Personal information about William Charles Edwards

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   William Charles EDWARDS
Date of death:
   15 November 1895
Age at death:
   6
Gender:
   Male
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone. At present located in row in front on Goddard, P(B)18
Construction Material:
   Limestone Lead Letters
     
Inscription:
   Headstone: In Loving Memory of / William Charles / the dearly loved son of / William & Jane Edwards / who died Nov. 15th. 1895 / aged 16 years. / "He was not, for God took him." / Also / Albert Henry / second son of / W. & J. Edwards / who died March 19th. 1898 aged 10 years. / "Be ye therefore followers of God / as dear children." //
     
Condition of memorial:
   The Headstone has been laid on the grave of Emily Goddard, P(B)18. Many of the lead letters are missing but the MI is decipherable.
Pattison location code:
   P(C)8
Other Notes:
     Willliam & Albert were 2 of 3 sons and 8 children born to William Edwards of Chilton, Wilts.,& Jane Mills of Kintbury, Berks. They married in Kintbury on 2 Dec., 1876. William worked as a Bricklayer's Labourer and Jane as a General Servant. Having lived in Kintbury, where William Charles was born, the family moved to Greenham Fields, Greenham and then by 1891 to 5, Nursery Cottages, Old Newtown Rd, Newbury where Albert was born. They were both living in Greenham when they died, possibly at Woodbine Cottages, Greenham Rd, where the family were living in 1901 and where their father died that year. Their mother died in 1931, aged 79, at 4, Connnaught Rd, Newbury off Mill Lane. NB Mrs Paterson recorded William as being 6 years old not 16 when he died. Sources: Ancestry records; NRC Bur Recds
     
Date monument recorded:
   31 January 2021
Monument recorder:
   Elizabeth
 
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Albert Henry EDWARDS

Cemetery Accounts Record

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

Name: William Charles Edwards
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 02 Page: 087
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 20 November 1895
Whence Brought: Greenham
Where and how Buried: Unconsecrated Common Internment
By Whom Buried: Reverend J T Stead
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 02
Accounts Book Page Number: 087
   
Recorder's Comments: On FBMD

 

 

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