Personal Details of Elizabeth Keep
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| Buried: | 13/04/1910 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Elizabeth Keep | ||||||
| Age at Death | 85 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 13 April 1910 | ||||||
| Abode |
Wharf Road,
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | E G French | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Elizabeth Keep
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Burial Register Entry for Elizabeth Keep
Memorial Details
| From top of Headstone: In Loving Remembrance Of/ Elizabeth Keep/ who died April 8th. 1910/ aged 85 years./ "With Christ which is far better."/ Also Bessie, daughter of the above/ and wife of John Vaughan,/ Pembury, Kent./ Died March 6th. 1913/ aged 52 years./ "So He giveth His Beloved sleep." | |
| Name on Memorial | Elizabeth KEEP |
| Date of death | 08/04/1910 |
| Age | 85 |
| Gender | Female |
| Memorial Type | Headstone and 3 Kerbstones |
| Construction Material | Limestone |
| Condition of memorial | Fair condition. Inlaid letters. Area between kerbstones lined with limestone tiles. |
| Pattison Location Code | LS(A) 14 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Bessie VAUGHAN |
Newspaper Cuttings
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DEATHS - Elizabeth Keep - 1910
| Source: | NWN |
| Article date: | 14/04/1910 |
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| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 14th April 1910 KEEP – April 8, at the Wharf, Newbury, Elizabeth, wife of John Keep, in her 86th year. |
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Biographical Information
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Elizabeth Keep c1824-1910
Elizabeth Keep
c1824-1910
Elizabeth was born in Bagnor, Berkshire, she was baptised on the 19th September 1824 at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire the base born daughter of Hannah Church of Bagnor. (Hannah Church also had at least two other illegitimate children, Joseph born c1810 and John born in Bagnor and baptised on the 3rd January 1815 at St Mary the Virgin Spreen)
In 1841 Elizabeth (15) was working as a Female Servant, living in Golding’s Yard, Greenham, Berkshire, with her mother Hannah Church, a Washerwoman, and her brothers Joseph Church (25) and a John Church (20).
Elizabeth married Francis Freeman in 1851 (marriage registered in Newbury)
(Francis was a Wheelwright and Carpenter. He was baptised on the 17th January 1825 in Greenham, Berkshire, the son of Benjamin and Frances Freeman (nee Cooper), who were married on the 27th December 1813, in Pangbourne, Berkshire).
Francis and Elizabeth had the following children:
Mary Ann 1852
Sarah 1854
James 1856
Fanny 1858
Elizabeth c1861
Jane 1863
Eliza 1868
The 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records record the family living in Stroud, Green Greenham, Berkshire, as follows:
1861: Francis (36), Elizabeth (36), Mary Ann (8), Sarah (6), James (4), Fanny (2) and Elizabeth (2 months).
1871: Francis (46), Elizabeth (46), James (14), Fanny (12), Elizabeth (10), Jane (7) and Eliza (5).
1881: Francis Freeman (56), Elizabeth (56), and Eliza (13)
Elizabeth was widowed in 1888, Francis died aged 63, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10th September.
Elizabeth remarried in 1891. Her 2nd husband was John Keep, a widower.
(John was baptised on the 31st March 1833 in Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of George and Elizabeth Keep (nee Chapman) who were married on the 26th July 1830 in Chieveley, Berkshire. John married Rachel Davis in 1854, they had 4 children, Mary Jane Davis, born 1852 before they married, William born 1854, John born 1864 and Leonard George born c1868. Rachel died in 1870. John remarried in 1873. His second wife was Louisa Phillips, Louisa died in 1890)
In 1891 John (58) was recorded as a Wharfinger, living at Weighbridge House, Wharf Road, Newbury, with Elizabeth (63).
The 1901 census records John (68), as a Canal Porter living in Wharf Road, Newbury with and Elizabeth (75).
Elizabeth died aged 85, on the 8th April 1910, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13th April. (Her daughter Elizabeth Vaughan was buried with her in 1913)
Her husband John died aged 83, on the 26th April 1916, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29th April, with his 1st wife Louisa (buried in 1890)
Mrs P Page 135 Code LS(A) 14
Author: Gambles
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