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Name at death | Robert Orchard |
Date of burial | 01/04/1861 |
Whence brought | Newbury |
Where & how buried | Unconsecrated Ground - Common Interment |
By whom buried | Rev'd. T. Cummins |
Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 55 |
Accounts Entry for Robert Orchard
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Reproduced with kind permission
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Robert Orchard
1792-1861
Robert was born in Wiltshire he was baptised on the 5th November 1792 in Marlborough Wiltshire the son of John and Sarah Orchard (nee Foote) who were married on the 31st March 1785 at St Mary’s Marlborough Wiltshire.
John and Sarah also had the following children:
Eliz. Foot c1786
Sarah c1789
Ann 1790
Thomas c1794
James c1796
The 1815 census of Newbury records a Robert Orchard (no age recorded), as a Shoemaker living on the east side of Mary Hill Newbury with a widow, Rachel Dibley (40)and her children, Thomas (13), Mary (9), Harriet (7), Eliza (5) and Maria (3).
The 1841 census records Robert (45) as a Land Surveyor, living in Mary Hill Newbury with a Rachel Dibley (65) Laundress.
The 1851 census records Robert (50), as an unmarried man, working as a Land Measurer, living alone at the Axe and Compass Yard Mary Hill Newbury
Robert died aged 69 in 1861 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st April
Author: Christine Gambles
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