Personal information about Mary Jane Hancock

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   Mary Jane HANCOCK
Date of death:
   07 September 1899
Age at death:
   30
Gender:
   Female
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone & footstone
Construction Material:
   Sandstone. Engraved.
     
Inscription:
   Headstone: In Loving Memory of / Mary Jane / the beloved wife of / Walter Philip Hancock / who fell asleep in Jesus / September 7th 1899 / aged 30 years. / "Gone to be with Christ which is far better." / "How much we loved her no tongue can tell, / How much we loved her and how well, / Christ loved her too and thought it best / to take her home with Him to rest." / Also Emily Caroline / the dearly beloved wife of / Frederick Charles Seward / and daughter of the above / who departed this life / May 3rd. 1920 / aged 23 years. / "Whosoever believeth in Him shall not / perish but have Everlasting Life." // Footstone: M.J.H. / 1899 / E.C.S. /1920 //
     
Condition of memorial:
   Headstone tilted & deeply weathered in places, threatening MI.
Pattison location code:
   ZZ10
Other Notes:
     Mary Jane, d. of John & Ellen New & sister of Edmund New ChNW35, of Old Newtown Rd. She was the first Walter Philip Hancock's 3rd wife, chemical porter & watch repairer. Her daughter Emily Caroline, wife of Frederick Charles Seward, wood turner, lived at 4 Derby Cottages, King's Rd. Both deaths were just after childbirth & husbands remarried soon after.
     
Date monument recorded:
   13 April 2000
Monument recorder:
   EAC
 
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Other people list on this memorial

Emily Caroline SEWARD

Cemetery Accounts Record

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

Name: Mary Jane Hancock
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 02 Page: 108
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 09 September 1899
Whence Brought: Newbury
Where and how Buried: Consecrated private grave
By Whom Buried: Rev'd E.F. Mack
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 02
Accounts Book Page Number: 108
   
Recorder's Comments:

 

 

Obituaries and Newspaper announcements

Mary Jane Hancock
Article source:    Newbury Weekly News
Date of source:    14 September 1899
Copyright:    © Newbury Weekly News

Transcription:

  

MARY JANE HANCOCK

HANCOCK- Sept 7, at 1 Prospect Place, Newbury, the dearly Beloved wife of Walter  Hancock, aged 30 years.
This obituary entry is awaiting verification.
 
 

Biographies & History

Mary Jane Hancock (1868 – 1899)

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