John MATTHEWS
Forename(s): John
Surname: MATTHEWS
GentlemanDate of birth: 1790 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 6 Jan 1879
Date of burial: 11 Jan 1879
Age at death: 89 years
Address: Pyle Street, Parish of Newport
Section: C Unconsecrated - Cemetery map
Plot No: 31 Section map of plotsBurial Register entry: Newport 1467
Hampshire Advertiser - 8 January 1879 - DEATHS - On the 6th inst., at 33, Pyle-street, Newport, I.W., Mr. John Matthews, formerly ironmonger, aged 88.
Hampshire Independent - 11 January 1879 - NEWPORT - DEATH OF AN OLD INHABITANT. - We have to record the death of Mr. John Matthews, of Pyle-street, who passed away on Monday last at the ripe age of 88. The deceased lived the whole of his long life in Newport, maintaining throughout an honoured name and a blameless character, and commanding the sincere esteem of all who knew him.
Newport Cemetery
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