Personal Details of John Dredge
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| Buried: | 27/02/1869 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | John Dredge | ||||||
| Age at Death | 70 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 27 February 1869 | ||||||
| Abode |
York Town |
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| Official at Burial | The Rev'd. C N???? | ||||||
| Comments | Unable to read officials name and title | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for John Dredge
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Burial Register Entry for John Dredge
Memorial Details
| From top of headstone: In Memory of/ John Dredge/ who died/ Feb. 20th. 1869/ aged 70 years. North face of copestone: In Loving Remembrance of/ Anna Maria, beloved wife of Charles Pike/ who departed this life June 22nd. 1882 in the 83rd year of her age./ "The memory of the Just is blesses." South face of copestone: In Loving Memory of Charles Pike/ born January 2nd. 1796/ died March 5th 1887/ "Be thou faithful unto death and I will giveth a crown of life". | |
| Name on Memorial | John DREDGE |
| Date of death | 20/02/1869 |
| Age | 70 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone and copestone on base |
| Construction Material | Red Sandstone with engraved text. Sandstone copestone with engraved text |
| Condition of memorial | Fair |
| Pattison Location Code | W99 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Anna Maria PIKE | |
| Charles PIKE |
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 | John Dredge |
| Date of burial | 27/02/1869 |
| Whence brought | Yorktown |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated Brick Grave |
| By whom buried | Reverend C Mathews |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 100 |
| Transcription comments | Not sure about Rev's Name |
Accounts Entry for John Dredge
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Accounts Entry for John Dredge
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
John Dredge
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| Article date: | 20/02/1869 |
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| Transciption: | Death notice Feb 20 at Osnaburgh Terrace, York Town, John Dredge, late of Hungerford, in the 71st year of his age. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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John Dredge 1798-1869
John Dredge
1798-1869
John, his parents, siblings and early life:
John was born on the 21 st May 1798, in Newbury, Berkshire. He was baptised on the 22nd June 1798, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the son of James and Anna Maria Dredge.
John’s father James was a Victualler and Basket Maker. He was born c1763. James died (of decline) aged 40, in 1803. He was buried on the 30th March, at St Nicolas, Newbury
John’s mother Anna Maria was born c1765. She died aged 69 in 1834 and was buried on the 12thDecember, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
James and Anna Maria also had the following children (baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury):
Nathaniel and David, (baptised together) 13th November 1789
William, 16th May 1792
George, 18th April 1794 (born 14th March 1794)
Richard, 5th August 1796
Anna Maria, 30th October 1799 (born 22nd September 1799)
The 1815 census of Newbury records John (16), a Locksmith, living at the Nags Head, on the east side of Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, with his widowed mother Anna Maria (47), his brothers, David (21), a Basket Maker, George (20), a Smith, Richard (17), a Basket Maker and his sister Anna Maria (15).
John in later life:
John married Sophia Viner Faulkner on the 23rd August 1831, at St Lawrence, Hungerford, Berkshire.
(Sophia Viner Faulkner was baptised in 1801 in Hungerford, the daughter of Joseph and Sophia Faulkner (nee Viner) who were married in 1799, in Hungerford)
John and Sophia had the following children:
John, c1833 (died aged 6 months, buried 7th August 1833, at St Lawrence, Hungerford)
Sophia Faulkner, c1834
John, c1836
Joseph, born 1841
The 1841 census records John (40) as an Auctioneer, living in Charnham Street, Hungerford, Berkshire, with Sophia (35) and their son John (4)
The 1851 census also records John (52) an Auctioneer, living in Charnham Street, Hungerford with his wife Sophia (50) and their sons John (14) and Joseph (9).
John was widowed in 1857. Sophia died aged 56, she was buried on the 25th August, at St Lawrence, Hungerford.
In 1861 John (62) was still working as an Auctioneer, living in Charnham Street, Hungerford, with his sons, John (24), and Joseph (19), who were both Assistants and a House Servant.
By 1869 John was living in the hamlet of York Town, Frimley, Surrey. John died aged 70, on the 20th February 1869, in York Town, his body was brought to Newbury, where he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th February. (John’s sister Anna Maria (1799-1882) and her husband Charles Pike (1796- 1887) were laid to rest with him)
Probate: DREDGE John Effects: under £450 13th April 1869 The Will of John Dredge late of York Town in the Hamlet of York Town in the County of Surrey Gentleman deceased who died 20th February 1869 at York Town aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of John Dredge of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton Upholsterer and Joseph Dredge of the Town of Hungerford in the County of Wilts Auctioneer the Sons the Executors
Mrs P’s Page 18 Code W 99
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