Personal Details of Hannah Legg
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| Buried: | 11/05/1850 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Hannah Legg (Infant) |
| Date of burial | 11/05/1850 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Common interment - Unconsecrated Ground |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. Thos Squires |
| Account remarks | The 2nd infant to be buried in NRC |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 1 |
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Accounts Entry for Hannah Legg
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Accounts Entry for Hannah Legg
Biographical Information
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Hannah Legg 1849-1850
Hannah Legg
1849-1850
Hannah was born in Newbury, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Legg (nee Champ) who were married on the 1st January 1836 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.
Hannah died in 1850, (death registered as Hannah Leg) she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 11th May.
Hannah’s father John was a Shoemaker he was baptised on the 9th August 1801 at St Nicolas Church Newbury Berkshire the son of William (a Chair Maker) and Christian Legge (nee Jennings) who were married on the 23rd December 1788 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. (John was a widower when he married Hannah’s mother. His first wife was Mary Ann Crossley (born c1803) they were married 11th June 1821 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. John and Mary Ann had the following children, Leah c1822, James c1827, William Crossley c1830 (died 1833 and John 1832 (died 1832). Mary Ann died aged 30 in 1833).
Hannah’s mother Elizabeth was baptised in 1812 in Greenham Berkshire, the daughter of Stephen and Rachel Champ (formerly Stone, nee Farmer) who were married on the 29th June 1807 at St Mary Thatcham, both were widowed and from Greenham. (Stephen Champ married Mary Horler on the 14th April 1800 at St Nicolas Newbury. Rachel Farmer married Robert Stone on the 28th June 1793 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.)
John and Elizabeth also had the following children:
Maria c1836
William c1838
Mary 1840
In 1841 John Legg (35), was living in Kimber’s Court, Newbury with Elizabeth (25), Leah (15), James (14), Maria (4), William (3) and Mary (9 months).
John Legg died aged 48 in 1850, he was buried on the 4th January at St Nicolas Newbury
The 1851 census records Elizabeth (39) as s Silk Spinner living in Mills Yard, Newbury with her children, Maria (14), William (13) and Mary (10).
Elizabeth remarried in 1857, her 2nd husband was Joseph Limpus (an Ostler, born c1805 in either Hounslow or Isleworth Middlesex).
In 1861 Joseph and Elizabeth were recorded living in Kimber’s Yard, Newbury
Elizabeth Limpus died aged 56 in 1867 (death registered in Camberwell).
Joseph Limpus was recorded as an inmate in the Newbury Workhouse in both the 1871 and 1881 census records. He died aged 80 in 1883 in the Newbury Workhouse and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 31st January.
Author: gambles
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