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Personal Details of Frederick Fifield Adams

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Buried:	19/09/1863

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Memory of / Frederick Fifield / son of / James & Annie Adams / who died Sept. 13th 1863 / aged 3 years. / "Of such is the Kingdom of God." //

Name on Memorial	Frederick Fifield ADAMS
Date of death	13/09/1863
Age	3
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Good condition but engraving obscured partly by lichen & moss.
Pattison Location Code	WA45
Recorder's Notes	Lived at the Adam & Eve Public House, Greenham. Father was an innkeeper & timber merchant. Parents buried in plot W62. Source: 1861 census.

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	Frederick F. Adams
Date of burial	19/09/1863
Whence brought	Greenham
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. G. Abram
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 68

Accounts Entry for Frederick Fifield Adams
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

deaths - Frederick Fifield Adams

Source:	nwn
Article date:	19/09/1863
Copyright:
Transciption:	Reading Mercury Dated 19^th September 1863 On the 15^th inst., at Greenham, after a long illness, aged three years, Frederick Fifield, the eldest and dearly beloved child of James and Annie Adams
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Frederick Fifield Adams.

Frederick Fifield Adams 1860-1863

Frederick Fifield Adams

1860-1863

Frederick, his parents, siblings and short life:

Frederick was born in Thatcham, Berkshire, the son of James and Anne/Annie Adams (nee Fifield) who were married in 1859 (marriage registered in Newbury).

Frederick’s father James was born in Bucklebury, Berkshire. He was baptised on the 17^th April 1831, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, the son of George and Elizabeth Adams (nee Winterbourne) who were married in 1817 in Bucklebury, Berkshire.

His mother Anne (aka Annie) was baptised on the 8^th June 1835, in Bullington Hampshire, the daughter of Richard (a Dairyman) and Jane Fifield (nee Annetts) who were married on the 24^th November 1830, at St Peter, Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire. Richard was from the parish of Chilbolton.

Frederick’s siblings were (all born in Berkshire):

Henry James, 1862

Albert George, 1863

Edgar John, 1865

Percival Richard, 1867

Auberon Edwin c1869

Edith Maud, 1870

Bertha(y) May 1872

The 1861 census records James (30), as a Timber Merchant and Innkeeper, at the “Adam & Eve,” Greenham, Berkshire with Annie (25), Frederick Fifield (6 months) a visitor, Alice Adams (10), (James’s niece) two servants and a lodger.

Frederick died aged 3 on either the 13^th (as MI) or the 15^th September 1863 (as Obit), in Greenham. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19^th September.

Frederick’s family after his death:

In 1871 James (40), a Timber Merchant, Annie (35) and their children, Henry (9), Albert (7), Edgar (5), Percival (4), Auberon (2) and Edith (9 months), were recorded living in Greenham Street, Greenham, Berkshire.

The 1881 census also records the family living in Greenham Street.

James was widowed in 1882. Annie died aged 47 on the 17^th October. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 20^th October.

James remarried in 1888 (marriage registered in Reading). His 2^nd wife was Emma Buckeridge (nee Mackrell)

In 1891 James (60), Emma (56) and Edith Maude Adams (20) were recorded living at Vine Cottage, Greenham, Berkshire.

The 1901 census records James (70), now retired, Emma (63) and Emma’s grandson George Buckeridge (14), living at Vine Cottage, Greenham Road, Newbury.

James died aged 70, on the 27^th April 1901. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st May, with his 1^st wife Annie.

In 1911 Emma (73) was living alone at 3, Poplar Cottages, Jubilee Road, Newbury.

Emma died aged 80, on the 22^nd June 1918 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26^th June.

Mrs P’s Page 44 Code WA 45

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