Personal Details of Sarah Walker
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| Buried: | 27/07/1864 |
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| Name at death | Sarah Walker |
| Date of burial | 27/07/1864 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. C. Gower |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 73 |
Accounts Entry for Sarah Walker
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Sarah Walker
Biographical Information
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Sarah Walker c1787-1864
Sarah Walker
c1787-1864
Sarah was baptised in 1787, Reading, Berkshire, the daughter of Richard and Rachel Poole (nee Wenmouth/Whenmouth) who were married in Reading in 1786.
Her father Richard was born c1754, (possible baptism: 1756 in Reading, the son of John and Sarah Pool (nee Samples) who were married in Reading in 1755). Richard died aged 65 in 1819 and was buried on the 12th August, at St Mary, Reading.
Her mother Rachel was born c1762, (possible baptism: 1762, in Stoke Damerel, Devon, the daughter of John and Rachel Wenmouth (nee Heard) who were married in 1748 in Stoke Damerel). Rachel died aged 65 in 1827, she was buried on the 27th November at St Mary, Reading.
Richard and Rachel also had the following two children baptised in Reading:
Jane, in 1790
John in 1795
Sarah married Joseph Walker on the 22nd September 1806, at St Mary, Reading, Berkshire.
(Joseph was a Woollen Weaver/Weaver. He was baptised on the 27th January 1783, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Joseph and Sarah Walker (nee Fuce) who were married on the 14th December 1777 at St Nicola Church, Newbury).
Joseph and Sarah had the following children (all baptised Independent in Newbury, except Richard):
William, born 27th November 1808, baptised 13th January 1809
Samuel, born 30th March 1811, baptised 2nd May 1811
Joseph, born 30th March 1815, baptised 16th May 1815
Sarah, born 29th December 1817, baptised 17th February 1818
Rachel, born 7th January 1820, baptised 2nd march 1820
Hannah, born 3rd December 1821, baptised 30th January 1822
Esther, born 2nd July 1823, baptised 31st August 1823
Richard, baptised 19th August 1826 at St Nicolas, Newbury
Mary, born 30th March 1828, baptised 30th June 1828
In 1815 Joseph (34), A Weaver, Sarah (29), William (7), Joseph (an infant) and John Poole (20), a Shoemaker, were living at Jack of Newbury Yard, (on the east side of Northbrook Street) Newbury.
In 1841 Joseph (55), Sarah (50) and their youngest daughter Mary (13) were living in Old Newtown Road Newbury.
By 1851 Joseph (68) and Sarah (64) had been allocated a Robinson Almshouse in Northcroft Lane Newbury. In the census for this year their daughter Mary (23), a Servant and her illegitimate daughter Mary (6) were recorded living with them.
The 1861 census records Joseph (74), Sarah (74) living at 3 Robinson Almshouses, Newbury. Their granddaughter Mary Walker (16) was recorded as a visitor in the household.
Joseph died aged 79 in 1862 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8th July.
Sarah died aged 77 in 1864 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th July.
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