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Personal Details of William Clements

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Buried:	09/03/1863

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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	William Clements
Date of burial	09/03/1863
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. W. Milton
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 64

Accounts Entry for William Clements
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about William Clements.

William Clements

William Clements (1797 – 1863)

Mary Clements (1793 – 1872)

Daug. Sarah Ann Willis (-1860)

William Clements was born circa 1797 in Newbury. He married Mary Gale on 3 September 1820 at St Nicolas in Newbury. Mary was born circa 1793 in Wiltshire. The exact location of Mary’s birth is unknown. In the 1851 census it appears to be Carlston and in 1861 as Staples Green but neither place seems to exist.

William and Mary were recorded in the 1841 census with children William aged circa 20, Sarah Ann and Charlotte both aged circa 15, Sophia aged 13, Joshua aged 11 and James aged 8 living in West Mills in Newbury. William senior was probably a fishmonger and his son William a cob maker.

In the 1851 census Mary and her sons Joshua and James were still living in in West Mills, both sons were shoemakers. William was probably living as a servant in Midgham with his occupation being a brewer.

Ten years later in the 1861 census William and Mary with granddaughter Elizabeth Clements aged 3 were still living in West Mills in Newbury. William was recorded as a leather draper.

William Clements died in March 1863 aged 65 and he was buried on 9 March 1863 at Newtown Road Cemetery.

In the 1871 census Mary and her granddaughter Elizabeth Clements now aged 13 were recorded at 4 St Mary’s Almhouses in Newbury. Mary was a seamstress.

Mary Clements died in June 1872 aged 65 and she was buried on 8 June 1872 at Newtown Road Cemetery. She was still living at St Mary’s as in the Berkshire Chronicle dated 8 June 1872 there was a notice of a vacancy caused by the decease of Mrs. Mary Clements.

Sarah Ann Willis, the daughter of William and Mary, was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 6 January 1860.

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