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Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1817, Register Entry for Baptism of Arabella Gray
1885, Register Entry for Death of Arabella Maidment
Headstone of James and Arabella Maidment in St Leonard's Churchyard, Semley, Wiltshire
Birth:
Feb 1817
Semley, Wiltshire3
As children were normally baptised within a few week of birth it is assumed that she was born in February,
Baptism:
23 Mar 1817 (age 0)
St Leonard's Parish Church3
Address: Semley, Wiltshire
Her parents would have been present but who else is not known
Spouse:
5 Mar 1864 (age 47)
Her husband James was buried in St Leonard's Churchyard
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 54)
East Knoyle, Wiltshire4
Address: Shastow Road
The household consisted of Arabella and her son Thomas (age 14). Both are working as labourers.
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 64)
Semley, Wiltshire5
Address: a cottage
She is widowed and living by herself,
Death:
24 Jun 1885 (age 68)
Cause: heart disease
Death Registration:
26 Jun 1885
the Register Office
Address: Fontwell, Dorset
Mark was Arabella's son-in-law.
Burial:
30 Jun 1885 (est)
St leonard's Churchyard8
Address: Semley, Wiltshire
Who was present at the burial is not known
1839, Register Entry for Marriage of James Maidment and Arabella Gray
1841, 1841 Census for Household of James Maidment in Semley, Wiltshire
1861, 1861 Census for Household of James Maidment in West Tisbury, Wiltshire
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
3 Nov 1839 (age 22)
Address: Semley, Wiltshire
The witnesses were probably the groom's siblings. The couple's parents may have also been there but who else is not known.
Census for household:
6 Jun 1841 (age 24)
Semley, Wiltshire10
Address: a cottage
The household consisted of James, his wife Arrabella and their daughter Juley Emma (age 1)
Census for household:
30 Mar 1851 (age 34)
Semley, Wiltshire11
Address: a cottage
The household consisted of James, his wife Arabella and their children Julia (age 11), Thirza (age 6), Jeremiah (age 4) and Mary (age 2).
Census for household:
7 Apr 1861 (age 44)
Semley, Wiltshire12
Address: Dibelens
The household consisted of James, his wife Arabella, their children Thirza (age 16), Jeremiah (age 14), Mary (age 12), Sarah (age 7) and Thomas (age 4), and a lodger George Ball (age 9) who was a shepherd's boy. Mary is shown as being deaf and dumb from birth. The address covered two cottages which were associated with Billhay Farm where James Bowells farmed 150 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys. James was probably one of the men and George Ball one of the boys.
Parish Register for Baptism of Thirza Maidment, St Leonard, Semley, Wiltshire, 3 November 1844, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre.
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, James Maidment and Arabella Gray, Q4 1839, Tisbury, Vol 8 Page 685, General Register Office.
Parish Register for Baptism of Arabella Gray, St Leonard, Semley, Wiltshire, 23 March 1817, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre.
1871 United Kingdom census, Shastow Road, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, RG10/1965. Folio 84, Page 4, Schedule 25, head of household: Arabella Maidment, National Archives.
1881 United Kingdom census, a cottage, Semley, Wiltshire, RG11/2976, Folio 93, Page 11, Schedule 54, head of household: Arabella Maidment, National Archives.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Arabella Maidment, Q2 1885, Shaftsbury, Vol. 5a Page 154, General Register Office.
Death register entry of Arabella Maidment, 24 June 1885, Pat Ward.
Gravestone for James Maidment and Arabella Maidment: St Leonard, Semley, Wiltshire;
Parish Register for Marriage of James Maidment and Ararbella Gray, St Leonard, Semley, Wiltshire, 3 November 1839, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre.
1841 United Kingdom census, a cottage, Semley, Wiltshire, HO107/1170, Book 7, Folio 22, Page 11, Schedule 581, head of household: James Maidment, National Archives.
1851 United Kingdom census, a cottage, Semley, Wiltshire, HO107/1849, Folio 154, Page 31, Schedule 132, head of household: James Maidment, National Archives.
1861 United Kingdom census, Dibelens, West Tisbury, Wiltshire, RG9/1321, Folio 46, Page 4, Schedule 21, head of household: James Maidment, National Archives.