Personal Details of Catherine Willis
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| Died: | |
| Buried: | 01/09/1852 |
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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
| From top of headstone: In Memory of/ Catherine Willis/ who died August 26th 1852/ in her88th. Year./ Also of the / Revd. George Sextus Willis/ grandson of the above/ who died Oct. 9th. 1853/ aged 26 years./ "He was a man among the few. Firm on Religious side/ And all his strength from Scripture drew to hourly use applied". Footstone: H.W. 1852/ G.W. 1855 | |
| Name on Memorial | Catherine WILLIS |
| Date of death | 26/08/1852 |
| Age | 88 |
| Gender | Female |
| Memorial Type | Headstone and footstone |
| Construction Material | Limestone with engraved letters |
| Condition of memorial | Fair |
| Pattison Location Code | W155 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Revd. George Sextus WILLIS |
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Catherine and George Sextus Willis
Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Catherine Willis |
| Date of burial | 01/09/1852 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground - Reserved Grave |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. H.T. White |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 9 |
Accounts Entry for Catherine Willis
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Catherine Willis
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Catherine Willis
| Source: | Berkshire Chronicle |
| Article date: | 04/09/1852 |
| Copyright: | Berkshire Chronicle |
| Transciption: | CATHERINE WILLIS
Longevity.—ln our obituary this week will be found the demise of Catharine Willis, the mother of Mr. Willis, of this town, aged 88 years (sic). She was the last of a family of six, whose united ages amount to 540 years. Catharine Willis died in her 88th, her mother in her 95th, her father in his 82nd, her sister in her 90th, her father's sister in her 90th, and another sister in her 88th year.
Died 26th August, 1852: Buried 1st September, 1852
MRS. P. Page 25, W.155
(Buried with George Sextus Willis her grandson)
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| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Catherine Willis
| Source: | Berkshire Chronicle and Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 04/09/1852 |
| Copyright: | Berkshire Chronicle and Reading Mercury |
| Transciption: | CATHERINE WILLIS August 26, at her son's residence, in Newbury, Catherine relict of the late M. Willis, Esq., in her 88th year, being the last of six of a family whose united ages amounted to 540 years. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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Catharine Willis 1764 —1852
Catharine Willis 1764 —1852
Catharine Baker was born circa 1764 in Newbury, her father was John. She married Mark Willis on 4 April 1784 at St Nicolas in Newbury by licence, Catharine was recorded as a minor. Mark died in December 1823 aged 64 and he was buried on 23 December 1823 at St Nicolas in Newbury.
Catharine was recorded with her son Mark in Pound Street (the Litten) in Newbury in the 1841 census, Mark was a schoolmaster. Also recorded in the house were Eliza Catherine Willis aged 20, George Sextus Willis aged 14 and Edwin Willis aged 12 and a visitor.
In the 1851 census Ann was recorded with her son Mark in Cheap Street in Newbury, she was recorded as proprietor of the house and Mark as a retired schoolmaster accountant and assessor of taxes. There was also a house servant in the house.
Catharine died on 26 August 1852 aged 87 and she was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 1 September 1852.
An announcement appeared in the Berkshire Chronicle dated 4 September 1852 as below.
WILLIS — on 26th ult., at her son's residence, in Newbury, Catharine, relict of the late M. Willis Esq., in her 88th year, being the last of six of a family whose united ages amount to 540y ears.
There was also an article in the same edition of the paper as below.
LONGEVITY — In our obituary this week will be found the demise of Catharine Willis, the mother of Mr. Willis, of this town, aged 88 years. She was the last of a family of six, whose united ages amount to 540 years. Catharine Willis died in her 88th, her mother in her 95th, her father in his 83nd, her sister in her 90th, and another sister in her 88th year. Catharine's grandson George Sextus Willis was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 14 October 1853 aged 26.
Author: soper
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