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Personal Details of Charles Messenger

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Buried:	06/10/1858

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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: Sacred to the Memory of/ Charles Messenger/ who died Sept. 29th. 1858/ aged 67 years "A husband king a friend sincere/ A tender father lieth here"/ Also of Mary Messenger/ widow of the above/ who died April 27th. 1872/ aged 79 years./ "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." Footstone: C.M. 1858/ M.M. 1872.

Name on Memorial	Charles MESSENGER
Date of death	29/09/1858
Age	67
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone and four kerbstones plus footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone with engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Good
Pattison Location Code	W59
Others named on memorial
Mary MESSENGER

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	Charles Messenger
Date of burial	06/10/1858
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Brick Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. Edwin Thorley
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 42

Accounts Entry for Charles Messenger
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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Charles Messenger

Charles Messenger

1791-1858

Charles was born in Thatcham Berkshire on the 4^th September 1791 and was baptised on the 16^th October 1791 in Thatcham. His parents were Thomas & Hannah Messenger (nee Bassett) who were married on the 6^th March 1772 at St Mary the Virgin Speen Newbury.

Charles was married by Licence in 1815

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury

Date: 20^th May 1815

Groom: Charles Messenger of Thatcham

Bride: Mary Liddiard

In 1815 (7^th June) Charles and Mary were recorded in Joseph Toomer’s 1815 census of Newbury as follows:

Place: Central Houses, The City, Newbury

Charles Messenger aged 23, married

Mary Messenger aged 23, married

William Liddiard aged 60, married, occupation: Gardener

Mary Liddiard aged 60, married

Jane Liddiard aged 8, child

Charles & Mary had the following children:

Mary Ann born c1816 baptised at St Nicolas Church Newbury 25/8/1816

Hannah Sarah born c1819 baptised in Speen 28/7/1819

Harriett born c1823 baptised in Speen 21/9/1823 Abode: Shaw

Jane born c1827 baptised in Speen 10/6/1827 Abode: Shaw

Thomas Charles baptised in Speen 6/8/1829 Abode Shaw

When their daughter Mary Ann was baptised in 1816 Charles was recorded as a Servant in Husbandry, living in Newbury but by 1841 Charles was an Innkeeper and the family were living in Newbury but by 1841 Charles was an Innkeeper and the family were living in Woodspeen.

In the 1851 census Charles (62), Mary (60) their daughter Jane (23) and their granddaughter Hannah Fidler (6) (daughter of their daughter Mary Ann) were recorded living in Southampton Terrace Newbury, Charles was recorded on this census as an Annuitant.

Charles Messenger died aged 67 in 1858 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th October.

Christine Gambles – 11^th February 2020

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