Personal Details of Mary Jane Bristow
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| Buried: | 21/04/1888 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Mary Jane Bristow |
| Date of burial | 21/04/1888 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Conscrated Common Internment |
| By whom buried | Reverend E J Gardner |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 037 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for Mary Jane Bristow
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Mary Jane Bristow
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
deaths - Mary Jane Bristow,
| Source: | nwn |
| Article date: | 26/04/1888 |
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| Transciption: |
Newbury Weekly News Dated 26th April 1888 BRISTOW – April 19, at Ashdown-court, Newbury, Mary Jane the beloved daughter of Rebecca and John Bristow, aged 2 years 5 months. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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Mary Jane Bristow c1886-1888
Mary Jane Bristow
c1886-1888
Mary Jane’s birth was registered in the March quarter 1886, in Newbury, Berkshire. She was the daughter of John and Rebeckah Bristow (nee Knott) who were married on the 17th September 1871, in Thatcham Berkshire. (Surname mistakenly recorded as Bristol)
Mary Jane died aged 2 years 5 months, on the 19th April 1888, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21st April.
Mary Jane’s family:
Her father John was born c1847, in Leckhampstead, Berkshire, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Bristow (nee Parrott) who were married on the 19th September 1847, in Brightwalton, Berkshire. (Surname recorded as Blister)
Her mother Rebecca was born c1844, in Thatcham, Berkshire, the daughter of Thomas and Christiana Knott (nee George) who were married on the 11th July 1830, in Thatcham.
John and Rebecca had the following children:
Sarah Ann, 1872
Hannah, 1873
Eliza, c1876
Edward John, 1878
Tom, c1881, baptised 6th March 1881, at St Nicolas, Newbury
Ada, 1883
Emily, 1888
The 1881 census record John (34), a Labourer, living in Wharf Road, Newbury, Berkshire, with Rebecca (37) and their children, Sarah (9), Hannah (7), Eliza (5), Edward (3) and Tom (2 months).
John died aged 42, in 1889, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th February.
Rebecca after John’s death:
The 1891 census records Rebecca (47) living on her own means, at 4, Caroline Place, Newbury, with her children, Anna (17), (Hannah) a General Domestic Servant, Jack (14), (Edward) Tom (11), Ada (9), Emmie (2), (Emily) and Charles (1)**
**(Charles Bristow was born in the March quarter 1891. He died aged 5 months and was buried on the 26th June 1891, at St Mary the Virgin, Speen so was not the son of John Bristow. He was recorded as Rebecca’s son but may have been her grandson)
Rebekah remarried in 1891. Her 2nd husband was Stephen Ward. She was widowed again in 1895.
The 1901 census records Rebecca Ward (56) and her children, Tom Bristow (20) and Ada Bristow (18), living at 13 King’s Road, Newbury.
In 1911 Rebecca (66) was recorded living at 6 Kennet Road, Newbury, with a lodger, Jane Mason (85).
The 1921 census records Rebecca (76) living alone. She was still living at 6 Kennet Road, Newbury
Rebecca died aged 83, in 1927, in Newbury.
Newbury Weekly News
Dated 26th April 1888
BRISTOW – April 19, at Ashdown-court, Newbury, Mary Jane the beloved daughter of Rebecca and John Bristow, aged 2 years 5 months.
Author: gambles
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