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Personal Details of Elizabeth Merritt

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Buried:	24/02/1855

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

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 Elizabeth Merritt.
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

	"On headstone: Sacred / to the Memory of / Elizabeth. / the beloved wife of William Merritt / and eldest daughter of / William Waldron & Elizabeth Harding. / of Popham Hants. / who departed this life February 17th. 1855: / aged 45 years./ A sinner saved by grace / Also of / Mary Jane Merritt / who died May 3rd. 1863: aged 19 years // On footstone: E.M./1855/M.J.M./1863//"

Name on Memorial	Elizabeth MERRITT
Date of death	17/02/1855
Age	45
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Tomb with headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone headstone, footstone and base. Limestone top.
Condition of memorial	Tomb with coped roof - cracked. Headstone and footstone. Holly bush growing.
Pattison Location Code	44A
Others named on memorial
Mary Jane MERRITT

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	Elizabeth Merritt
Date of burial	24/02/1855
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Brick Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. H. March
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 21

Accounts Entry for Elizabeth Merritt
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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