Personal Details of Sarah Walker
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| Buried: | 17/11/1851 |
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| Name at death | Sarah Walker |
| Date of burial | 17/11/1851 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. H.T. White |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 6 |
Accounts Entry for Sarah Walker
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Sarah Walker
Biographical Information
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Sarah Walker 1850-1851
Sarah Walker
1850-1851
Sarah’s birth was registered in Reading Berkshire in the December quarter 1850. She was the illegitimate daughter of Esther Walker.
Sarah’s mother Esther was born on the 2nd July 1823 in Newbury, Berkshire, she was baptised on the 31st August 1823 at the Lower Meeting House (Independent), Newbury, the daughter of Joseph (a Weaver) and Sarah Walker (nee Poole) who were married on the 22nd September 1806 at St Mary, Reading, Berkshire.
Esther also had an illegitimate son, John Faithful Walker, whose birth was registered in the June quarter 1849, in Reading Berkshire. He was baptised aged 4 years old, (as John) on the 15th April 1853 at St Giles, Reading. John died soon after he was baptised, he was buried on the 22nd April 1853, at the London Road Cemetery, Reading.
The 1851 census records Sarah (5 months), her mother Esther (27), a Servant Out of Place and her brother John (2), lodging at 6 Katesgrove Lane, Reading, Berkshire.
Sarah died aged 1 in the Newbury Workhouse in 1851, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17th November.
Sarah’s family after her death:
Esther married John Simmons in 1858, marriage registered in the December quarter, in Reading.
John and Esther had the following children (all born in Reading):
Sarah born 1859
Twins: Martha and Mary born 1861 (Martha died aged 3 in 1864, buried 23rd October, in London Road Cemetery Reading)
Esther Jane born c1863
Georgina Elizabeth born c1866
The 1861 census records John (33) an Agricultural Labourer, Esther (38), Sarah (16 months) and a visitor Mary Walker (33), (Esther’s sister) living at 44 London Street, Reading.
John (40), a Market Gardener and Esther (43), were again recorded living at 44 London Street in 1871, with their children, Sarah (11), Mary (9), Esther (8), Georgina (5) and a nurse child aged 5 months.
The 1881 census records John (50) as a Factory Labourer, living at 2 Fountain Court, Reading, with Esther (57), Mary (19), a Factory Labourer and Georgina (16).
Esther was widowed in 1881, John Simmons died aged 51, he was buried on the 10th September, in the London Rodd Cemetery, Reading.
In 1891 Esther (67) was recorded living at 3 Fountian Court, London Street, Reading, her daughter Mary, a Baker at a Biscuit Factory, was recorded living with her.
The 1901 census records Esther (78) living at 4 Queen’s Cottages, Sidmouth Street, Reading. Her daughters Sarah (40), a Shop Assistant, Mary (38), a Bread Maker in a Biscuit Factory and her granddaughter Constance Simmons (7) were recorded living with her.
Esther died aged 80 in 1904, she was buried on the 3rd March at the London Road Cemetery, Reading.
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