary (45) and her siblings, William (20), Sarah (15), Sophia (13), Joshua (11) and James (8).

Charlotte in later life:

Charlotte married John Stone in 1845 (marriage registered in the December quarter in Newbury)

(According to the 1851 census John Stone was born c1824, in Manchester, Lancashire)

John and Charlotte had the following children:

Mary Ann 1846 in Newbury

Maria, 1848 in Newbury

Amelia, 31^st May 1850 in Minster Lovell, baptised 24^th February 1860, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Sarah Elizabeth born 1^st April 1852 in Newbury, baptised 24^th February 1860, at St Nicolas Newbury

Thomas, born 17^th September 1854 in Newbury, baptised 24^th February 1860, at St Nicolas, Newbury

The 1851 census records Charlotte (24), John (27), a Cordwainer and Farmer of 4 acres and their children, Martha (4) (Mary), Maria (2) and Amelia (1), living in Charterville, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

Charlotte was widowed in 1854, John died aged 31. (Death registered in Newbury)

In 1861 Charlotte (33) was working as a Needlewoman, living in West Mills, Newbury, with her children, Mary (15), a Servant, Maria (13), Amelia (11) and Tommy (6).  Charlotte’s daughter Sarah aged 9, was recorded as a boarder, at Christ Hospital, Hertfordshire.

Charlotte remarried in 1865

Marriage details:   Place: Holy Trinity, Chelsea, Middlesex

Date: 5^th June 1865

Groom: William John Arnold, full age, bachelor, occupation, Porter, abode, Newbury Berkshire

Bride: Charlotte Stone, full age, widow, abode, Upper Chelsea

Fathers: William Clements, a Fellmonger and William Arnold, a Bargeman

Witnesses: John Kerr and Sarah Fassance

(William John Arnold was born in 1838, in Newbury, Berkshire. He was baptised on the 8^th April 1838, at St Nicolas, Newbury, the son of William and Sarah Arnold (nee Ward) who were married on the 29^th August 1830, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

William John and Charlotte had a daughter, Alice Jane born c1866. Alice Jane was baptised on the 7^th December 1873, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

The 1871 census records Charlotte Arnold (43), William John (33), an Auctioneer’s Broker, and Thomas Stone (16), a Brushmaker’s Apprentice, living in Bartholomew Sreet, Newbury.  Their daughter Alice Jane (5) was recorded living with her grandmother, Sarah Stratton (64), (formerly Arnold, nee Ward) a Charwoman, at 24 West Mills, Newbury.

Alice Jane died aged 15, on the 21^st January 1881. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26^th January.

In 1881 Charlotte Arnold (55), wife of an Auctioneer’s Porter and her daughter, Sarah E. Stone (29), a Machinist Seamstress, were living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury. Charlotte’s husband William Arnold (42), an Auctioneer’s Porter, was recorded living at 5 Trafalgar Place, Newbury, with his widowed mother Sarah Stratton (71) and her granddaughter, Fanny Stratton (8).

The 1891 census records Charlotte (65) and William Arnold (53), a Bill Poster, living in Vine Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

Charlotte was widowed in January 1900. William John died aged 61, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th January.

In 1901 Charlotte (75) was living alone, on her own means, at 4, Bartholomew Place, Newbury

Charlotte died aged 78, in the Newbury Workhouse, on the 10^th August 1903. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th August.

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