Mary Pyke/Pike  c1834-1915

Mary, her parents, siblings and early life:

Mary was baptised on the 18^th May 1834, in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Day (nee Ball) who were married on the 19^th November 1831, in Hurstbourne Tarrant.

Mary’s father Alexander was born on the 4^th February 1801, he was baptised on the 7^th February 1801, in Hurstbourne Tarrant, the son of Stephen and Frances Day (nee Holdway) who were married on the 12^th November 1798, in Hurstbourne Tarrant. Alexander died aged 82 in 1884, in Hurstbourne Tarrant.

Mary’s mother Sarah was baptised on the 5^th February 1804, in St Mary Bourne, Hampshire the daughter of William and Mary Ball (nee Skeats) who were married on the 13^th October 1799, in St Mary Bourne. (William was from Barton) Sarah died aged 63, in 1867, in Hurstbourne Tarrant

Alexander and Sarah also had the following children baptised in Hurstbourne Tarrant:

Harriet, 14^thApril 1833

Sarah, 27^thSeptember 1835

Ann, 18^th February 1838

Charles, 22^ndMarch 1840

Eliza, 10^thApril 1842

Frances, 12^thJanuary 1845 (died aged 9, in 1853)

George, 8^thAugust 1847

The 1841 census records Mary (7), living in Hurstbourne Tarrant, with her father Alexander (35), an Agricultural Labourer, her mother Sarah (35) and her siblings, Hariot (8), (Harriet) Sarah (5), Ann (3) and Charles (1) (surname recorded as Vay on ancestry)

Mary in later life:

In 1851 Mary (17) was working as a Housemaid for Henry King, a Farmer and his family, in Wherwell, Hampshire

Mary married in 1855

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury

Date: 25^th November 1855

Groom: Charles Pyke, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Newbury

Bride: Mary Day, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury

Fathers: James Pyke and Alexander Day, both Labourers

Witnesses: Walter Wheeler and George Stillman

(Charles was born in St Mary Bourne, Hampshire. He was baptised on the 28^thNovember 1824, St Mary Bourne, the son of James (a Labourer) and Martha Pyke (nee Curtis) who were married on the 3^rd September 1811, in St Mary Bourne.  (Surname mistakenly recorded as Pink)

Charles and Mary had the following children (baptisms at St Nicolas Newbury):

Harriet, born 1856, baptised 27^thJuly 1856 (dad a Labourer)

Charles, born c1859, baptised 20^thFebruary 1859 (dad a a Labourer)

George, born c1860, baptised 25^thMarch 1860 (dad a Brewer)

Harry, born 1861, baptised 25^thAugust 1861 (dad a Brewer)

William, born 1863, baptised 2^ndFebruary 1864 (dad a Labourer)

James, born c1865, baptised 6^th August 1865 (dad a Labourer)

Ann, born 1866, baptised 13^thJanuary 1867 (dad a Brewer’s Labourer)

Ellen, born 1868, baptised 7^thFebruary 1869 (dad a Brewer’s Labourer)

Alfred, born 1870, baptised 1^stJanuary 1871 (dad a Labourer)

Arthur Alexander, born 1872, baptised 6^thOctober 1872 (dad a Labourer. Died aged months 11 months, buried in the NRC on the 14^th June 1873)

Alice, born 1874, baptised 2^ndAugust 1874 (dad a Labourer. Died aged 18 months, buried in the NRC on the 6^th December 1875)

Albert Ernest born c1876, baptised 16^thApril 1876 (dad a Brewer’s Labourer)

In 1861 Charles Pike (34), a Brewer’s Labourer, Mary (26) and their children, Harriet (4), Charles (2) and George (1), were recorded living in Stillman’s Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

The 1871 census records Charles Pyke (42), a Brewer’s labourer, still living in Stillman’s Yard, with Mary (36) and their children, Charles (12), George (11), Harry (9), William (7), James (6), Hannah (4), (Ann) and Ellen (2).

In 1881 Charles Pike (52), a Brewer’s Labourer, Mary (46), Charles (22), a Bricklayer’s Labourer, Harry (19), a Labourer in Iron Works, James (16) an Errand Boy, Ellen (12), Alfred (10) and Albert (5), were recorded living in Westfields, Newbury.

The 1891 census records Charles Pike (62) as a Brewer’s Drayman, living at 11 Berkeley Road, Newbury, with Mary (56) and their children, Charles (32), William (27), Alfred (20), all Bricklayers and Albert (15), a Printer’s Apprentice.

Mary was widowed in 1900. Charles Pike died aged 75, on the 18^th July, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21^st July.

The 1901 census records Mary (66), living on her own means, at 5, Trafalgar Place, Newbury.

In 1911 Mary (76) was recorded living alone, at 3, Church Almshouses, Newtown Road, Newbury.

Mary died aged 80, on the 14^th March 1915, at 3 Church Almshouses, Newbury. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18^th March, with her husband Charles.

Their son Charles died aged 75, on the 18^th April 1934, he was laid to rest with his parents, on the 21^stApril.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 18^th March 1915

PIKE – March 14, at 3 Church Almshouses, Mary, widow of the late Charles Pike, aged 80 years.

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