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George Henry Chambers
1833-1886
George Henry and his sister Louisa Mary were baptised on the 4th November 1833 at St Mary’s Church Alverstoke, Hampshire, the children of George and Eliza Chambers.
His father George was a Farmer
George and Eliza also had the following two children baptised in Alverstoke
George Henry baptised on the 1st May 1831
Eliza Frances baptised on the 22nd May 1836
The 1851 census records George Henry (18) as an Indoor Farm Servant, living with his aunt and uncle William and Elizabeth Thorne in Hampreston, Dorset. William was recorded as a Farmer.
George married Augusta Elizabeth Cooper in 1858 (marriage registered in Newbury)
(Augusta Elizabeth was born c1837 in Newbury, the daughter of James (a Tailor) and Emily Cooper (nee Jones) who were married on the 28th May 1820 at Christ Church Southwark).
George and Augusta had the following children:
Louisa Frances in 1858
A female child in 1859 (September quarter) ***
George Henry in 1863
John Houghton in 1869
*** (This female child’s death was registered in the same year and quarter but there is no burial record for her. There is however a burial record for a George Henry Chambers buried 28th September 1859 in the cemetery records but no death registration for him, so possibly the female child was buried as George Henry Chambers by mistake and should have been recorded as the child of George Henry Chambers).
The 1861 census records George (27) as a Journeyman Coach Carriage Maker, living in West Street, Newbury with Augusta (23) and their daughter Louisa (2).
George and Augusta separated in 1868.
In 1871 Augusta gave birth to a daughter Emily Augusta and although she was known as Emily Augusta Chambers, she was not George’s child.
The 1871 census records George lodging in Newbury (off Northbrook Street). His wife Augusta was working as Seamstress and was recorded living in Back Lane, Newbury with her children, George (7), John (1) and Emily (1 month).
In 1872 George was charged with deserting his wife, the following appeared in the local newspapers:
The 1881 census records George (46) as a Coach Builder and his son John (11), lodging in West Street, Newbury.
Augusta (recorded as Kate Augusta), a Tailoress and her daughter Emily (9) were recorded in the Workhouse in Lyminge, Kent.
George Henry died aged 52 on the 14th September 1886 at Ashdown Court, Newbury, he was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18th September.
His widow Augusta remarried on the 15th November 1886 at St Mary Marlborough, Wiltshire, her 2nd husband was George Mildenhall, a widower.
The 1891 census records Augusta (recorded as Elizabeth), living at 24 Herd Street Marlborough, Wiltshire with her husband George, a Carpenter & Joiner and his children, Henry (15) and Mabel (9).
George Mildenhall died in 1897 in Marlborough.
In 1901 Augusta (recorded as Elizabeth A. Mildenhall) was living in St Giles Reading with her married daughter Emily Merrett and her son-in-law Mark Merrett.
By 1892 they had moved to Surrey. The 1911 census records them living at 22 Harold Street, Sutton, Carshalton.
Augusta died aged 80 in 1920 in the Netherne Asylum in Merstham, Surrey. She was buried on the 1st November at the Netherne Hospital Chapel.
Mrs P Page 104 NW(C) 3
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