Jessie Louisa Martin

c1863-1936

Jessie, her parents, siblings and early life:

Jessie was born c1863, in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Owen and Eleanor Tucker (nee Mills) who were married on the 11^th April 1861, in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Her father Owen was baptised (Baptist) on the 27^th April 1833, in Somerset, the son of Edward and Sarah Tucker (nee Smith) who were married on the 8^th April 1823, at St Michael, Bath, Somerset.

Her mother Eleanor was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the daughter of William and Eliza Mills (nee Paxton) who were married on the 7^th August 1838, in Bicester (both were single, William was a Chemist. Dads were William Mills, a Gentleman and William Paxton, a Farmer)

Owen and Eleanor also had the following children, born in Bath:

Rose, born c1862 (died 1862, soon after birth)

James, born 1863 (died 1863, soon after birth)

Joseph, born 1865 (died 1865, soon after birth)

Florence Mary, born 1866 (died aged 7, in 1873)

The 1871 census records Owen (38) as a Surgeon, living at 27 Claverton Street, Bath, Somerset, with Eleanor (32) and their daughters, Jessie (8) (mistakenly recorded as Sophie on ancestry) and Florence (4).

Jessie’s father Owen died aged 42, on the 16^th October 1873, in Bath.

The 1881 census records Jessie (18) living in Craven Street, Newbury, Berkshire, with her widowed mother Eleanor (41), her grandmother mother Eliza Mills (64), her mother’s cousins, Jessie Paxton (30), Hester Paxton (29) and her cousin, Jessie Slocock (12). All were recorded as Ladies.

Jessie’s mother Eleanor died aged 41, on the 26^th April 1881, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29^th April.

The 1891 census records Jessie (28), as a Governess, living at 9, Craven Street, Newbury, with her grandmother, Eliza Mills (75) and her grandmother’s nieces, Jessie Paxton (41) and Hester Paxton (38). All three were recorded living on their own means.

Jessie’s grandmother Eliza Mills died aged 76, on the 14^th August 1892. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th August.

Jessie in later life:

Jessie married in 1892

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury

Date: 27^th July 1892

Groom: Robert Martin, aged 26, bachelor, occupation, Saddler, abode, St Nicolas, Newbury

Bride: Jessie Louisa Tucker, aged 29, abode, St Nicolas, Newbury

Fathers: Robert Martin, a Saddler and Owen Tucker, a Surgeon

Witnesses: Mary Ann Adey, John Flint, Edith M. Martin, Jessie E. Slocock and Edward Martin

In 1901 Robert (35) was recorded as a Sadler, Rope and Twine Manufacturer, living at 7 Craven Street, Newbury with Jessie (38) and a general domestic servant, Annie Colbourne (16).

The 1911 census records Robert (45), a Saddler and Rope Manufacturer, Jessie (48) and a domestic servant, Emily Pitworth (21), living at 7 Craven Street, Newbury

The 1921 census records Robert Martin (55) and his wife Jessie Louisa Martin (58), living at “Langford” St John’s Road, Newbury. Also recorded living with them was Hester Paxton (69) (recorded as Nester on ancestry).

Jessie died aged 75 on the 16^th January 1936. She was laid to rest with her grandmother mother Eliza Mills, on the 20^th January.

Robert died the following year, aged 71, on the 24^th April. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery, with Jessie and her grandmother Eliza, on the 28^th April 1937.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 23^rd January 1936

MARTIN – January 16^th at Newbury, Jessie Louisa, wife of Robert Martin, of Newbury.

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