Personal information about James Welch

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   James WELCH
Date of death:
   29 May 1891
Age at death:
   72
Gender:
   Male
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone
Construction Material:
   Sandstone Engraved
     
Inscription:
   Headstone: In Loving Memory of / James Welch / who died May 29th. 1891 / aged 72 years. / Also / Mary Welch / who died February 6th. 1900 / aged 81 years. / "No words can tell how much we miss them, / Our only stay and solace here. / But in Heaven we hope to meet them / And there to dwell without a tear." / Also Rachel Welch / daughter of the above / who died July 23rd. 1905 / aged 47 years / "For so he giveth his beloved sleep." // Footstone: J.W. / 1891 / M.W. / 1900 / R.W. / 1905 //
     
Condition of memorial:
   Good. Some areas of East face weathered & words of MI missing. Overgrown at base.
Pattison location code:
   P(B)14
Other Notes:
     James was born in Haxon Villlage, Fittleton near Netheravon, Wilts. to William & Alice, poor farm labourers who both became Paupers with Parish Relief. He became a Groom and married Mary Scott, daughter of a Bailiff from Netheravon. They married in 1846 and moved to Beechingstock near Pewsey as a groom. by 1861 he was in Woodspeen, Newbury working as a Coachman and Gardener. They had 6 children. On retirement as a Groom, James and Mary worked as General Servants for Charles L Chapman, Wine Merchant, Market Place, Newbury after which they retired to Wells Cottage, Market Place next to the Corn Exchange. Rachel worked as a General Servant to William Hall, Draper of the Broadway, Newbury. She then moved to Work as a Nurse & Servant to Wine Merchant, Edward Wells, first at Westmead House off Newtown Rd, then at Castle Houses, Speen, Newbury, where she died. Sources: NRC Bur Rcds; Ancestry records.
     
Date monument recorded:
  
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Mary WELCH
Rachel WELCH

Cemetery Accounts Record

The information below is derived from the Newbury Cemetery company Accounts ledgers.

Name: James Welch
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 02 Page: 059
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 02 June 1891
Whence Brought: Newbury
Where and how Buried: Unconsecrated Common Internment
By Whom Buried: Reverend J Milard
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 02
Accounts Book Page Number: 059
   
Recorder's Comments: On FBMD

 

 

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