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Personal Details of William Smith

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Buried:	27/07/1863

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

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for William Smith.
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

	Headstone: STMO / William Henry SMITH / who died January 17th 1859 / aged 49 years./ “Honoured and loved and full of days / we laid in the silent Earth / and here this humble stone we raise/ a tribute to Parent’s worth” / Also of William SMITH beloved son of the above / who died July 19th. 1863 aged 21 years/ Also ------------------------------------ Footstone WHS _ 1859/ WS – 1863/ JS – 1884

Name on Memorial	William Smith
Date of death	19/07/1863
Age	21
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Good although some unreadable, footstone in front of headstone
Pattison Location Code	Ch23(G)
Recorder's Notes	JS probably Jane Smith
Others named on memorial
William Henry Smith
Jane Smith

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 Smith
Date of burial	27/07/1863
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. T. Hubbard
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 68
Transcription comments	Mrs P page 73 Ch23G zzzzzzzzz s

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

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

William Smith

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	01/08/1863
Copyright:	Berkshire Chronicle
Transciption:	An Oddfellow's Funeral.— On Sunday week las Mr William Smith, aged 21 years, died of consumption. He was a clerk at the Newbury railway station, and was much respected. He was also member of the Jack of Newbury Lodge of Oddfellows (M.U.), and, when he was buried on Saturday last, about 40 of the brethren, wearing the regalia of the order, followed his mortal remains their last resting place, the cemetery.

Biographical Information

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