Person:Sophia Marshall (2)

Sophia Marshall was born some time around 1812 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Marshall, formerly Bent, and her husband William Marshall, an agricultural labourer.^[8] The family lived in the hamlet of Peters Green until the early 1820s when they moved a short distance into the neighbouring parish of King's Walden. Sophia's mother died in 1826.

In 1831, Sophia was married to a John Angell at King's Walden. They appear to have had eight children together between 1831 and 1851. The 1841 census finds them living at the hamlet of Diamond End in King's Walden parish with Sophia's father. They later moved around various villages in the area. Their first two children's births were recorded at the Coleman's Green Baptist Church in King's Walden. Most of their other children were baptised in 1848 and 1849 at Ayot St Lawrence. Sophia's father died in 1847.

Sophia worked as a straw plaiter, whilst John worked as an agricultural labourer and shepherd. In each census from 1861 onwards John and Sophia were living in the parish of Offley, living at the hamlet of Tea Green in 1861 and Mangrove in 1881.

John appears to have died in the Hitchin Union Workhouse in 1886, aged 72. He was buried in the churchyard back in Offley. Sophia survived him by less than a year. She died in 1887 and was buried at Offley on 24th October 1887.

1. ↑ 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 445; Book 10; Folios 28-29; Pages 11-12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Diamond End, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Marshall, male, 66 [1774/5], Ag Lab, b. in County
   George Marshall, male, 22 [1818/9], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Eliza Marshall, female, 20 [1820/1], b. in County
   Sarah Marshall, female, 17 [1823/4], b. in County
   Elizabeth Marshall, female, 4mos [1841], b. in County
   ~ (second household at same address)
   John Angle, male, 28 [1812/3], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Sophia Angle, female, 29 [1811/2], b. in County
   Ann Angle, female, 9 [1831/2], b. in County
   Eliza Angle, female, 5 [1835/6], b. in County
   Henry Angle, male, 2 [1838/9], b. in County
   Alice Angle, female, 12 days [May 1841], b. in County

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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 1710; Folio 434; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Wandon Green, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   John Angell, head, married, male, 38 [1812/3], Ag Lab, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Angell, wife, married, female, 38 [1812/3], Plaiter, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Ann Angell, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1831/2], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Angell, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Henry Angell, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Ag Lab, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Harris Angell, son, male, 9 [1841/2], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Angell, son, male, 7 [1843/4], b. St Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire
   Charles Angell, son, male, 4 [1846/7], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Angell, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Codicote, Hertfordshire

   It is presumed that the 'Harris Angell, son' must be a mishearing for their daughter Alice Angell, who was this age but not recorded, whereas there is no other sighting for a Harris Angell in this family.

3. ↑ 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 821; Folio 43; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Cottage, Offley, Hertfordshire
   John Angel, head, male, 48 [1812/3], Shepherd, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Angel, wife, female, 48 [1812/3], Wife, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   George Angel, son, male, 17 [1843/4], Son, b. Poleswarden, Hertfordshire
   William Angel, son, male, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Ayott, Hertfordshire
   Mary Angel, daughter, female, 2 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Kingswarden, Hertfordshire

   Although Mary's age is clearly given as 2, this is presumed to be an error; she was 9. Her birth was registered in 1851 and in the 1871 census she was correctly described as being 19.

4. ↑ 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 1370; Folio 38; Page 1, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Tea Green, Offley, Hertfordshire
   John Angle, head, married, male, 54 [1816/7], Shepherd, b. Breachwood Green
   Sophia Angle, wife, married, female, 54 [1816/7], Straw Plaitter, b. Wandon Green
   Mary Angle, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Straw Plaitter, b. Wandon Green

5. ↑ 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 1421; Folio 45; Page 13, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Cottage, Mangrove, Offley, Hertfordshire
   John Angel, married, male, 68 [1812/13], Ag Lab, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Angel, wife, married, female, 68 [1812/13], Ag Lab wife, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire

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

   d. Sophia ANGELL, December Quarter 1887, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 274, aged 75 [1811/12]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Offley Parish Registers, 1653-1943. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Offley in the County of Hertford in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   280	Sophia Angell	Cockernhoe	Oct[ober] 24 1887	75	C.R.W. Hardy Vicar

8. ↑ Whilst no baptism has been found for Sophia, several pieces of evidence point to her being William and Elizabeth's daughter. Specifically, Sophia's husband John Angell witnessed the marriage of William Marshall junior (her presumed brother) in 1830, and in the 1841 census Sophia and her husband John were living in the same house as William Marshall senior (her presumed father). The various censuses in which the adult Sophia appears all suggest she was born around 1812 in Kimpton. There is a gap in the sequence of baptisms for William and Elizabeth's children at Kimpton between 1810 and 1815, which is a big enough gap for there to have been another child who either was not baptised or whose baptism was omitted. The Sophia Marshall baptised in Redbourn in 1815 to parents John and Ruth (who had previously lived in Kimpton) was not the Sophia who married John Angell, as that Sophia married a Reuben Allen in 1841 and can be found in the 1851 census living with him at Markyate. William and Elizabeth also moved from Kimpton to King's Walden, which the Sophia who married John Angell also did - consistently saying she was born in Kimpton but marrying and having her first few children in King's Walden. The Bishop's Transcripts for Kimpton for 1804-1814 (in which period there are no missing years) have been checked and no baptism found there either.