Personal Details of Esther Knight
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| Buried: | 15/04/1851 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Esther Knight |
| Date of burial | 15/04/1851 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated Ground |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. J. Davies |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 3 |
Accounts Entry for Esther Knight
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Esther Knight
Biographical Information
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Esther Knight c1851-1851
Esther Knight
c1851-1851
Esther’s birth was registered in the March quarter 1851, in Newbury, Berkshire. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Knight (nee Penford) who were married on the 25th March 1833, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.
Esther died soon after she was born, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th April 1851.
Esther’s family:
According to census records her father William was born c1812 in Newbury, Berkshire.
Her mother Sarah was baptised in 1814 in Bramley, Hampshire the daughter of Jonh and Sarah Penfold
Esther’s siblings were (all baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury, except Mary Ann):
Sarah, baptised 30th March 1834
George baptised 10th May 1835
Mary Ann baptised 27th August 1836 in Greenham
William baptised 14th April 1839
Elizabeth baptised 29th November 1840
Caroline baptised 31st July 1842 1842
Jane baptised 29th March 1845
Hannah baptised 28th March 1847
Thomas batpsied 31st December 1848
Harriet Esther baptised 28th March 1852
Ellen baptised 29th July 1855
William was a Baker. The 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records record the family living in Cheap Street, Newbury. (The 1851 census records William as the Bakery contractor for the Union Workhouse)
Sarah died aged 74 in 1889, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9th February.
The 1891 census records William (79) living alone at 12 Kimber’s Almshouses, Newbury.
William died aged 88 on the 16th January 1900, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19th January.
Author: Gambles
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