Reginald Ernest Pitchers (1886 - 1887)

Born 29 Dec 1886 in Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 14 Feb 1887 at age 0 in 11, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Reginald Pitchers died young.

Reginald Ernest Pitchers was born on 29 Dec 1886. His birth was registered in the first quarter of 1887 in Guildford district. He was the son of William Thomas Pitchers and Lucy (Chapman) Pitchers. His father was a tailor, and became a knitware manufacturer, so the family would have been pretty well-off.^[1][2]

Reginald died on 14 Feb 1887 at his home, 11, High Street, Godalming, aged 6 weeks. He was buried on 17 Feb 1887 in Nightingale Cemetery, Godalming, in the consecrated section.

Research Notes

Memorial Inscription

  REGINALD ERNEST

  PITCHERS

  BORN [DEC] 29TH [1]88[6]

  DIED FEB 14TH [1887]

  

  I HAVE BUT YIELDED

  WHAT WAS THINE

  THY WILL BE DONE.

  FOR 12 YEARS MATRON AT

  CHARTERHOUSE,

  WHO DIED MAY 4TH 1887

  AGED 44 YEARS.

Clearly the bottom four lines of the inscription do not refer to Reginald, and from the burial records, it's clear they refer to Ann Gilbert, who was buried in the same grave. She must have been a friend or relative of his parents of some kind.

His father applied for a knitting-related patent.

His parents are buried at Milford.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW21-FHT : 18 September 2020), Reginald Ernest Pitchers, 1887.
2. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 15 Nov 2022), database entry for PITCHERS, REGINALD ERNEST (Mother's maiden surname: CHAPMAN). GRO Reference: 1887 M Quarter in GUILDFORD Volume 02A Page 90.

• Memorial Inscription (see photo)

• Burial BURIAL RECORDS FOR NIGHTINGALE CEMETERY FROM 1857-2013 AND EASHING CEMETERY 1900 - 2013 IN SURNAME ORDER