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Personal Details of Charlotte French

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Buried:	14/02/1906

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Burial Register

Name at death

Charlotte French

Age at Death

Burial Date

14 February 1906

Abode

Oxford House, Speenhamland,
Newbury

Official at Burial

George J Knight

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1899
Page Number	115
Reccord Number	8118

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Charlotte French
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In memory of / Charlotte/ widow of the Rev. John* French/ who died Feb. 10th. 1906 aged 79./"Always abounding in the / work of the Lord."/ His servants shall serve Him/ for they shall see His face."

Name on Memorial	Charlotte FRENCH
Date of death	10/02/1906
Age	79
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Inlaid letters. Fair
Pattison Location Code	LS(E)14
Recorder's Notes	* possibly this has been misread as she was married to Joseph (Josh Joph perhaps)

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Charlotte French

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	Charlotte French Widow Of The Rev John French A Memorial Service was held on Sunday evening in the Baptist Church for the late Mrs. French, whose death and funeral were reported last week. The service commenced with the anthem, “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord,” other hymns being “Come let us join our friends above, "For all Thy saints who from their ’”labours rest,*’ “How blest the righteous,” ”Friend after friend departs.” The Rev. G. J. Knight preached from the text: “Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly unto the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 Peter i., 10,11. Mr. Knight said he had known deceased 17 years during the time of his ministry in Newbury. The day before her death she told him she had been thinking of the words “ I will praise God while I have my being”, little thinking that the next day would be her last. Although 80 years of age, Mrs. French was accustomed to rise early so as to have time alone with God in prayer. It was her diligence in prayer that had made her influence among them. He had heard her pray, and her prayers were like conversations with God, simple but intense in their earnestness. For years her name stood on the village plan, and she never failed to keep, an appointment even if she had a distance to walk. She was vice-president of the British Women’s Temperance Association, a sick visitor and diligent in other forms of Christian and social work. She had a dear and definite faith and, could tell people it. One might think of moving the earth as easily as moving the old lady when she had come to a spiritual conclusion. At the conclusion of the service the organist (Mr. Pocock) played the Dead March, the congregation remaining standing.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Charlotte French.

Charlotte French c1826-1906

Charlotte French

c1826-1906

Charlotte Adams was born in Leckhampstead, Berkshire, she was baptised in 1826 in Leckhampstead, the daughter of Joseph (a Blacksmith) and Mary Adams (nee Head) who were married on the 2^nd November 1807 in Chieveley, Berkshire.

Charlotte’s siblings were:

Hariot 1808

Richard 1809

Hannah 1812

Eliza 1814

Emily 1815

Martha Head 1818

Peggy 1820

Joseph 1821

Ann 1823

William 1825

Charles 1826

Robert 1828

Thomas 1831

William Frederick 1834

Charlotte married Joseph French in c1857 (marriage registered in the March quarter, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

(According to census records Joseph was born c1817 in Chatham Kent)

The 1861 census records Charlotte (34) living in Spa Buildings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, with Joseph (44), a Lodging House Keeper.

By 1871 Joseph (54) and Charlotte (44) were living in Thorpe Street, Thorpe, Essex. Joseph was recorded as a Baptist Minister.

The 1881 census records Joseph (64) as the Baptist Minister of Langley Chapel, living in the Chapel House, Langley, Essex, with Charlotte (54).

Charlotte was widowed in 1886, Joseph died aged 70 on the 23^rd December 1886 in Essex.

By 1887 Charlotte had moved back to Leckhampstead.

The 1891 census records Charlotte (64) living on her own means, as a visitor at the High Street, Lambourn, Berkshire, the home of Emma (47) and Louis Legg (43) a Police Sergeant and their family.

The 1901 census records her aged 74, living on her own means, in Oxford Street, Speenhamland, Berkshire.

Charlotte died aged 79 on the 10^th February 1906, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 14^th February.

Probate: FRENCH Charlotte of Oxford House Speenhamland Newbury Berkshire widow died 10^th February 1906 Probate Oxford 7th March to William Tom Adams builder Effects: £883 13s 11d

Mrs P Page 143 Code LS(E) 14

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