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Without the purchase of a death certificate, is it possible to find the cause of death? An ancestor died as an infant in Guildford. His father (Israel Eric) was forced by law in the 1911 Census to disclose it. That's how I found it out.  Alfred Frederick Wickens   
                                       b. Dec. 9, 1897
                                       d. Dec      1898

I have no idea about the Isle. I wrote in "General" after hitting it.
I just see in early names using de a French-looking name afterward. Mine is not after any place name, so I was wondering if it was of Norman origin. Thanks.

Little Nell: I interested to know if you can explain just a bit more what you mean by
"having been removed from Reading" in reply 14.
Do you think Ann was found somewhere unable to care for herself? And, why didn't she go to a Reading or nearby workhouse? [I understand the thinking before our age: if she came from "there," she's going back to "there," so we don't have to pay for her.] To me, "there" would be Aldermaston, but I suppose they used Chertsey as her last residence.
Life has changed so much, hasn't it.

How very interesting to read about this Surrey area. Indeed, it clearly is rural beginning a transformation, and unlike my brief Google search. The soil dictated it's use, as many places. Whatever 60 acres of "American plants" were amuses me. To me, it looks like Joseph was working for a gardening company, which fits into his past, well. Many thanks for your effort.
The comment that Joseph lived across from the railway track in Chertsey was heartwarming. His fourth son, my ancestor, was a guard on a London South West train on that track until his death from TB in 1890.
Which gets me to Ann. She was the first daughter of 3 in Joseph's family of 11 children. Thank you for giving me an idea of who she was. Once those kids left Aldermaston, mainly in the 1850s, they disappeared into daily history.

That has to be Ann. Her burial spot is with her parents. The unmarried part of her makes we wonder why, as if caused by occupation or divorce or just what. Finding where she lived earlier is the problem. These people never stayed very long in one place, unlike my mother's side which we traced back to the mid-1500s. Until the digital age, her family disappeared after 1860.

As for Horsell in the 1880s and generation afterward, posh is an English term I have read describing it. I don't have any ancestors who ever lived in an area like it that then, so I summarized from these descriptions when Joseph and Mary Ann lived there.

Then it contained those beginnings with its stately homes. The town abounds with parks, cricket and squash clubs, and golf courses.

If this description of the 1880-90s is wrong, please correct me. I suspect strongly that Joseph worked for one of those stately homes based on his previous manor house experiences.