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Personal Details of John Butler

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Buried:	30/10/1857

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Birth

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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

	IMO / JOHN BUTLER / who died Oct. 27th 1857 aged 45 years.

Name on Memorial	John Butler
Date of death	27/10/1857
Age	45
Gender	Male

Memorial Type
Construction Material
Condition of memorial
Pattison Location Code	LS 20

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 Butler
Date of burial	30/10/1857
Whence brought	Speen
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. Sam'l. Turner
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 36

Accounts Entry for John Butler
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

John Butler

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	31/10/1857
Copyright:	Berkshire Chronicle
Transciption:	JOHN BUTLER Oct.27, Mr John Butler, of Shaw Mills, near Newbury, much respected.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about John Butler.

John Butler

John Butler

c1812-1857

John was born in Frilsham Berkshire. He married Caroline Stillman (born c1815 in Newbury) on the 3^rd January 1836 at St Nicolas Church Newbury and they had the following children:

Edward c1837

Charles 1838 (died aged 14 months, buried on the 8/1/1840 at St Nicolas Newbury)

George 1841 (died aged 22 in 1864 buried 23^rd December at St Mary the Virgin Speen)

Kate 1842 (died aged 5 in 1848)

Alice 1844 (died aged 0 in 1845)

Agnes 1846 (died aged 15 in 1861 buried in the NRC on the 9^th December)

Theresa 1848

Myra 1850

Emma 1852 (died aged 0 in 1853)

John was a Miller and in 1841 the family were living in Northbrook Street Newbury.

The 1851 census records John as a Miller employing 4 men, the family were living in Shaw Road when this census was taken.

Caroline died aged 42 in 1855 in Newbury and John remarried two years later, his 2^nd wife was Ann Bridgeman (born c1817 in Faccombe Hampshire) . The marriage was registered in the December quarter of 1857 in Newbury.

John died aged 45 on the 27^th October 1857 he was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30^th October.

The 1861 census records Edward (a Miller) as the head of the household living in Shaw Road with his Brother George (a Baker), his stepmother Ann (recorded as mother-in-law) and his sisters, Agnes and Theresa. His sister Myra was recorded as a Boarder at Miss Ellen Ferris’ Boarding School in London Road Speen.

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