Personal information about Eliza Ellis

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   Eliza ELLIS
Date of death:
   06 May 1864
Age at death:
   56
Gender:
   Female
   
Memorial type:
   Vault covered with a large flat stone flush with ground.
Construction Material:
   Sandstone Engraved
     
Inscription:
   Flat stone, top of vault: In Memory of / Eliza, Relict of the Rev. May Ellis / Rector of Ickford, Bucks. / died May 6th.1864 aged 56 years / Also Sarah, Relict of Rev. John Charles Townsend / of Newbury, Berks. / died May 10th. 1868 aged 88 years. / Also Charlotte, wife of / Lieutenant Edward Hemsted / 109th. Regiment / died December 22nd. 1868 aged 24 years. / Also of Ellen, wife of / John Whitelock, Esq. / of Owosso, Michigan, U.S.A. / died March 14th. 1870 aged 39 years. / Also Charles Hemsted / of Newbury. / died August 3rd. 1870 aged 36 years. / Also Anne, wife of Stephen Hemsted, Esq., / of Newbury, Berks. / died July 28th. 1876 aged 70 years / and was buried next to this vault on the North side. / Also Anne, wife of W.S.H. May, Esq., died March 1st.1883 aged 37 years. / Buried at Brockley Cemetery / Also Stephen Hemsted of Newbury / died April 10th. 1885 aged 82 years. / Buried on the North side of this vault. //
     
Condition of memorial:
   Good but easily covered by grass. Lichen over MI in places but can be read.
Pattison location code:
   ChNW12 page 93
Other Notes:
     The Townsend/Ellis/Hemsted family lived in Bartholomew St., Newbury. See website for obits of Eliza Ellis & her mother, Sarah Townsend. Both wives of vicars. Eliza was the wife of the Vicar of Ickford, Bucks., Rev William May Ellis, MA Christ Church, Oxon, who predeceased her. Charlotte Hemsted was the daughter of Henry Bursey, surgeon & general practitioner in Southwark, (buried elsewhere in NRC but grave not recorded by Mrs P.), & first wife of Lt. Col. Edward Hemsted, son of Anne & Stephen Hemsted snr., Edward is buried in St Peter's, Drayton nr Abingdon. Ellen Whitelock was daughter of Stephen & Anne Hemsted. Charles Hemsted, Ellen's brother, was a Midshipman, RN & 2nd Mate, Merchant Navy. Anne Hemsted, mother to Ellen & Charles, was the d. of Sarah & J.C.Townsend and wife of Stephen MA Oxon, MRCS, JP, surgeon, of Bartholomew St., Newbury, left £9000 to son Stephen Hemsted. She bequeathed land for the building of a meeting room for St George's, Wash Common (see FNRC website). Stephen Hemsted snr. graduated from St John's College, Oxon in 1852. Both Anne & Stephen are buried by the North side of the vault. Anne May was d. of Anne & Stephen Townsend, wife of William Simonds Higgs May, farmer, landowner & gentleman of Reading. Sources: Mrs Pattinson's records were corrected or confirmed by further inspection of the grave & by using records on ancestry uk. The place name Owosso was confirmed using Google. Anne May's burial is recorded at Brockley Cemetery https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch.
     
Date monument recorded:
   01 November 2017
Monument recorder:
   EAC
 
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Other people list on this memorial

Sarah TOWNSEND
Charlotte HEMSTED
Ellen WHITELOCK
Charles  HEMSTED
Anne HEMSTED
Anne MAY
Stephen HEMSTED

Cemetery Accounts Record

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

Name: Eliza Ellis
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 1 Page: 72
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 13 May 1864
Whence Brought: Newbury
Where and how Buried: Consecrated - Family Vault
By Whom Buried: Rev'd. J.L. Randall
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 1
Accounts Book Page Number: 72
   
Recorder's Comments:

 

 

Obituaries and Newspaper announcements

Eliza Ellis
Article source:    Reading Mercury
Date of source:    14 May 1864
Copyright:    © Reading Mercury

Transcription:

  

ELIZA ELLIS (MRS ELLIS)
Yesterday (Friday) the mortal remains of the late Mrs. E. Ellis, who had attained the age of 64, were conveyed, amidst the tears of her sorrowing relations and friends, to their final resting place a vault the Newbury Cemetery. The Rector (the Rev. J. L. Randall) read the burial service in a most impressive manner. The deceased leaves behind her an example worthy of imitation.
 
 
 
Eliza Ellis
Article source:    Reading Mercury
Date of source:    07 May 1864
Copyright:    © Reading Mercury

Transcription:

  

ELIZA ELLIS
It is with the deepest regret that we announce the death, on Friday afternoon, of Mrs. E. Ellis, Bartholomew Street, relict of the Rev. W. M. Ellis, rector of Ickford. The deceased lady was held in the highest esteem and respect by a numerous circle of friends and relations. Her loss will be severely felt by her poorer neighbours, to whom she was a constant visitor. Her charity knew no bounds: many a home has been made glad by her beneficence.
This obituary entry is awaiting verification.
 
 

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