Person:Sarah Brandom (1)

Sarah Brandom was baptised on Christmas Day 1822 at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, daughter of Sarah Brandom, formerly Horn, and her husband William Brandom, a labourer.

Early in 1841, aged eighteen, Sarah had a son called William. The census later that year finds Sarah working as a plaiter and living at Brickhill Road in Leighton Buzzard. She and her young son William were staying in the same household as a John Linney and his family.

Three years later, on 6th February 1844, Sarah married an agricultural labourer called Samuel Linney, who was the younger brother of the John Linney she had been staying with in 1841. Sarah and Samuel went on to have three more children together: Jane in 1844, George in 1846 and Thomas in 1849.

Sarah died either giving birth to Thomas or shortly afterwards. She was buried on 29th April 1849 at the parish church of All Saints in Leighton Buzzard, and Thomas was baptised there on the same day. She was 26 years old. Samuel appears in the 1851 census looking after all four of Sarah's children. He outlived her by 48 years, and later remarried.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 25 Dec 1822, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: Sarah daughter of William & Sarah Brandam

   Needs to be confirmed at Bedfordshire Archives.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 5; Book 21 (part 2); Folio 15; Page 25, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Brickhill Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Williams, male, 35 [1801-6], Labourer, not born in county
   Hannah Williams, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Sarah Williams, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   John Williams, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   Mary Ann Williams, female, 11 months [1840], born in county
   ~ [second household in same house] ~
   John Linney, male, 25 [1811-16], Labourer, born in county
   Eliza Linney, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Geo[rge] Linney, male, 2.75 [1838], born in county
   Sarah Brandon, female, 20 [1816-21], Platter, born in county
   W[illia]m Brandon, male, 4m [1841], born in county

3.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Sarah LINNEY, June Quarter 1849, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 6, page 55, aged 27

4. ↑ England. National Burial Index.

   bur. 29 Apr 1849, All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: Sarah Linney, aged 27 [1821/2]

   Needs to be confirmed at Bedfordshire Archives.