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Personal Details of Maria Twitchen

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Buried:	24/12/1888

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: ILMO / Maria TWITCHEN / who died Dec. 21 1888/ aged 67 years./ “Asleep in Jesus.”

Name on Memorial	Maria Twitchen
Date of death	21/12/1888
Age	67
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Very poor, flaking. Footstone in front of headstone
Pattison Location Code	Ch14(G)

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Maria Twitchen
Date of burial	24/12/1888
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend H H Skuie
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 041
Transcription comments	On FBMD Not sure about Rev's name

Accounts Entry for Maria Twitchen
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Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

death - Maria Twitchin

Source:	Marlborough Times
Article date:	05/01/1889
Copyright:
Transciption:	Marlborough Times Dated 5th January 1889 Dec. 21st at Newbury, Maria Twitchin, the fourth daughter of Mr. R. Twitchin, aged 67 years.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Maria Twitchen.

Maria Twitchen c1821-1888

Maria Twitchen

c1821-1888

Maria Kersley was baptised on the 12^th March 1821, in Micheldever, Hapmshire, the daughter of Richard and Caroline Twitchen (nee Kersley) who were married on the 17^th October 1809, in Micheldever. (Witnesses: Thomas Twitchen and Francis Kersley)

Maria’s father Richard Twitchin was baptised on the 22^nd January 1785, in Deane, Hampshire, the son of Richard and Sarah Twitchen (nee Webb) who were married on the 22^nd May 1783, in Overton, Hampshire.

Maria’s mother Caroline was baptised on the 8^th April 1788, in Micheldever, Hampshire, the daughter of George and Mary Kersley (nee Withers) who were married on the 22^nd November 1780, in Micheldever.

Richard and Caroline also had the following children baptised in Micheldever:

Richard Henry, born 12^th March 1810, baptised 15^th December 1812

Caroline, born 19^th August 1811, baptised, on the 15^th December 1812 (with her brother Richard)

Mary Young, 27^th May 1813

William, 25^th August 1814

Sarah, 9^th May 1816

Francis, 28^th November 1817

Anna Webb, 8^th November 1822

Henrietta, 6^th June 1825

Eliza, 6^th February 1827

Jemima, 20^th May 1830

(Richard was recorded as a Farmer on the baptism records)

The 1841 census records Richard (55) as a Baker. He was living in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, with Caroline (50) and their children, Francis (20), Caroline (24), Sarah (21), Maria (16) and Jammima (10) (Jemima). (Surname recorded as Twichen on ancestry)

In 1851, Richard (66) an Annuitant, Caroline (62) and their daughter Maria (30) were recorded living at 3, Frederick’s Cottages, Newbury. (Surname recorded as Twitchen)

The 1861 census records Richard (75) as a Retired Farmer, living in West Street Newbury, with Caroline (74) and their daughter Martha (40) (Maria) (family surname mistakenly recorded as Twischer on ancestry)

Maria’s father died aged 83, on the 30^th August 1868. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4^th September.

Her mother died aged 82, on the 18^th August 1870. She was laid to rest with Richard, on the 23^rd August.

The 1871 census records Maria Twitchin (50), living with her married sister Jemima Stillman (40), her brother-in-law, George Stillman and their children George and Alice, at 9 Northcroft Lane, Newbury.

In 1881 Maria Twitchen (60), was again recorded living in Northcroft Lane, but was now living with her married niece, Elizabeth Owen, (nee Stillman) (30) and her family.

Maria Twitchen died aged 67, on the 21^st December 1888, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 24^th December.

Mrs P’s Page 72 Code Ch 14 (G)

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