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Personal Details of John Willis

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Buried:	06/12/1861

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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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	John Willis
Date of burial	06/12/1861
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Ground - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. B. Beddow
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 58

Accounts Entry for John Willis
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Reproduced with kind permission

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John Willis Marriage cert
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Biographical Information

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John Willis

John Willis

c1799-1861

John was born in Newbury he was the son of Joseph and Sarah Willis.

Sarah and Joseph also had the following children:

Joseph c1795

Elizabeth c1801

Samuel c1805

Henry c1807

Ann c1811

Joseph was a Tailor and in 1815 the family were living in Union Court Newbury.

Like his father, John was also a Tailor he married Denny Reeves on the 29^th May 1820 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

Denny was born c1800 in Newbury, she was also living in Union Court, with a Thomas (63) and Sarah (60) Reeves in 1815.

John and Denny had the following children:

Richard c1825

Henry c1826

Sarah c1829

Desmond c1834

George c1837

Samuel c1840

In 1841 the family were living in Northbrook Street Newbury. The 1851 census records them living in Church Court Newbury.

Denny died aged 54 in 1853 in Newbury and John remarried in 1856. His 2^nd wife was Charlotte Davison the marriage was registered in Strand Middlesex. Charlotte was born c1813 in Hadley Hertfordshire.

The 1861 census records John (62), Charlotte (48) and Charlotte’s son James Davison (14) living in Northcroft Lane Newbury.

John died aged 62 in 1861 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th December.

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