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Personal Details of James William Davies

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Buried:	20/03/1858

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Birth

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Loving memory of/ Mary Davies/ who died Feb.23rd. 1858/aged 27 yrs. Also James W. / son of the above/ who died march 17th. 1858 aged 8 years./ Also In Loving Memory of/ James J. Davies/ who fell asleep June 7th. 1901/ in his 80th.year/ "Gentle unto all. Patient 5.2 Tim. 2, 24. Also Mary Hannah Davies/ born Dec. 1st 1830 died Nov.25th. 1923./ "A lover of hospitality."

Name on Memorial	James W. Davies
Date of death	17/03/1858
Age	8
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Engraved; poor
Pattison Location Code	LS(H)42
Others named on memorial
Mary Davies
James J. Davies
Mary Hannah Davies

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	James William Davies
Date of burial	20/03/1858
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. Joseph Drew
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 39
Transcription comments	FreeBMD lists Forenames as William James

Accounts Entry for James William Davies
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about James William Davies.

James William Davies

James William Davies

1849-1858

James was born in 1849 in Newbury he was the son of James Jeremiah & Mary Davies (nee Cooke) who married in Oxford in 1848. His father was a China & Glass Dealer.

James Jeremiah & Mary also had the following three children who were also born in Newbury:

Philip Edward 1852 McFarlan 1855 Mary Elizabeth 1857

In 1851 James William was living with his parents at 41 Northbrook Street Newbury.

His mother Mary passed away aged 27 on the 23^rd February 1858 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st March 1858.

James William died aged 8 on the 17^th March 1858 he was buried on the 20^th March 1858 in the Newtown Road Cemetery.

His father remarried in 1859 his 2^nd wife was Mary Hannah Waite and they had the following children:

James Waite 1860 William Henry 1862 Walter John 1864 Herbert 1866 Annie 1870

The family were living at 63 Northbrook Street by 1861 where James Jeremiah had established a successful earthenware and china business.

James Jeremiah Davies died aged 79 on the 7^th June 1901 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 12^th June 1901.

Christine Gambles – 25th March 2020

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