William John Arnold

1838-1900

William John was born in Newbury, Berkshire. He was baptised on the 8^th April 1838, at St Nicolas, Newbury, the son of William and Sarah Arnold (nee Ward) who were married on the 29^th August 1830, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

William John’s father William was a Bargeman. He was born c1808. He died aged 40, in 1848, in Newbury.

His mother Sarah was baptised on the 22^nd March 1807, in Thatcham Berkshire, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Ward (nee Palmer) who were married on the 19^th September 1804, in Thatcham.

William and Sarah also had the following two children:

Esther Jane, baptised on the 10^th April 1831, at St Nicolas, Newbury (died aged 4 years 5 months, buried 1^st June 1835, at St Nicolas Newbury)

William, born in 1833, (died of smallpox, aged 2 years 2 months, buried 13^th June 1835, at St Nicolas Newbury)

In 1841 William (3) was recorded living in Northcroft Lane, Newbury, with his father William (30), Bargeman and his mother Sarah (30).

The 1851 census records William (13) as an Errand Boy, living in Hazell’s Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with his widowed mother Sarah (42), a Laundress and a lodger, Lucy Buckeridge (6).

William John’s mother Sarah remarried in 1852. Her 2^nd husband was Michael Stratton. Sarah was widowed again in 1859.

In 1861 William was recorded as William Stratton (23), Bricklayer’s Labourer, living with his widowed mother Sarah Stratton (54), a Charwoman and her stepdaughter Emma Stratton (22), a General Servant, in West Mills, Newbury. (Living next door but one was his future wife, a widow, Charlotte Stone (33), a Needlewoman and her children, Mary A. (15), Maria (13), Amelia (11) and Tommy (6)).

William married Charlotte Stone in 1865

Marriage details:

Place: Holy Trinity, Chelsea, Middlesex

Date: 5^th June 1865

Groom: William John Arnold, full age, bachelor, occupation, Porter, abode, Newbury Berkshire

Bride: Charlotte Stone, full age, widow, abode, Upper Chelsea

Fathers: William Clements, a Fellmonger and William Arnold, a Bargeman

Witnesses: John Kerr and Sarah Fassance

(Charlotte was baptised on the 29^th January 1826, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of William (a Leather Dresser) and Mary Clements (nee Gale) who were married on the 3^rd September 1820, at St Nicolas, Newbury. She married John Stone in 1845 (marriage registered in the December quarter in Newbury) they had the following children: Mary Ann 1846, Maria, 1848, Amelia, 1850, Sarah Elizabeth, 1852 and Thomas, 1854. Charlotte was widowed in 1854)

William John and Charlotte had a daughter, Alice Jane born c1866. Alice Jane was baptised on the 7^th December 1873, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

The 1871 census records Charlotte Arnold (43), William John (33), an Auctioneer’s Broker, and Thomas Stone (16), a Brushmaker’s Apprentice, living in Bartholomew Sreet, Newbury.  Their daughter Alice Jane (5) was recorded living with her grandmother, Sarah Stratton (64), (formerly Arnold, nee Ward) a Charwoman, at 24 West Mills, Newbury.

Alice Jane died aged 15, on the 21^st January 1881. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26^th January.

In 1881 Charlotte Arnold (55), wife of an Auctioneer’s Porter and her daughter, Sarah E. Stone (29), a Machinist Seamstress, were living in Bartholomew Street, Newbury. Charlotte’s husband William (42), an Auctioneer’s Porter, was recorded living at 5 Trafalgar Place, Newbury, with his widowed mother Sarah Stratton (71) and her granddaughter, Fanny Stratton (8).

William’s mother Sarah Stratton died aged 79, in 1889, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19^th July.

The 1891 census records Charlotte (65) and William Arnold (53), a Bill Poster, living in Vine Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

William John died aged 61, on the 13^th January 1900. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th January.

In 1901 Charlotte (75) was living alone, on her own means, at 4, Bartholomew Place, Newbury

Charlotte died aged 78, in the Newbury Workhouse, on the 10^th August 1903. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th August.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 18^th January 1900

ARNOLD – Jan. 13, at Bartholomew-place, William John Arnold, aged 61 years.

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