Personal information about Emily Caroline Seward

Below is all the information we have about Emily Caroline Seward. As far as we know, the information is correct. However, if you find any errors or have additional information, certificates or pictures, please contact us so that we can update this page. Thank you.

Burial Information

Name on burial register:
    Emily Caroline Seward
Click to enlarge
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Burial register image
Click image to enlarge
Age at death:
    23
Date of burial:
    06 May 1920
Abode at death:
(according to burial register)
    4 Derby Cottages, King's Road, Newbury
Burial register information:
   
Book number: 1917
Page number: 042
Record number: 9931
Official at burial:
    A.G.P. Baines
     
Source of information:
   Burial Register

Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   Emily Caroline SEWARD
Date of death:
   03 May 1920
Age at death:
   23
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
 
Click here for more information on this memorial.

Other people list on this memorial

Mary Jane HANCOCK

 

 

Obituaries and Newspaper announcements

Biographies & History

Emily Caroline Seward (1896 – 1920)

Related Links

 

 

*The FNRC believe that the certificates published on this page have been added in compliance with the rules laid down by the General Register Office (GRO).Click here for more information.
If you believe that we may have inadvertently breached the privacy of a living person by publishing any document, pleasecontact usso we can immediately remove the certificate and investigate further.
Thank you
FNRC.

Website designed and maintained by Paul Thompson on behalf of the Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery.

Administrator Login