Personal information about John Parker

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   John PARKER
Date of death:
   23 August 1896
Age at death:
   70
Gender:
   Male
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone; Footstone
Construction Material:
   Sandstone Engraved
     
Inscription:
   Headstone: In Loving Memory of / John Parker / who died Aug. 23 1896 / aged 70 years. / Martha Parker / wife of the above / who died July 18 1915 / aged 88 years. / Maria Tuck / who died May 2 1879 / aged 58 years. / "Why do we mourn departed friends / Or shake at Death's alarms, / 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends / To call them to his arms." // Footstone: J.P.1896 / M.P. 1915 / M.T. 1879 //
     
Condition of memorial:
   Good; footstone propped against P(G)5
Pattison location code:
   P(G)6
Other Notes:
     John Parker & wife Martha (nee Warr) : Both born Sherborne, Dorset. Coach wheel maker & wheelwright. Married in Sherborne, came to Newbury by 1871 census & lived in Speen then 22, West St. Their niece Mary Blagden lodged with them while at school & after as a dressmaker. After John's death, Martha took in boarders. Maria Tuck: nee Warr, born in Sherborne, older sister to Martha, married local Labourer John Tuck in 1854 in Sherborne. John & Martha Parker were witnesses who signed their marriage certificate. Occupation on marriage cert is Silk Winder. Her husband, John Tuck died in Sherborne in 1875. She may have boarded with Martha after then. Source: Ancestry records.
     
Date monument recorded:
   01 January 2023
Monument recorder:
   EAC
 
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Martha PARKER
Maria TUCK

Cemetery Accounts Record

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

Name: John Parker
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 02 Page: 090
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 29 August 1896
Whence Brought: Newbury
Where and how Buried: Unconsecrated Common Internment
By Whom Buried: Reverend E H Titchmarsh
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 02
Accounts Book Page Number: 090
   
Recorder's Comments: On FBMD

 

 

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