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Personal Details of Ernest Gilbert Kimber

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Born:
Died:	21/11/1939
Buried:	25/11/1939

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Ernest Gilbert Kimber.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

Name at death

Ernest Gilbert Kimber

Age at Death

Burial Date

25 November 1939

Abode

Bartholomew House
Newbury

Official at Burial

E, H. Stenning

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1917
Page Number	221
Reccord Number	11365

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Ernest Gilbert Kimber
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In / loving memory of / Frances Barnard beloved wife of Ernest Gilbert Kimber / who died Feb 16th 1910 aged 50 years / Until the day dawn / Also of / Ernest Gilbert Kimber / husband of the above / who died Nov 21st 1939 / in his 80th year /// Book is a separate memorial which may or may not be related - In loving memory of Gwendolin, Thomas, Kathleen, Leslie, Mary, children of George and Mary Austin

Name on Memorial	Ernest Gilbert Kimber
Date of death	21/11/1939
Age	79
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Large Headstone with leaves and cross on, kerbstones and corners, book
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Headstone readable. Book unreadable - Separate memorial which may or may not be related to Kimber
Pattison Location Code	CH3(B)
Others named on memorial
Frances Barnard Kimber
Gwendolin Austin
Thomas Hutchins Austin
Kathleen Austin
Leslie Austin
Mary Austin

Memorial Images

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kimber grave

Newspaper Cuttings

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Grave of the month

Source:	Researched By Michaela Peters - FNRC - November 202
Article date:	01/11/2025
Copyright:
Transciption:	GRAVE OF THE MONTH/NOV 2025 Ernest Gilbert Kimber 1860-1939 Ernest was born in 1860 at Coombe in Hertfordshire. His parents were Richard Owen Kimber and Susannah Gilbert Peaty. His father Richard had a 350 acre farm and he was 1 of 12 children. In 1885 Ernest married Frances Barnard Lily in Newbury. They had 2 children, Gilbert and Elsie. Ernest ran a shop called ‘Kimbers Grocery and Provision Merchants’, informally called ‘Kimbers Corner’ on the corner of Pound Street and Bartholomew Street, which he managed from 1906-1939. Formerly it was a branch of Messrs. Church Bros., for whom he was the manager. In 1910 his wife Frances passed away. His son Gilbert married and moved away to Bristol and his daughter Elsie stayed at the family home at Bartholomew House with her father Ernest. Elsie went on to become the first woman Mayor of Newbury since the borough was created in 1596. She was elected in 1932. Ernest passed away at his home from cerebral apoplexy (stroke) and Aortic Stenosis on 21st November 1939. Following her father’s death Elsie took over the business until 1953.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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Biographical Information

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