So the next article is actually the text of a newspaper article published in the Berkshire Chronicle on March 30th. 1878.
It tells the story of how James and Frances Prior died when there house burned down. They fit into the About our Roots story because James and Fanny were Wilfred Stevens Prior's great grand parents. Since he was my Great Grandfather, James and Fanny were my Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents :-) Here's some background.James was born in Hanney in 1800 and Fanny in E. Lockinge in 1799. They were married on 1818.Fanny had an illegitimate daughter - Sarah Miles - presumably before they were married. She must have liked kids because she had another 12 with James, and it didn't do her any harm - she was 79 when she died in the fire. Of the 12 John Prior was born in 1827, married to Sarah Hunt in 1827 and the two 8 children - George was the eldest, born in 1851.George married Louisa Stevens and one of their 4 children was Wilfred Stevens Prior. By the looks of the family tree the Prior's seem to have populated half of Berkshire.