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Personal Details of Mary Davis

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Buried:	02/12/1861

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

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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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.

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	Mary Davies
Date of burial	02/12/1861
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Ground - Family Vault
By whom buried	Rev'd. J.L. Randall
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 58

Accounts Entry for Mary Davis
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Mary Davis

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	30/11/1861
Copyright:	Berkshire Chronicle
Transciption:	MARY DAVIS Nov. 25, after a lingering illness, Mary, the only daughter of Mr F Davis, of Northbrook Street, Newbury, aged 20
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Mary Davis.

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

1841-1861

Mary was born in Newbury she was the daughter of Francis and Sarah Davis (nee Pratt) who married in Hackney in 1840. Francis was born c1810 in Newbury and Sarah was born c1818 in Clare Suffolk

Francis and Sarah also had the following children:

Frank Pratt 1843

Thomas William 1845

Agnes Susan 1848 (died aged 1 in 1849)

Henry John 1853

Francis was a Chemist and Druggist. In both the 1851 and 1861 census the family were recorded living at 37 Northbrook Street Newbury.

Mary died aged 20 on the 25^th November 1861 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd December.

Mary’s father died aged 59 on the 1^st August 1868 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8th August.

Mary’s mother was recorded in the 1871 census living at 37 Northbrook Street, her brother Frank Pratt (and his wife Mary) was recorded living next door at number 36 both were recorded as one of the firm of Davis and Son Chemist and Druggists.

Mary’s mother died aged 65 in 1880 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th June

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