Personal Details of Eliza Ellis
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| Buried: | 13/05/1864 |
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Burial Register
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Memorial Details
| Flat stone, top of vault: In Memory of / Eliza, Relict of the Rev. May Ellis / Rector of Ickford, Bucks. / died May 6th.1864 aged 56 years / Also Sarah, Relict of Rev. John Charles Townsend / of Newbury, Berks. / died May 10th. 1868 aged 88 years. / Also Charlotte, wife of / Lieutenant Edward Hemsted / 109th. Regiment / died December 22nd. 1868 aged 24 years. / Also of Ellen, wife of / John Whitelock, Esq. / of Owosso, Michigan, U.S.A. / died March 14th. 1870 aged 39 years. / Also Charles Hemsted / of Newbury. / died August 3rd. 1870 aged 36 years. / Also Anne, wife of Stephen Hemsted, Esq., / of Newbury, Berks. / died July 28th. 1876 aged 70 years / and was buried next to this vault on the North side. / Also Anne, wife of W.S.H. May, Esq., died March 1st.1883 aged 37 years. / Buried at Brockley Cemetery / Also Stephen Hemsted of Newbury / died April 10th. 1885 aged 82 years. / Buried on the North side of this vault. // | |
| Name on Memorial | Eliza ELLIS |
| Date of death | 06/05/1864 |
| Age | 56 |
| Gender | Female |
| Memorial Type | Vault covered with a large flat stone flush with ground. |
| Construction Material | Sandstone Engraved |
| Condition of memorial | Good but easily covered by grass. Lichen over MI in places but can be read. |
| Pattison Location Code | ChNW12 page 93 |
| Recorder's Notes | The Townsend/Ellis/Hemsted family lived in Bartholomew St., Newbury. See website for obits of Eliza Ellis & her mother, Sarah Townsend. Both wives of vicars. Eliza was the wife of the Vicar of Ickford, Bucks., Rev William May Ellis, MA Christ Church, Oxon, who predeceased her. Charlotte Hemsted was the daughter of Henry Bursey, surgeon & general practitioner in Southwark, (buried elsewhere in NRC but grave not recorded by Mrs P.), & first wife of Lt. Col. Edward Hemsted, son of Anne & Stephen Hemsted snr., Edward is buried in St Peter's, Drayton nr Abingdon. Ellen Whitelock was daughter of Stephen & Anne Hemsted. Charles Hemsted, Ellen's brother, was a Midshipman, RN & 2nd Mate, Merchant Navy. Anne Hemsted, mother to Ellen & Charles, was the d. of Sarah & J.C.Townsend and wife of Stephen MA Oxon, MRCS, JP, surgeon, of Bartholomew St., Newbury, left £9000 to son Stephen Hemsted. She bequeathed land for the building of a meeting room for St George's, Wash Common (see FNRC website). Stephen Hemsted snr. graduated from St John's College, Oxon in 1852. Both Anne & Stephen are buried by the North side of the vault. Anne May was d. of Anne & Stephen Townsend, wife of William Simonds Higgs May, farmer, landowner & gentleman of Reading. Sources: Mrs Pattinson's records were corrected or confirmed by further inspection of the grave & by using records on ancestry uk. The place name Owosso was confirmed using Google. Anne May's burial is recorded at Brockley Cemetery https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch. |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Sarah TOWNSEND | |
| Charlotte HEMSTED | |
| Ellen WHITELOCK | |
| Charles HEMSTED | |
| Anne HEMSTED | |
| Anne MAY | |
| Stephen HEMSTED |
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 | Eliza Ellis |
| Date of burial | 13/05/1864 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated - Family Vault |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. J.L. Randall |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 72 |
Accounts Entry for Eliza Ellis
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Accounts Entry for Eliza Ellis
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Eliza Ellis
| Source: | Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 14/05/1864 |
| Copyright: | Reading Mercury |
| Transciption: | ELIZA ELLIS (MRS ELLIS) |
Eliza Ellis
| Source: | Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 07/05/1864 |
| Copyright: | Reading Mercury |
| Transciption: | ELIZA ELLIS |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
The articles below contain information about Eliza Ellis.
Eliza Ellis
ELIZA ELLIS
She was born c. 1808 in East Woodhay, Hampshire, daughter of The Rev. John Charles and Sarah Townsend. Her father was Rector and Patron of Ickford, Bucks, from 1808. In the 1841 Census she is the wife of the Rev. William May Ellis, Rector of Ickford Church, Bucks. He died on 21 July 1846 in Newbury, aged 42 years.
Her father died on 13 December 1850 and in the 1851 and 1861 Census she is living with her widowed mother in Bartholomew Street. She died on 6 May 1864 aged 56 years and was buried in the family vault on 13 May 1864. Probate was first granted to her sister Ann Hemsted and then to her brother-in-law Stephen Hemsted the Younger.
Sources: 1841 to 1861 Census; National Probate/Wills Index;
Author: FNRC
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