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Facts and Events
Name |
Sarah Ward |
Gender |
Female |
Birth[3] |
Abt 1819 |
Great Hale, Lincolnshire, England |
Census[1] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Silk Willoughby, Lincolnshire, EnglandRectory |
Christening[2] |
3 Feb 1843 |
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandCathedral Precincts |
Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandCathedral Precincts |
Census[4] |
7 Apr 1861 |
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandMinster Precincts |
Marriage |
11 Nov 1862 |
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandCathedral to Robert Goodacre |
Census[5] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Thurlby by Bourne, Lincolnshire, EnglandNorthorpe Road, Northorpe |
Census[6] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Holsworthy, Devon, EnglandUgworthy |
Death[7][9] |
8 May 1889 |
Thurlby by Bourne, Lincolnshire, England |
Burial[8] |
10 May 1889 |
Thurlby by Bourne, Lincolnshire, England |
Sarah Ward appears to have been born around 1819 at Great Hale in Lincolnshire, daughter of Ann Ward, formerly Allam, and her husband Luke Ward, a carpenter. Sarah was not baptised as an infant. The family appear to have been Baptists at this time; Sarah's maternal grandfather, John Allam, was deacon of the Baptist chapel at nearby Heckington.
Sarah's grandfather John Allam died in 1841, leaving a cottage at Great Hale to Sarah in his will. Later that year the 1841 census finds Sarah working as a servant for a clergyman at Silk Willoughby, about seven miles west of Great Hale.
By 1843 Sarah had left Lincolnshire and moved to Peterborough, seemingly to work as a servant for Owen Davys, who was the Archdeacon of Northampton and therefore quite a senior clergyman. She was baptised by him in 1843, and her abode was given as "Minster Precincts", being the small area of the city immediately surrounding the cathedral. The 1851 and 1861 censuses each find Sarah living in the Minster Precincts working as a servant in Owen Davys' household. In 1851 she was described as a house servant, whilst in 1861 she was working as the cook. Back in Great Hale, Sarah's father died in 1844, and her mother died in 1857.
On 11th November 1862, when she was probably in her early forties, Sarah married a farmer called Robert Goodacre who was from Thurlby near Bourne in Lincolnshire. They were married at Peterborough Cathedral by Owen Davys, Sarah's long-time employer. After their marriage Sarah and Robert moved to Thurlby where Robert farmed. They do not appear to have had any children.
The 1871 census finds Robert and Sarah living in the Northorpe area of Thurlby, and Robert was farming 76 acres. They had one servant living with them.
In 1881 Robert and Sarah were at Holsworthy in Devon, some 250 miles from Thurlby. Robert was described as a farm bailiff. They later returned to Thurlby.
Sarah died at Thurlby on 8th May 1889. She was said to be 70 years old. Robert survived her by just under ten years.
References
- ↑ 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 624; Book 9; Folio 4; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Silk Willoughby Rectory, Silk Willoughby, Lincolnshire James Sanders, male, 40 [1796-1801] Clerk, not born in county Margaret Sanders, female, 35 [1801-6], not born in county Margaret Sanders, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county Francis Sanders, male, 3 [1837/8], born in county Eleanor Sanders, female, 11 months [1840], born in county Eleanor Roberts, female, 40 [1796-1801], Independent, not born in county John Black, male, 15 [1821-6], Pupil, not born in county William Sneath, male, 12 [1828/9], Pupil, born in county William Wingate, male, 12 [1828/9], Pupil, born in county James Tuxford, male, 11 [1829/30], Pupil, born in county Ralph Maddison, male, 13 [1827/8], Pupil, born in county George Gould, male, 13 [1827/8], Pupil, born in county Samuel Rough, male, 12 [1828/9], Pupil, not born in county Edward Tonge, male, 9 [1831/2], Pupil, born in county Sarah Ward, female, 20 [1816-21], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county Ann Wittaker, female, 21 [1819/20], F[emale] S[ervant], not born in county Susan Mawer, female, 15 [1821-6], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county James Buzzard, male, 14 [1826/7], M[ale] S[ervant], not born in county
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Bishop's Transcripts of Peterborough Cathedral (Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton).
BAPTISMS solemnized in the Precincts of the Cathedral of Peterborough in the County of Northampton in the Year 1843 | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parents' Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | Christian | Surname | 83 | Febr[uary] 3rd | Sarah daughter of | Luke & Ann | Ward | Minster Precincts | Wheelwright | Owen Davys, Archdeacon |
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 1747; Folio 295; Page 6, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Cathedral Precincts, Peterborough, Northamptonshire Owen Davys, head, widower, male, 56 [1794/5], Archdeacon of Northampton & Rector of Fiskerton, b. Loughborough, Leicestershire Mary S. Davys, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], at home, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire Sarah Ward, servant, unmarried, female, 32 [1818/9], House Servant, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire Mary Vincent, nurse, unmarried, female, 28 [1822/3], Nurse, b. Tiddington, Warwickshire Louisa Peter, servant, unmarried, female, 34 [1816/7], House Servant, b. Holdingham, Lincolnshire
- ↑ 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 965; Folio 89; Page 4, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: Minster Precincts, Peterborough, Northamptonshire Owen Davys, head, widower, male, 66 [1794/5], Archdeacon of Northampton, b. Loughborough, Leicestershire Mary Selina Davys, daughter, single, female, 18 [1842/3], Clergymans Daughter, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire Mary Ann Maning, visitor, married, female, 41 [1819/20], Clergymans Wife, b. London, Middlesex Judith Louisa Maning, visitor, single, female, 10 [1850/1], Clergymans Daughter, b. Northampton, Northamptonshire Francis B. Maning, visitor, single, male, 8 [1852/3], Clergymans Son, b. Fiskerton, Lincolnshire A.F. Maning, visitor, single, male,6 [1854/5], Clergymans Son, b. Fiskerton, Lincolnshire Sarah Ward, servant, single, female, 42 [1818/19], Cook, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire Sarah Ann Houseley, servant, single, female, 24 [1836/7], Parlour Maid, b. Stanground, Huntingdonshire Eliza Goodyers, servant, single, female, 25 [1835/6], House Maid, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire Mary Bell, servant, single, female, 24 [1836/7], Nurse, b. St Andrews, Middlesex
- ↑ 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 3316; Folio 56; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: Northorpe Road, Northorpe, Thurlby, Lincolnshire Robert Goodacre, head, married, male, 50 [1820/1], Farmer of 76 Acres employing 1 man 1 boy, b. Thurlby, Lincolnshire Sarah Goodacre, wife, married, female, 51 [1819/20], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire Edward Hanford, servant, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], General Servant, b. Morton, Lincolnshire
- ↑ 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 2265; Folio 65; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: Ugworthy, Holsworthy, Devon Robert Goodacre, head, married, male, 60 [1820/1], Farm Bailiff, b. Thurlby, Lincolnshire Sarah Goodacre, wife, married, female, 61 [1819/20], b. Hale Magna, Lincolnshire Elizabeth Chaplin, visitor, unmarried, female, 23 [1857/8], b. Holsworthy, Devon Lucy Chaplin, visitor, unmarried, female, 12 [1868/9], b. Holsworthy, Devon
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Sarah GOODACRE, June Quarter 1889, Bourne Registration District, Volume 7a, page 211, aged 70 [1818/19]
- ↑ Burials register, in Thurlby by Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Parish Registers (Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln).
BURIALS in the Parish of Thurlby, near Bourne in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1889 | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | 213 | Sarah Goodacre | Thurlby | May 10 | 70 years | D.W. Weir |
- ↑ Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
Page 4, 11 May 1889.
DEATHS. GOODACRE.-At Thurlby, on the 8th inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. Robert Goodacre, aged 70 years.
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