Person:Fanny Hampshire (1)

Fanny Hampshire was baptised on 14th June 1825 at Earnley on the Sussex coast, daughter of John and Jane Hampshire. Fanny appears in the 1841 census working as a servant for a farmer named Robert Wakeford and his family at Earnley. By 1851 Fanny had moved a few miles east to South Mundham in the parish of Pagham, where she was working as a house servant for a landowning and farming family called Peachey.

On 25th September 1852, aged 27, Fanny was married at Pagham to an agricultural labourer named James Bailey. They appear to have had at least seven children together. The 1861 census finds them living at Chalcraft Lane in South Bersted. James died in 1868, aged 39. At the time of his death they were living at Rose Green. Fanny was left looking after the children. She may even still have been pregnant when James died; he was buried on 11th January 1868 whilst their youngest daughter was not baptised until 2nd February 1868.

The 1871 census finds Fanny and the children living at Nyetimber in Pagham. She was working as a charwoman. Also living at Nyetimber in the 1871 census was a widower named Richard Sims, whose first wife had died in 1868. Fanny and Richard were married on 7th February 1872 at Pagham. The 1881 census finds Fanny and Richard living at 1 Nyewood Cottages, Nyewood Lane in the town of Bognor (which at that time was in the parish of South Bersted). Two of Fanny's children were living with them. They were still at Nyewood Lane in 1891, living in a four roomed house. Richard described himself as a cowman on this occasion.

Fanny died in 1897. They were living at North Bersted (a hamlet in the parish of South Bersted) at the time of her death, although she was buried at Pagham on 20th May 1897. She was 71 years old. Richard survived her by twelve years.

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

   ch. 14 Jun 1825, Earnley, Sussex: Fanny daughter of John & Jane Hampshire

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Record Office. This baptism has been linked to the Fanny Hampshire who married James Bailey and Richard Sims on the basis that both her marriage certificates give her father's name as John Hampshire, whilst the censuses after her marriages consistently say she was born in Earnley.

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 1103; Book 2; Folio 6; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Earnley, Sussex
   Robert Wakeford, male, 30 [1806-11], Farmer, born in county
   Ann Wakeford, female, 30 [1806/11], born in county
   Robert Wakeford, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Mary Wakeford, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Ann Wakeford, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Thomas Wakeford, male, 3 [1837/8], born in county
   Elizabeth Wakeford, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Emma Wakeford, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Elizabeth Symonds, female, 65 [1771-6], Ind, born in county
   Fanny Hampshire, female, 15 [1821-6], F.S., born in county
   Frances Davis, female, 15 [1821-6], F.S., born in county
   William Nash, male, 30 [1806-11], M.S., born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 158; Page 24, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Southmundham, Pagham, Sussex
   Francis Peachey, head, unmarried, male, 44 [1806/7], Landed Proprietor, b. Chichester, Sussex
   John Peachey, brother, unmarried, male, 42 [1808/9], Landed Proprietor, b. Chichester, Sussex
   Elizabeth Peachey, sister, unmarried, female, 39 [1811/12], Landed Proprietor, b. Chichester, Sussex
   James Peachey, brother, unmarried, male, 36 [1814/15], Farming 407 Acres 15 Labourers, b. Chichester, Sussex
   Fanny Hampshire, servant, unmarried, female, 26 [1824/5], House Servant, b. Earnly, Sussex
   Frances Collins, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1830/1], House Servant, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 625; Folio 81; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Chalcroft Lane, South Bersted, Sussex
   James Bailey, head, married, male, 32 [1828/9], Labourer Agricultural, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Bailey, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], Wife to Labourer Agricultural , b. Earnley, Sussex
   Albert Bailey, son, male, 8 [1852/3], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Allice Bailey, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Lucy Bailey, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Pagham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1112; Folio 90; Page 11, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Nyetimber, Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Bailey, head, widow, female, 46 [1824/5], Charwoman, b. Earnley, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, male, 11 [1859/60], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Walter Bailey, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. South Bersted, Sussex
   Andrew J. Bailey, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. North Mundham, Sussex
   Eliza Bailey, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], b. Pagham, Sussex

6. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1124; Folio 46; Page 51, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 1 Nyewood Cottage, Nyewood Lane, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   Richard Sims, head, married, male, 55 [1825/6], Yewman [sic], b. Bosom, Hampshire
   Fanny Sims, wife, married, female, 55 [1825/6], b. Earnley, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, stepson, unmarried, male, 21 [1859/60], Sailor, b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Bailey, stepson, unmarried, male, 16 [1864/5], Blacksmiths Apprentice, b. North Mundham, Sussex

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 842; Folio 5; Page 3, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Nyewood Lane, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   4 rooms occupied
   Richard Sims, head, married, male, 69 [1821/2], Cowman, employed, b. Bosham, Sussex
   Fanny Sims, wife, married, female, 60 [1830/1], b. Earnley, Sussex
   Percy Cox, lodger, single, male, 32 [1858/9], Cowman, employed, b. Bognor, Sussex

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

   d. Fanny SIMS, June Quarter 1897, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 221, aged 70 [1826/7]

9. ↑ Pagham burials, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 1353
   Name: Fanny Sims
   Abode: North Bersted
   Age: 70 [1826/7]
   When buried: 20 May 1897
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: E.W. Godfrey