Personal Details of John Knight
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| Buried: | 31/10/1851 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | John Knight |
| Date of burial | 31/10/1851 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. H.T. White |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 5 |
Accounts Entry for John Knight
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for John Knight
Biographical Information
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John Edward Knight c1812-1851
John Edward Knight
c1812-1851
According to the 1851 census John Edward was born in Newbury, Berkshire.
John Edward married Anne Kersley on the 9th September 1847 in Sherfield upon Loddon, Hampshire
(Ann was born c1828 in Sherfield, Hampshire)
They had the following two children:
Albert born 1849 in Hampshire, baptised in 1849 in Sherfield upon Loddon
John Edward born 1852 in Berkshire (born after his father died) baptised in 1852 at St Nicolas, Newbury. (died aged 1+, buried 5th January 1854, at St Nicolas Newbury)
In 1851 John Edward (39) was recorded as a Coachmaker, living in Marsh Terrace, Speen, Berkshire, with his wife Ann (21) and their son Albert
John Edward died aged 39 in 1851. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery (as John) on the 31st October. (recorded as John Edward Knight in the NBI)
Ann remarried on the 16th May 1853, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Her 2nd husband was widower, Thomas Tooes, a Coachmaker
They had a daughter Sarah Ann born in 1854
They lived in Newbury until at least 1891.
Thomas Tooes died aged 70 in 1896 in Hampshire
In 1901 Ann (71) was recorded living on her own means, at 2 Vincent Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her stepson William Henry (53) a Stay Maker (born Henry William in 1847, in Newbury) was recorded living with her.
Ann died in aged 78 in 1907 (death registered in Portsmouth)
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