Monument to Ann Neighbour, Lucy Neighbour, Joseph Neighbour and Emily Neighbour, St Luke's Churchyard, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
'In Loving Memory Of
Ann Neighbour
Who Died March 31st 1886
Aged 92 years.
Also
Lucy Neighbour
Who Died April 24th 1885
Aged 6 months.
Also
Joseph Neighbour
Who Died July 15th 1885
Aged 22 years.
Also
Emily Neighbour
Who Died September 19th 1886
Aged 4 months.
The Beloved Children of John and Jane Neighbour.'
Ann Neighbour was born in 1795 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, wife of Joseph Neighbour, an agricultural labourer.
Ann can first be found on the 1841 Census living in Hambledon, Buckinghamshire (now Hampshire) with her husband Joseph,13 year old daughter Martha, who is employed as a sack maker, 4 year old son Joseph, and one month old John.
In 1851 Ann and her family are still living in Hambledon where she and her husband Joseph are working as field labourers. The younger Joseph is making his living as a teacher in a school, and young John is attending school himself. Sadly Ann's husband Joseph passes away in 1855, leaving her destitute with a young son to care for.
On the 1861 Census Ann is listed as an almswoman, a person in receipt of poor aid. Living with her is her youngest son John, now 19 and working as an agricultural labourer. In 1862 John marries Jane Willis. You can read more about their lives together here.
Ann continued to live with her son and daughter in law, Jane, until her death in 1886.
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Joseph was born in Henley in 1863 to John Neighbour, an agricultural labourer, gardener and later publican, and his wife Jane Willis.
He first appears on the 1871 Census aged seven years, living with his parents, younger brothers Walter and Henry and his paternal grandmother Ann in Aldershot, Hampshire.
In 1881 Joseph, aged eighteen, is lodging in the home of Thomas Stedman and his wife Sarah at Gay's House Cottage, Holyport, Berkshire, where Joseph is working as a domestic groom for horses. Sadly just four years after that Census was taken, Joseph died at the age of twenty two.
The Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer reported on August 1st 1885 -
"Forester's Funeral - The remains of Joseph Neighbour, aged 22, a member of the local Court of Foresters, were interred on Tuesday last in St. Luke's churchyard. About 24 of the Foresters attended as a last mark of respect to the deceased, in addition to nearly 20 relatives. The Rev, W. G. Sawyer officiated. A large number of wreaths were sent by various friends."
Lucy Neighbour was born in the October of 1884 in Maidenhead to John and Jane Neighbour, sadly she passed away in the April of 1885 aged 6 months
Emily Neighbour was born in May 1886 to John and Jane Willis, sadly she passed away in September of 1886.
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Sound as though they lead a tragic life
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