Cemetery Sunday - Small Angel

 

Small Angel, Bray Parish Cemetery, Holyport, Maidenhead, England.

 

 

 

 

Cemetery Sunday - All Saints Churchyard

 

All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

 

Mary Aldridge and her sister Martha Aldridge - Spinsters of Maidenhead

Monument to Mary and Martha Aldridge, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

"Sacred to the memory of 

Mary Aldridge 

who departed this life 

August 28th 1896

 aged 58 years 

- Thy Will Be Done - 

Also 

Martha Aldridge 

who died Novr 29th 1907 

aged 60 years 

- And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears From Their Eyes - "

Mary Aldridge was born in 1838 and Martha in 1847 in Maidenhead, Berkshire to James Aldridge, a grocer, and his wife Mary Ann. 

In 1841 Mary aged 3 was living with her parents and siblings, James, Charlotte, Ellen, and baby Edward in Folly Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

By 1851, Mary aged 13 was working as a housemaid and barmaid for Charles Druce, in Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.  Martha aged 4 was living with her parents and siblings, Ellen, Edward and Thomas in Folly Hill, Maidenhead.

In 1861 Mary was working as a housemaid for the Robeson family in Fifield, Berkshire.  Martha is working as a general servant for Julius and Ann Neve, drapers of Maidenhead.

1871 and Mary was working as a general domestic servant for the Druce family in London.  Martha has returned home to Castle Hill in Maidenhead to live with her widowed mother Mary Ann and her elder brother Edward a gardener, where she was making a living as a dressmaker.

1881 and Mary was working as a parlour maid for the Stenning family in Marylebone, London.  Martha was still living with her mother and elder brother in Castle Hill, Maidenhead.  Living with the family at that time is Mary and Martha's widowed sister Ellen.

In 1891, Mary was boarding at the home of Peter Mortlock, Fern Cottage, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.  Martha was helping to look after her elderly mother Mary Ann and run the sweet shop her mother kept, along with her elder brother, Edward.  Sadly, Mary Ann Sr was to pass away on 22nd August 1894. On 29th August 1894, the Maidenhead Advertiser carried the following announcement: 

"Aldridge- August 22nd, at 2 Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Mary Ann, widow of the late Mr. James Aldridge, aged 89 years."

Mary was to pass away just over two years later on 28th August 1896.

1901 finds Martha living with her elder brother Edward at South Cottage, Alwyn Road, Maidenhead Berkshire.  Sadly, six years later Martha was to pass away.

Edward can be found on the 1911 census, still living at South Cottage in Alwyn Road.  He was to pass away later that year aged 70.

Cemetery Sunday - IHS Cross

 

IHS Cross, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

 

 



The John who became a Jane - Jane Neighbour, Wife of John Neighbour of the Albion, Bridge Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire

Monument to Jane Neighbour, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.


"John Neighbour who died Sept 2nd 1898 aged 54 years."


I had to admit that this particular grave stone had me stumped, until I discovered I was researching the wrong person.  This is not the gravestone of John Neighbour, but his wife Jane.  The top portion of the gravestone with her dedication is missing.

Jane Neighbour was born Jane Willis in Hambledon, Berkshire (now Hampshire) in 1844.  I have been unable to locate Jane before her marriage to John H Neighbour, a gardener, in Henley in 1862.  In 1863 their first son Joseph is born in Henley, a second son Walter is born in 1867 in Aldershot, Hampshire, followed by a third son Henry in 1870.

In 1871 John and Jane are living in Aldershot, Hampshire along with their sons, Joseph, Walter and Henry, and Ann, John's widowed mother. Sometime before 1878 the family moved to the Boyn Hill area of Maidenhead.

In 1878 John was summoned to court for keeping an unlicensed dog. He did not appear. On 22nd May 1878, the Maidenhead Advertiser reported:

"John Neighbour, of Boyn-hill, another defendant, did not appear, and was said to be ill.— Mr. R. Smith said he saw the dog, and was told by Neighbour's mother that it belonged to her son, who sold it to a man in a cart for a shilling, but the animal came back.—A fine of £1 5s. was ordered."

On the 1881 Census, John and Jane can be found living in Boyne Hill Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, with their two sons and John's elderly mother, Ann Neighbour.  At that time Jane's occupation is listed as a laundress.

Sometime before 1884 John and Jane had moved to Bridge Street, Maidenhead and were running the Albion Inn.  

Jane was part of an inquest into the death of an unknown man who was lodging at the Albion Inn.  On 20th December 1884 the Berkshire Chronical reported:

"An inquest was held before Mr. W. Weedon, county coroner, on Monday, at the Union, Cookham, on the body of man whose name was unknown. —Jane Neighbour said: I am the wife of Jno. Neighbour, a beerhouse keeper. We keep the "Albion," Bridge Street. I have known the deceased nearly two and a half years. He has been lodging with us the last three months. On the 1st inst., about half-past three in the afternoon, when going upstairs, he fell and injured himself. The doctor was sent for, and advised his being put to bed. He was brought here the next day. On the morning of the 1st inst., he left our house between nine and eleven, and came back about two rather the worse for drink. When he was in that state he usually went to bed. The deceased always went with us by the name of Farmer. He was a labourer. He said he came from Wiltshire, but that was all. I never could learn anything from him about himself. I should think he was about fifty years of age. —Godfrey Watson said: I am an oil and colourman. I live next door to the Albion." Tho deceased was a stranger me. I was called in on the 1st inst. and found the deceased the foot of the stairs. His head was on the stones and his feet on the stairs, with pool of blood under his head. He was insensible and breathed heavily. 1 took him into the taproom. Mr. Samuel Plumbe, M. D., said: I saw the deceased on the 1st inst., in the taproom of the Albion." He was lying on the form insensible. He had small cut on the back of the head, and was bleeding from the right ear. He had apparently sustained considerable injury to the brain. I ordered his removal the infirmary next morning, and have seen him every day since. He died on Friday night from haemorrhage into the brain due to the fall. There were no other marks about the body.—A verdict of “Died from an accidental fall" was returned."

In 1884 a daughter, Lucy was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, followed by a sister Emily in 1886.

The family were still at the Albion Inn in 1891

Sadly, on 2nd September 1898, Jane suddenly passed away. On 10th September, the Reading Mercury reported:

"SUDDEN DEATH—Early on Friday the death occurred suddenly of Mrs. Jane Neighbour, aged 54, wife of Mr. John Neighbour, of the "Albion", Bridge-street. Mrs. Neighbour suffered from heart disease, and died suddenly in bed."

In 1900 John married Harriet Brown in Maidenhead Berkshire.  They continued to run the Albion Inn together, where they can be found on the 1901 Census.  Sadly, after nine years of marriage, Harriet passes away, leaving the now twice widowed John alone.

On the 1911 Census, John is listed as a retired publican lodging at 21 Bell Street in Maidenhead Berkshire.  John Neighbour passes away in 1913 in Maidenhead.

Cemetery Sunday - Headless Angel

 

Headless Angel, All Saints Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead. Berkshire, England.

 

 

 



 



Veteran Cricketer of Maidenhead George Taylor, and his wife Eliza Taylor

Monument to George and Eliza Taylor, All Saints' Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

"In Loving Memory of 

George Taylor 

who entered into rest 

Oct 22nd 1904 

Aged 73 Years 

- Looking Unto Jesus - 

Also Eliza 

the beloved wife of the above 

Died Feby 24th 1912

 Aged 84 Years."

George Taylor was born in White Waltham, Berkshire in 1831 to John Taylor, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Margaret Buckland, a day school mistress.

George first appears on the 1841 Census aged 10 years, living with his parents in Waltham Lane, White Waltham, Berkshire.  He is still there ten years later on the 1851 Census aged twenty, now working as a carpenter. 

Eliza Taylor was born Eliza Duckett in 1828 in Maidenhead, Berkshire to John Duckett, and his wife Martha Hamilton, a laundress.  Eliza first appears on the 1841 Census aged 14 years, living with her widowed mother and siblings in Market Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1851 she was working as a housemaid for Samuel Cooper and his family in West Street, Henley, Oxfordshire.

In 1853 George Taylor and Eliza Duckett marry in Maidenhead Berkshire.  Their first child, a daughter, Margaret was born in 1854 in White Waltham, followed by Agnes in 1857, Gertrude Eliza in 1859, and Augusta Eliza in 1860,

On the 1861 Census George, Eliza, and their family are living in Victoria Street in Maidenhead, Berkshire.  Sadly, young Gertrude Eliza was to pass away a few months after the 1861 Census was taken. However George jr was in 1862, followed by Gertrude Alice in 1864, Kate in 1867, and John in 1868

In 1871 the family moved to 6 Portland Terrace, West Street in Maidenhead.  Margaret now 16, has left the family to work as a nursery maid for Rev William B Hole, vicar of St Luke's church in Maidenhead, and his family.   Agnes now 14, is working as a nursemaid for the Smith Family in Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.

1881 and the family is still living at 6 Portland Terrace, West Street.  George Jr is now an apprentice carpenter, working with his father.  Joining the family is four-year-old Morris William Cole, George and Eliza's grandson, son of Margaret and her husband Augustus Samuel Cole.

In 1891 George, Eliza, Augusta, Kate, and John have moved in 19 West Street, Maidenhead.  Eliza is taking in work as a laundress, probably to help ends meet as George is now 60 years old.  Kate is working as a dress maker, and John as a groom and cab driver.  Not long after the 1891 Census was taken, George and Eliza's eldest daughter Margaret passed away.

1901 and George, Eliza, and Augusta have moved to 52 West Street.  Living with them at the time is their nineteen-year-old granddaughter Edith A Cole, daughter of their late child Margaret and her husband Augustus Samuel Cole.

Just three years later George Sr passed away aged 73 years.  George's death was reported in the Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer on 28th October 1904 -

"Death Of An Old Cricketer

The death took place on Saturday evening last of Mr. George Taylor, at his residence, 54, West Street, Maidenhead, where he and his family had resided some 38 years.  Mr. Taylor was 73 years of age and was born in Maidenhead (all official records state White Waltham). From his youth he proved himself a most excellent cricketer, and played in many of the best matched of the Maidenhead Cricket Club and also assisted many of the neighbouring clubs.  He was founder of the late Maidenhead Grosvenor Cricket Club, and owned several prize bats, balls and caps, awarded to him for distinguished service.  He played cricket up to within a few years ago, and at the Coronation Sports won a race for men over 60 the prize being a salad bowl. 

Mr. Taylor had been in failing health for some time and his death was not unexpected.  He was greatly respected throughout the town and district, and his demise will be heard of by many of his old cricketing friends with great regret.  He leaves a widow and a grown up family of two sons and four daughters.  The funeral took place on Thursday at 2 o'clock."

On 2nd November 1904 the Maidenhead Advertiser reported on George's funeral:

"Funeral

The funeral of Mr. George Taylor, the veteran cricketer, took place at All Saints' Church, Boyne Hill, on Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Cannon Drummond officiating. Several members of "Court Prince Albert", A.O.F., attended. The funeral arrangements were well carried out by Mr. G. Littleton, Norfolk-park." 


1911 and the widowed Eliza is still working as a laundress at the age of 83.  Living with and assisting her in the laundress business is her daughter Augusta Eliza and her granddaughters Edith Alice Cole, and Kate Augusta Nicholls.  Eliza was to pass away almost a year later in 1912 aged 84.

Augusta Eliza Taylor never married and died in Maidenhead in 1941 aged 80.

Cemetery Sunday - Angel

 

Finch Family Angel, All Saints Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.