Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Frederick Loader (1847-1847)

1847 –1847

One of two children named Frederick born to Mary and Frederick Loader who died in infancy

Relatives

Mary Loader — mother

Frederick Loader (1848-1850) — brother

• Jane Dickson

Plot x178 Frederick Loader, born and died 1847

Frederick Loader was the sixth child of Frederick Loader, an Inn Keeper and Tailor from a Berkhamsted family and Mary née East, who was originally from Chesham. By the time of his birth, the family lived in The Castle Inn in Castle Street, Berkhamsted.

Frederick had three older sisters: Emma, born in 1836, Sarah, born in 1837 and Margaret born in 1840 and two older brothers: Robert, born in 1842 and John William, born in late 1844 or early 1845. All three of the boys together with their sisters Sarah and Margaret were baptised at St Peter’s Berkhamsted on 14^th June 1847.

Frederick died as an infant in December 1847. The Burial Register for St Peter’s Berkhamsted records that Frederick Loader aged 7 months was buried on 29^th December by Stephen Lea Wilson, Curate of St Peter’s.

Frederick was one of two infant sons commemorated on his mother Mary’s headstone, though not by name.  The relevant part of the inscription read: “Also two sons of the above who died in their infancy”.

The other infant son commemorated, also named Frederick after their father, was born on 19^th December 1848 and buried in this cemetery on 2^nd March 1850.

Their mother Mary Loader died aged 36 in February 1851, having recently given birth to a third son named Frederick, who survived. She was buried in this plot on 28^th February 1851.

After the loss of his wife and two infant sons, Frederick Loader Senior, aged 39, with his children Sarah, 16, Robert, 11, John W, 8 and Frederick, 3 left the Port of London aboard the ship Sir Robert Peel on 26^th July 1854 bound for New York to start a new life in America.

Mary Loader

1815 –1851

Wife of Frederick Loader, died age 36, possibly of complications following birth of child.

Relatives

Frederick Loader (1847-1847) — son

Frederick Loader (1848-1850) — son

• Jane Dickson

Plot x178 Mary Loader née East

Mary East was born in Buckinghamshire in about 1815. She married Frederick Loader of Berkhamsted in Chesham on 11^th November 1834. Frederick, the son of John and Mary Loader, had been born on 6^th November 1814 and baptised at St Peter’s Berkhamsted on 7^th May 1815.

Their eldest daughter, Emma, was born in 1836 and baptised at St Peter’s Berkhamsted on 25^th December that year but by 1841 they lived in Church Street, Chesham, where Frederick worked as a Tailor. Mary has no occupation given as by then they had three daughters: Emma aged 5, Sarah, 3 and Margaret, 1. Both Mary and Frederick were recorded as being 25 years old, though the 1841 Census conveniently rounded the ages of adults to the nearest 5 years.

In the next six years, Mary and Frederick had three sons:  Robert, born in 1842, John William, born in late 1844 or early 1845 and Frederick, born in 1847. All three of the boys together with their sisters Sarah and Margaret were baptised at St Peter’s Berkhamsted on 14^th June 1847, suggesting that the family had moved to Berkhamsted by that date.

 However, Frederick died as an infant in December 1847. The Burial Register for St Peter’s Berkhamsted records that Frederick Loader aged 7 months was buried on 29^th December by Stephen Lea Wilson, Curate of St Peter’s.

 Further misfortune was to follow. Another son, also named Frederick, was born on 19^th December 1848 and baptised at St Peter’s on 26^th March 1849. However, he died aged 1 year and was buried on 2^nd March 1850 by Stephen Lea Wilson, Curate. In the Burial Register he is recorded as an Infant.

 Mary Loader died aged 36 in February 1851 and was buried in Rectory Lane on 28^th February 1851, the service taken by Stephen Lea Wilson, Curate.

 The 1851 Census, taken on 30^th March, shows Mary’s widowed husband Frederick Loader, aged 36, resident in Castle Street, Berkhamsted and working as an Inn Keeper and Tailor, employing three men. A Post Office Directory entry for that year confirms that he lived at the Castle Inn. Six of Frederick and Mary’s children lived at home with him: Emma, 15, Sarah 13, Margaret 10, Robert 8, John 6 and 1 month old Frederick. Sarah, Margaret, Robert and John were all at school, and the household also included a Housekeeper, an Ostler and an Apprentice Tailor as well as three lodgers.

 Baby Frederick was the third child of that name born to Mary and Frederick Loader. Given his age and the date of his mother’s death, it is very possible that Mary Loader died as the result of complications during or following childbirth.

 On 26^th July 1854 Frederick Loader Senior, aged 39, with his children Sarah, 16, Robert, 11, John W, 8 and Frederick, 3 left the Port of London aboard the ship Sir Robert Peel bound for New York to start a new life in America.

Frederick Loader (1848-1850)

19/12/1848 –1850

One of two sons named Frederick born to Mary and Frederick Loader to die in infancy

Relatives

Mary Loader — mother

Frederick Loader (1847-1847) — brother

• Jane Dickson

Plot x178 Frederick Loader, 1848 – 1850

 Frederick Loader was the seventh child of Frederick Loader, an Inn Keeper and Tailor from a Berkhamsted family and Mary née East, who was originally from Chesham. By the time of his birth, the family lived in The Castle Inn in Castle Street, Berkhamsted.

 Frederick had three older sisters: Emma, born in 1836, Sarah, born in 1837 and Margaret born in 1840 and two surviving older brothers: Robert, born in 1842 and John William, born in late 1844 or early 1845.

 Another brother, also called Frederick after their father, had been born in May 1847 but died as a 7 month old infant in December 1847.

 Frederick was born on 19^th December 1848 and baptised at St Peter’s on 26^th March 1849. However, he too died as an infant. Aged only 1 year, he was buried on 2^nd March 1850 by Stephen Lea Wilson, Curate of St Peter’s.

 Frederick was one of two infant sons commemorated on his mother Mary’s headstone, though not by name.  The relevant part of the inscription read: “Also two sons of the above who died in their infancy”.

 Their mother Mary Loader died aged 36 in February 1851, having recently given birth to a third son named Frederick, who survived. She was buried in this plot on 28^th February 1851.

 After the loss of his wife and two infant sons, Frederick Loader Senior, aged 39, with his children Sarah, 16, Robert, 11, John W, 8 and Frederick, 3 left the Port of London aboard the ship Sir Robert Peel on 26^th July 1854 bound for New York to start a new life in America.