Jane Plumb

c1833-1893

Jane, her parents, siblings and early life:

Jane was baptised on the 21^stJuly 1833 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of John (an Ostler) and Ann Holley (nee Pinfold) who were married on the 7^thAugust 1815, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Jane’s father John was baptised on the 5^th August 1792, in Kingsclere Hampshire, the son of John and Sarah Holley (nee Taylor) who were married on the 12^th October 1791, in Kingsclere (John’s surname was recorded as Holey, on marriage record) John died aged 63, in 1852, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th May.

Jane’s mother Ann was baptised on the 11^thJuly 1790, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of William and Mary Pinfold (nee Lidiard) who were married on the 24^thDecember 1783, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Ann Holly died aged 73 in 1860, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^thAugust.

In May 1815 Jane’s parents, Ann Pinfold (22) and John Holly (22) were recorded as Servants at the 3 Tuns Inn, on the east side of Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire. They were married on the 7^thAugust 1815, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.

John and Ann also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas Church, Newbury:

Sarah, 25^th December 1816 (died aged 2, buried 8^th May 1819, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

Mary Ann, 25^th December 1818

William, 16^th February 1821             

John, 2^nd May 1823 (died aged 1, buried on the 29^thMay 1824, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

Emma Jane, 15^th May 1826

Henry, 29^th June 1828 (surname recorded as Holly)

Amelia, 25^th December 1830

(Father recorded as an Ostler on all the baptism records except Amelia’s in 1830, which records him as a Labourer)

In 1841 Jane (7) was recorded living in Back Lane, Newbury, with her mother Ann (50), her siblings William (20), Henry (13), Amelia (10) and a Mary Rolfe (20). He father John (55) was recorded at the 3 Tuns Inn, Market Place, Newbury.

Jane in later life:

In 1851 Jane Holly (17) (Holley) was recorded as a Servant, living with her brother William (30) an Innkeeper and her nephew John (2), in Andover Road, Newbury.

Her future husband William Plumb (29) was recorded living with James Cope (44) and his wife Sophia (41), in Wash Common, Newbury, Berkshire. James Cope was recorded as a Publican and Blacksmith, William was recorded as a Servant (Blacksmith)

Jane married William in 1855

Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury

Date: 18^th March 1855

Groom: William Plumb, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Newbury

Bride: Jane Holley, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury

Fathers: John Holley, an Ostler (no father recorded for William)

Witnesses: George Stillman and Sophia Warner

(William was baptised on the 24^thMay 1822, at St Peter and St Paul, Marlborough, Wiltshire, the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Plumb. (Reputed father, Richard Holloway)

William and Jane had the following three daughters, baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

Amelia, 24^th February 1856

Emma Jane, 28^th November 1857 (died in 1858, buried in the NRC on the 14^thMay)

Ann Elizabeth, 15^th January 1860 (born 1859)

They also had the following two children:

Jane, born c1863 (no baptism found)

William John, born 1874 (no baptism found)

The 1861 census records William (37), a Gardener, living in Old Road, Newbury, with Jane (27) and their daughters, Amelia (5) and Ann Eliz. (1)

The 1871 census records William (48), a Gardener, Jane (38), Amelia (15), Annie (11) and Jane (8), living in Old Road, Newbury (surname recorded as Plumbo on ancestry)

In 1881 William (59) a Gardener, Jane (49), Jane (19), a Servant, William (7) and two lodgers, were recorded living in West Mills, Newbury.

Jane was widowed in 1882. William died aged 61, on the 30^thSeptember, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4^thOctober 1882

In 1891 Jane (60), her son William (17), a Tinman and Whitesmith and her adopted son, Walter Sims (17), were recorded living at 3 Elm Lea Cottages, Old Newtown Road, Newbury

Jane died aged 63, on the 28^thMarch 1893, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^stApril.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 30^th March 1893

PLUMB – March 28, at Elmslea-cottages, Old Newtown-road, Newbury, Jane, widow of the late William Plumb, aged 63 years

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