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Lydia Timson (70)
1813 –19/03/1879
Lydia Timson (70)
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LYDIA TIMSON; 1813 – 1879
Lydia was born in Hayes in Middlesex in 1813. Her parents were William and Hannah Berry (sometimes spelt as “Berrey”). She was baptised in Hayes on 15th August 1813.
We don’t know what brought Lydia to Berkhamsted or how she met John, but we do know that the couple married in the second quarter of 1841 and the 1841 census taken shortly after the marriage records the John and Lydia living in Albert Place (now Highfield Road) in Berkhamsted. John was working as a labourer and no occupation is noted against Lydia’s name. Presumably she was keeping the house. Interestingly, John’s younger brother James was to marry Lydia’s younger sister Emma Berry in 1852.
By 1851 John and Lydia had moved from Albert Place and were living in the High Street. The 1851 census does not give us their address on the High Street, but as the entry relating to them places them near St John’s Well Lane. John was working as a gardener. We also see from the 1851 census that John and Lydia then had four children, all daughters, Ann, born in 1843; Lydia born in 1846; Emma, 1849 and Hannah who is noted in the census as being two months old. John and Lydia were to have six children in all. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1854 and finally a son, William, born in 1857.
Ten years on, the family were still living in the High Street. John continued working as a gardener and all six children were still living in the family home with their parents. The two oldest girls, Ann, then age 18 years and Lydia, 15, were both working as dressmakers. The other children are all noted as being scholars.
By 1871 John was no longer a gardener. His occupation was “Town hall Keeper” and he together with Lydia and younger children, Emma, Hannah, and William were living at the Town Hall.
Lydia’s memorial in Rectory Lane Cemetery records that she died on 19th March 1879 at the age of 65. Notice of her death, published in The Bucks Herald in March 1879, puts her date of death five days earlier on 14th March.
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LYDIA TIMSON; 1813 – 1879
Lydia was born in Hayes in Middlesex in 1813. Her parents were William and Hannah Berry (sometimes spelt as “Berrey”). She was baptised in Hayes on 15th August 1813.
We don’t know what brought Lydia to Berkhamsted or how she met John, but we do know that the couple married in the second quarter of 1841 and the 1841 census taken shortly after the marriage records the John and Lydia living in Albert Place (now Highfield Road) in Berkhamsted. John was working as a labourer and no occupation is noted against Lydia’s name. Presumably she was keeping the house. Interestingly, John’s younger brother James was to marry Lydia’s younger sister Emma Berry in 1852.
By 1851 John and Lydia had moved from Albert Place and were living in the High Street. The 1851 census does not give us their address on the High Street, but as the entry relating to them places them near St John’s Well Lane. John was working as a gardener. We also see from the 1851 census that John and Lydia then had four children, all daughters, Ann, born in 1843; Lydia born in 1846; Emma, 1849 and Hannah who is noted in the census as being two months old. John and Lydia were to have six children in all. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1854 and finally a son, William, born in 1857.
Ten years on, the family were still living in the High Street. John continued working as a gardener and all six children were still living in the family home with their parents. The two oldest girls, Ann, then age 18 years and Lydia, 15, were both working as dressmakers. The other children are all noted as being scholars.
By 1871 John was no longer a gardener. His occupation was “Town hall Keeper” and he together with Lydia and younger children, Emma, Hannah, and William were living at the Town Hall.
Lydia’s memorial in Rectory Lane Cemetery records that she died on 19th March 1879 at the age of 65. Notice of her death, published in The Bucks Herald in March 1879, puts her date of death five days earlier on 14th March.
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