The Aldworth Family

Anne Aldworth

Birth: 1825/6, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 10 March 1826, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Occupation: Housekeeper (1861)

Death: 6 June 1881, in Wantage district, Berkshire, England, aged 55

Headstone of Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth and her two daughters, Anne Aldworth and Mary Aldworth in Chain Hill Cemetery, Wantage
Headstone of Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth and her two daughters, Anne Aldworth and Mary Aldworth in Chain Hill cemetery, Wantage, Berkshire, England
photo by Laura Cleaver dated 17 January 2021 posted at findagrave.com
Buried: Chain Hill cemetery, Wantage, Berkshire, England
The inscription reads:
In / loving memory / of
Mary Aldworth / who died November 24th 1886 / aged 88 years
Also of Anne Aldworth / who died June 6th 1881 / aged [??] years
Mary Aldworth / died Sep. 13 1897 / aged 71 years

Census:
1841: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1851: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1861: Kingsclere, Hampshire
1871: Wantage, Berkshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Joseph Aldworth

Birth: 1799 - 1800

Married: Mary Plumbe on 4 August 1823, in Wantage, Berkshire, England
Joseph is listed as a bachelor, aged 23, resident in Hungerford, Berkshire. Mary is listed as a spinster, aged 24, resident in Wantage.

Children: Death: Joseph is found in the 1841 census, but by the 1851 census his wife is listed as a widow.

Census & Addresses:
1823: Hungerford, Berkshire   (marriage record)
1841: High Street, Marlborough St Peter, Wiltshire

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Joseph Aldworth

Birth: 1829, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 9 December 1829, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Married: Sarah Inwood in 1865 in Abingdon district, Berkshire, England

Sarah was born in 1820 in Abingdon, Berkshire. She died on 25 September 1879 in Henley district, Oxfordshire, aged 59. She is buried in St. John the Evangelist churchyard, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England. The grave is in plot A row 2.
Census:
1841: St Helen Street East, St Helen, Berkshire
1861: St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire
1871: Hanney, Berkshire, England

Occupation: Lock keeper (1851); Wharfinger (1861); Tramway manager (1881, 1891)

In 1851, Joseph was the lock keeper for the Latton Basin Lock on the Wilts & Berks Canal, and in 1861 he is listed as a wharfinger in Sutton Wick. After his marriage, we find Joseph as a farmer in Hanney, Berkshire (about 3 miles north of Wantage), in 1871 but after Sarah's death we see him in the 1881 and 1891 censuses, back in Wantage as a tramway manager, and he is shown as a retired tramway manager in the1901 census.

Death: 29 January 1910, in Wantage district, Berkshire, England, aged 80

Headstone of Joseph Aldworth and Sarah (Inwood) Aldworth in Stoke Row, Oxfordshire
Headstone of Joseph Aldworth and Sarah (Inwood) Aldworth in St. John the Evangelist churchyard, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England
photo by Marinka dated 23 January 2019 posted at findagrave.com
Buried: St. John the Evangelist churchyard, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England. The grave is in plot A row 2.
The inscription reads:
In / loving memory / of
Joseph Aldworth / who died Janry 29th 1910 / aged 80 years
also of / Sarah Aldworth his wife / who died Sept 25th 1879 / aged 59 years
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."

Probate: Granted on 8 March 1910 to Robert Pike and William Alfred Wheeler
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar Wills 1897 p20
ALDWORTH Joseph of Mill-street Wantage Berkshire died 29 January 1910 Probate Oxford 8 March to Robert Pike farmer and William Alfred Wheeler builder.
Effects £1307 14s. 9d.

Census:
1841: High Street, Marlborough St Peter, Wiltshire
1851: Lock House, Latton, Wiltshire
1861: Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Berkshire
1871: Hanney, Berkshire, England
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1891: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1901: Wantage, Berkshire, England

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Mary Aldworth

Birth: 1824, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 9 August 1824, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Occupation: Dressmaker (1851)

Death: 13 September 1897, in Wantage district, Berkshire, England, aged 71

Headstone of Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth and her two daughters, Anne Aldworth and Mary Aldworth in Chain Hill Cemetery, Wantage
Headstone of Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth and her two daughters, Anne Aldworth and Mary Aldworth in Chain Hill cemetery, Wantage, Berkshire, England
photo by Laura Cleaver dated 17 January 2021 posted at findagrave.com
Buried: Chain Hill cemetery, Wantage, Berkshire, England
The inscription reads:
In / loving memory / of
Mary Aldworth / who died November 24th 1886 / aged 88 years
Also of Anne Aldworth / who died June 6th 1881 / aged [??] years
Mary Aldworth / died Sep. 13 1897 / aged 71 years

Probate: Granted on 20 October 1897 to Joseph Aldworth and Samuel Thomson Plumbe
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar Wills 1897 p20
ALDWORTH Mary of Mill-street Wantage Berkshire spinster died 13 September 1897 Probate Oxford 20 October to Joseph Aldworth retired tramway manager and Samuel Thomson Plumbe M.D. Effects £1304 7s. 6d.

Census:
1841: High Street, Marlborough St Peter, Wiltshire
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1861: Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Berkshire
1871: Wantage, Berkshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1891: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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