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Personal Details of Thomas Edmonds

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Buried:	15/03/1862

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: IARO/ Thomas EDMONDS/ who died March the 9th. 1862/ aged 69 years. (Motto unreadable.) ANN, wife of the above/ who died March 11th. 1875/ aged 77 years / Footstone: T E 1862 / A E 1875 /.

Name on Memorial	Thomas Edmonds
Date of death	09/03/1862
Age	69
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Footstone in front of headstone obscuring inscription, some of headstone flaking
Pattison Location Code	S 30
Others named on memorial
Ann Edmonds

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	Thomas Edmonds
Date of burial	15/03/1862
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Brick Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. B. Beddow
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 59

Accounts Entry for Thomas Edmonds
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Thomas Edmonds

Source:	Reading Mercury
Article date:	15/03/1862
Copyright:	Reading Mercury
Transciption:	THOMAS EDMONDS On the 9th inst., after a short illness, deeply lamented by his family, and much respected by a large circle of friends, Mr. Thos. Edmonds, upholsterer, of Newbury, in the 69thyear of his age. Our obituary this week contains the announcement of the death of our worthy and much respected townsman, Mr. Edmonds, whose urbanity of manners and upright dealing as a tradesman and neighbour, will long be remembered by his friends.

Biographical Information

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Thomas Edmonds

Thomas Edmonds

He was born in 1793 in Newbury, son of Thomas Edmonds and Elizabeth, nee Church. A widower, he married Ann Higgs in 1819 at St. Bartholomew the Great, City of London. They had 10 children. He was a well-known Cabinet Maker /Upholsterer/ Paper Hanger established at 39 Northbrook Street. In 1830 he made the following announcement in the Reading Mercury:

“Thomas Edmonds Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer Northbrook Street, Newbury, begs leave to return his sincere thanks to his friends for the liberal support he has received for the last fourteen years in the above branches, and respectfully informs them and the public in general, that he has in addition thereto, commenced the part of AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER and humbly solicits a share of their patronage and support, assuring them that the utmost attention shall be used in expediting their commands with punctuality and dispatch.”

He died on 9 March 1862 and was buried on 15 March 1862. Probate was granted to his wife Ann, sole Executrix.

Sources: 1841 to 1861 Census; Church of England London Marriages & Banns; BMD 1Q 1862 Death; National Probate/Wills; Reading Mercury dated 12/7/1830 and 15/3/1862.

Mrs. P. Code S 30, page 10

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