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Personal Details of Mary Davies

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Buried:	01/03/1858

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Burial Register

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Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Loving memory of/ Mary Davies/ who died Feb.23rd. 1858/aged 27 yrs. Also James W. / son of the above/ who died march 17th. 1858 aged 8 years./ Also In Loving Memory of/ James J. Davies/ who fell asleep June 7th. 1901/ in his 80th.year/ "Gentle unto all. Patient 5.2 Tim. 2, 24. Also Mary Hannah Davies/ born Dec. 1st 1830 died Nov.25th. 1923./ "A lover of hospitality."

Name on Memorial	Mary Davies
Date of death	23/02/1858
Age	27
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Engraved; poor
Pattison Location Code	LS(H)42
Others named on memorial
James W. Davies
James J. Davies
Mary Hannah Davies

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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	Mary Davies
Date of burial	01/03/1858
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. Joseph Drew
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 38

Accounts Entry for Mary Davies
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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Mary Davies

Mary Davies

1831-1858

Mary Cooke was born c1831 in Woking, she was baptised on the 29^th August 1831 at St Peter’s Church Woking Surrey and was the daughter of William and Mary Cooke (nee Smither) who married in Horsell Surrey on the 25^th August 1829. Her father William was a Blacksmith.

Mary’s siblings were:
William bapt 1^st April 1832 Elizabeth bapt 23^rd March 1834 Sarah bapt 1^st Nov 1835 Edward born 10^th June, bapt 15^th July 1838 (all baptised in Woking) and Emma bapt 6^th March 1842 (baptised in Reigate)

In 1841 Mary (10) was living in Mill Street Reigate Surrey with her parents William (35) and Mary (30) and her brothers William (8) and Edward (2).

Mary married James Jeremiah Davies (a China & Glass Dealer) in 1848 in Oxfordshire and they had the following children (all born in Newbury):

James William 1849 Philip Edward 1852 McFarlan 1855 Mary Elizabeth 1857

In 1851 James, Mary and their son James William were living at 41 Northbrook Street Newbury

Mary died aged 27 on the 23^rd February 1858 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st March 1858. Her son James William died aged 8, a few weeks after his mother and was buried on the 20^th March 1858 in the Newtown Road Cemetery.

Mary’s husband remarried in 1859, his 2^nd wife was Mary Hannah Waite and they had the following children:

James Waite 1860 William Henry 1862 Walter John 1864 Herbert 1866 Annie 1870

The family were living at 63 Northbrook Street by 1861 where James had established a successful earthenware and china business.

James Jeremiah Davies died aged 79 on the 7^th June 1901 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 12^th June 1901.

Christine Gambles – 25^th March 2020

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