Personal Details of Charles Rolfe
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| Buried: | 24/06/1904 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Charles Rolfe | ||||||
| Age at Death | 80 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 24 June 1904 | ||||||
| Abode |
2 Oxford Cottages, Oxford Road
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | H E Dean | ||||||
| Comments | Mrs. P. Code P(E)3, page 172. | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Charles Rolfe
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Burial Register Entry for Charles Rolfe
Memorial Details
| Headstone: STMO/ SARAH/ the......... wife of/ CHARLES ROLFE/ who died October 20 1895./ Aged 74 years./ Also of Charles husband of the above (remainder eroded). "Thy will be done". Footstone SH 1895 CR/ 1904. | |
| Name on Memorial | Charles Rolfe |
| Date of death | 21/06/1904 |
| Age | 80 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone and footstone |
| Construction Material | Sandstone engraved |
| Condition of memorial | Badly weathered, footstone laid down |
| Pattison Location Code | P(E)3 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Sarah Rolfe |
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Charles Rolfe
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 10/01/1889 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | CHARLES ROLFE WORKMEN’S SUPPER – On Wednesday evening last a supper was given to the workmen employed on Ham Bridge Farm, belonging to Mr. E. Fidler, by the Exclusive Fishing Club, of London. A capital spread was provided by Mr. Baxter, at the Swan Inn. The chair was taken by Mr. C. Rolfe. After supper the usual toasts were honoured, and the Chairman, in proposing the toast of the Exclusive Fishing Club, said they were all much indebted to the gentlemen belonging to the above club for their kindness. Songs, etc., were given during the evening, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks were accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Baxter for the way in which they had entertained them. |
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Charles Rolfe
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 24/10/1895 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | CHARLES ROLFE ROLFE - Oct. 20. At Ham Bridge Farm, after a long and painful illness, the dearly loved wife of Charles Rolfe. |
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Charles Rolfe
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 23/06/1904 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | CHARLES ROLFE ROLFE – June 21, at 2, Oxford-cottages, late of Ham-bridge-farm, Charles Rolfe, aged 80 years. |
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Biographical Information
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Charles Rolfe
CHARLES ROLFE
He was born c. 1824 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire. He married Sarah Turner in 1849 (4Q) in Newbury.
His occupation recorded in the 1851 census is Brick Burner: he is aged 26 and his wife Sarah is 33, also born in Shalbourne. They are living in Shaw Fields, Thatcham. Mr. Edward Fidler had succeeded his father John Fidler in the Shaw Kilns Brick and Tile Works and he held the lease of Ham Bridge Farm.
For the next 40 years Charles Rolfe would continue to work for Edward Fidler as his farm bailiff at Ham Bridge Farm until Edward Fidler died in November 1901.
Sarah, his wife, had died on 20 October 1895 at Ham Bridge Farm after a long and painful illness. He continued to live at Ham Bridge Farm and his niece, Ellen Hatter – daughter of his sister Harriett and her husband Joseph Hatter – stayed with him as his housekeeper. The farm was let and all live and dead farming stock, as well as farm implements and machinery, was sold for auction in December 1902.
He died on 21 June 1904, aged 80 years at 2 Oxford Cottages, Oxford Road. He was buried on 24 June in the same plot with his wife Sarah.
Mrs. P. Code P(E)3, page 172.
Sources: Marriage Index 4Q 1849; 1851 to 1901 census; Death Index 2Q 1904; Berkshire Burial Index.
Author: Deirdre Duff
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