Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery

Personal Details of James Porteus Jackson

Jump to: Birth Death Burial Memorial Cemetery Accounts

Born:
Died:
Buried:	27/04/1861

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on James Porteus Jackson.

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.

If you have any further information on James Porteus Jackson, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Birth

There is no information in our database regarding the birth of James Porteus Jackson.

Can you help us? If so, please contact our History Research Group.

Death

There is no information in our database regarding the death of James Porteus Jackson.

Can you help us? If so, please contact our History Research Group.

Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for James Porteus Jackson.
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

	East face of tomb: In Loving Memory of/ Ellen, wife of / James Porteus Jackson/ who died at Eastbourne/ July 15th. 1892/ aged 70 years. "Her end was peace." / Also of/ James Porteus Jackson/ who died at Bournemouth/ Sept 26th. 1906/aged 89 years. North face of tomb, left panel: In Memory of/ James Porteus son of James Porteus and Maria Elizabeth Jackson/ who died April 23rd. 1861/ aged 21 years. Also of John/ son of the above/ who died Oct.15th. 1868/ aged 20 years/ And of Frederick his twin brother/ who was drowned at sea Oct. 17th/ 1870 aged 22 years. North face of tomb, middle panel: Also of/ Henry son of / James Porteous and/ Ellen Jackson/ who died Nov.17th 1865/ aged 13 years./ And of Walter James/ son of the above/ who died Dec. 25th. 1870/ aged 7 years. South face of tomb, right panel: In Loving Memory of Laura Susan/ daughter of James Porteous and Ellen Jackson/ who died at Chester/ Nov.24th.1892/ aged 37 years and was buried at Eastham, Cheshire. "When thou liest down thou shall not be afraid, yea thou/ shall lie down and thy sleep/ shall be sweet.” South face of tomb, middle panel: In Loving Memory of/ Emma/ daughter of James Porteus and Maria Elizabeth Jackson/ died August 2nd. 1906/ aged 61 years.

Name on Memorial	James JACKSON
Date of death	23/04/1861
Age	21
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Chest tomb
Construction Material	Sandstone with engraved text
Condition of memorial	Poor much of script is eroded
Pattison Location Code	W141
Recorder's Notes	1. Text in red was missing from tomb but script was obtained from Mrs Pattison's book. 2. There are memorials to Frederick Jackson who drowned at sea and to Ellen Jackson who died and was buried in Cheshire.
Others named on memorial
Ellen JACKSON
James Porteous JACKSON
John JACKSON
Henry JACKSON
Walter James JACKSON
Emma JACKSON

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 P. Jackson
Date of burial	27/04/1861
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Ground - Family Vault
By whom buried	Rev'd. J.L. Randall
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 55

Accounts Entry for James Porteus Jackson
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

There is no biographical information available for James Porteus Jackson. If you have any information that could help us, please contact the History Research Group.

*The FNRC believe that the certificates published on this page have been added in compliance with the rules laid down by the General Register Office (GRO). Click here for more information.
If you believe that we may have inadvertently breached the privacy of a living person by publishing any document, please contact us so we can immediately remove the certificate and investigate further.
Thank you.
FNRC.

Web site designed by Paul Thompson

The Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery is a not-for-profit organisation that works in association with Newbury Town Council to look after and maintain Newtown Road Cemetery for the benefit of the people of Newbury.

Site map