Joseph Haines c1815-1906

Author: gambles
Date published: 27/04/2025
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Joseph Haines

c1815-1906

Joseph was baptised in 1815, in Shaw cum Donnington, Berkshire, the son of William and Jane Haynes (nee Newman) who were married in 1798, in Shaw cum Donnington.

William and Jane also had the following children baptised in Shaw cum Donnington:

Maria, 1813

Benjamin, 1817

Henry, 1819

Joseph Haines married Mary Holder in 1837, in Winterbourne, Berkshire.

(Mary was baptised in 1814 in Winterbourne, Berkshire, the daughter of James and Charlotte Holder (nee Barrett) who were married in 1810, in Chieveley, Berkshire.)

Joseph and Mary had the following children:

George, c1838 baptised in Winterbourne

Elizabeth, born 1840 (no baptism found, possibly baptised as Maria (see below) as no birth found for a Maria)

Maria, c1840, baptised in Winterbourne

William, 1844 born in Shaw

Isaac, 1847 born in Donnington

Henry, 1849 born in Donnington

Jane, 1851 born in Donnington (died aged 17 in 1868, buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16th June)

Charles, 1855 born in Donnington

 Alfred, 1857 born in Donnington

A female, 1860 (died without being named soon after birth)

 

Joseph, Mary and their children were recorded living in Shaw cum Donnington in the 1851-1891 census records.

Joseph was recorded as an Agricultural Labourer in 1851, a Gardener in 1861, 1871 and 1881 and a Jobbing Gardener in 1891. Mary was recorded as a Laundress in the 1861 census.

 

Mary died aged 79 in 1893 in Donnington. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th May.

In 1901 Joseph (85) was recorded boarding at 2 Highgate Villas, Queens Road, Newbury. With a Fred Collins (31) and his family. (Surname recorded as Harries on ancestry)

Joseph died aged 92 on the 22nd August 1906, in the Newbury Workhouse. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 25th August.

Joseph was widowed in 1893. Mary died aged 79 on the 12th May in Donnington, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th May 1893.

In 1901 Joseph (85) was recorded boarding at 2 Highgate Villas, Queens Road, Newbury. With a Fred Collins (31) and his family. (Surname recorded as Harries on ancestry)

Joseph died aged 92 on the 22nd August 1906, in the Newbury Workhouse. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 25th August.

 

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