Biography:
Joseph Newell
1820 –1843
Joseph Newell
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Joseph Newell 1820-1843
Joseph Newell was born on 3rd April in 1820 and baptised on 7th May 1820 at Great Berkhamsted, Herts. There is no mention of his father on the baptism record, and he was given his mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Newell (1771-1843), who came from Amberley, Sussex. Elizabeth had not married as she carried her father’s surname, John Newell ( 1736-1818). Her mother Elizabeth Newell née Osborne (1738-1823) was also born in Amberley, Sussex. Joseph didn’t have any known siblings.
Why Joseph’s mother came to Berkhamsted is unknown. It could have been to live with relatives in the area due to her pregnancy and being unmarried? There may have been the opportunity to gain some employment enabling her to keep her child?
Joseph met Elizabeth Lane and they married at Great Berkhamsted in 1840.
The 1841 census notes the couple living in White Hill, Berkhamsted. Joseph aged 22 worked as an agricultural labourer. Elizabeth aged 19 had their 6 month old daughter Sarah to care for, but also worked as a straw plaiter.
By 1843 life became very challenging for the Newell family, a second daughter was born, Fanny Newell, but in that same year their first child Sarah passed, followed by Joseph, leaving his wife and new baby to survive alone. Joseph was only aged 23 when he passed, whether it was an agricultural accident or illness that took his life is unclear, but his mother also passed in 1843 aged 72, which might indicate a contagious illness, as three generations in the immediate family had passed in the same year. He was buried in Rectory Lane cemetery on 20th November 1843.
Joseph’s wife had lost her husband, and first born, but grief seemed to linger for this poor lady as in 1848 she lost her second daughter Fanny, aged 5 years, and her own sister Charlotte Grover née Lane (1826-1848).
In the following year of 1849, Elizabeth lost her eldest sister, Sarah Waller née Lane (1820-1849). Life continued to challenge Elizabeth but she courageously went on to take in her sister’s three children with the help of her own mother Elizabeth Lane née Tarbox (1800-1890). Elizabeth Newell passed in 1901 and is buried in Rectory Lane cemetery, further details of her life without her husband Joseph can be found in a separate biography under her name.
Research by Melanie Elliman - Relation to the Newell, Lane, Waller and Tarbox families
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Joseph Newell 1820-1843
Joseph Newell was born on 3rd April in 1820 and baptised on 7th May 1820 at Great Berkhamsted, Herts. There is no mention of his father on the baptism record, and he was given his mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Newell (1771-1843), who came from Amberley, Sussex. Elizabeth had not married as she carried her father’s surname, John Newell ( 1736-1818). Her mother Elizabeth Newell née Osborne (1738-1823) was also born in Amberley, Sussex. Joseph didn’t have any known siblings.
Why Joseph’s mother came to Berkhamsted is unknown. It could have been to live with relatives in the area due to her pregnancy and being unmarried? There may have been the opportunity to gain some employment enabling her to keep her child?
Joseph met Elizabeth Lane and they married at Great Berkhamsted in 1840.
The 1841 census notes the couple living in White Hill, Berkhamsted. Joseph aged 22 worked as an agricultural labourer. Elizabeth aged 19 had their 6 month old daughter Sarah to care for, but also worked as a straw plaiter.
By 1843 life became very challenging for the Newell family, a second daughter was born, Fanny Newell, but in that same year their first child Sarah passed, followed by Joseph, leaving his wife and new baby to survive alone. Joseph was only aged 23 when he passed, whether it was an agricultural accident or illness that took his life is unclear, but his mother also passed in 1843 aged 72, which might indicate a contagious illness, as three generations in the immediate family had passed in the same year. He was buried in Rectory Lane cemetery on 20th November 1843.
Joseph’s wife had lost her husband, and first born, but grief seemed to linger for this poor lady as in 1848 she lost her second daughter Fanny, aged 5 years, and her own sister Charlotte Grover née Lane (1826-1848).
In the following year of 1849, Elizabeth lost her eldest sister, Sarah Waller née Lane (1820-1849). Life continued to challenge Elizabeth but she courageously went on to take in her sister’s three children with the help of her own mother Elizabeth Lane née Tarbox (1800-1890). Elizabeth Newell passed in 1901 and is buried in Rectory Lane cemetery, further details of her life without her husband Joseph can be found in a separate biography under her name.
Research by Melanie Elliman – Relation to the Newell, Lane, Waller and Tarbox families
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