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Personal Details of Catherine Willis

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Born:
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Buried:	01/09/1852

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Catherine Willis.

As far as we are aware, all the information is correct. However, sometimes transcriptions can lead to errors being made. If you find any errors or omissions, please let us know and we will endeavour to get them corrected as soon as possible.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for Catherine Willis.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Memory of/ Catherine Willis/ who died August 26th 1852/ in her88th. Year./ Also of the / Revd. George Sextus Willis/ grandson of the above/ who died Oct. 9th. 1853/ aged 26 years./ "He was a man among the few. Firm on Religious side/ And all his strength from Scripture drew to hourly use applied". Footstone: H.W. 1852/ G.W. 1855

Name on Memorial	Catherine WILLIS
Date of death	26/08/1852
Age	88
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Limestone with engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Fair
Pattison Location Code	W155
Others named on memorial
Revd. George Sextus WILLIS

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Catherine Willis
Date of burial	01/09/1852
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Ground - Reserved Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. H.T. White
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 9

Accounts Entry for Catherine Willis
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Catherine Willis

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	04/09/1852
Copyright:	Berkshire Chronicle
Transciption:	CATHERINE WILLIS Longevity.—ln our obituary this week will be found the demise of Catharine Willis, the mother of Mr. Willis, of this town, aged 88 years (sic). She was the last of a family of six, whose united ages amount to 540 years. Catharine Willis died in her 88th, her mother in her 95th, her father in his 82nd, her sister in her 90th, her father's sister in her 90th, and another sister in her 88th year. Died 26th August, 1852: Buried 1st September, 1852 MRS. P. Page 25, W.155 (Buried with George Sextus Willis her grandson)
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Catherine Willis

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle and Reading Mercury
Article date:	04/09/1852
Copyright:	Berkshire Chronicle and Reading Mercury
Transciption:	CATHERINE WILLIS August 26, at her son's residence, in Newbury, Catherine relict of the late M. Willis, Esq., in her 88th year, being the last of six of a family whose united ages amounted to 540 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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