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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: ShaunWADonaldson93 on Saturday 29 August 20 00:22 BST (UK)
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I am trying to track down a relation called Sarah Low who married Charles James Grange in 1839 in St James parish. On their marriage certificate she is called Sarah Dollar and is a widow, her father is John Low a Planter.
I'm guessing Planter means he owned a Plantation but I'm unsure. I can't find who her first husband Mr Dollar was and where she then dies. From family letters Charles James Grange dies in 1859 in Sierra Leone but Sarah isn't mentioned.
Any help would be appreciated!
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For reference is this Charles and Sarah in 1841 living in Westminster - listed as born in Middlesex - with daughter Sarah from the previous marriage ??
Charles Grange 25 Ind
Sarah Grange 25
Sarah Grange 5
Kay
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From family letters Charles James Grange dies in 1859 in Sierra Leone
Any idea when he left England or was he just working out there temporarily?
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Something to investigate...
A baptism at St Ann in Jamaica
2 January 1833, Elizth Sarah, daughter of Andrew + Sarah Dollar
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9V-71?i=156
Andrew a Gentleman
Transcript of the will of Andrew Dollar dated 9 May 1833. Says Entered 30th September 1872 Kingston Jamaica.
Among others mentioned, wife Sarah, daughter Elizabeth Sarah
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/wills-17.htm
Legacies of British Slave-ownership
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19836
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 290.
T71/857: claim by Sarah Dollar, St Ann, owner-in-fee.
T71/49 p. 216: 47 enslaved persons registered by Andrew Dollar in 1832.
Mount Pleasant
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/13571
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)
In the possession of Andrew Dollar as owner [increase by purchase from Susannah Dennis, Ann Coombs, Thomas Walker, Elizabeth Low all of St Ann's and Anne Hobs of Kingston and by bequest of 34 enslaved people from John Low (Mount Pleasant Pen)].
T 71/49 216
Connected or not? :-\
A burial, Highgate Cemetery of St James
22 July 1851
Elizabeth Sarah Low
159 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park
age 20 years
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Mount Pleasant
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/13571
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)
In the possession of Andrew Dollar as owner [increase by purchase from Susannah Dennis, Ann Coombs, Thomas Walker, Elizabeth Low all of St Ann's and Anne Hobs of Kingston and by bequest of 34 enslaved people from John Low (Mount Pleasant Pen)].
T 71/49 216
Other bit
1832 Owner
Andrew Dollar
1832 Previous Owner
John Lowe
1834 Owner
Sarah Dollar
With links
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Connected or not? :-\
A burial, Highgate Cemetery of St James
22 July 1851
Elizabeth Sarah Low
159 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park
age 20 years
Is this the same person??
Elizabeth Sarah Dollar Age 20
Burial Date 22 Jul 1851
Burial Place St James, St Pancras, Camden, England
Address also 159 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park
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Had trouble posting this earlier but in case it helps with Sarah
Marriage 9 Mar 1867 Christ Church Chelsea
Sarah Grange full age widow father John Lowe gentleman
Edward Henry Gauntlett 30 bachelor merchant? father Edward Gauntlett gentleman
1871/1881 census says birthplace Jamaica for Sarah
Edward is a shipping agent in 1885 directory
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For reference is this Charles and Sarah in 1841 living in Westminster - listed as born in Middlesex - with daughter Sarah from the previous marriage ??
Charles Grange 25 Ind
Sarah Grange 25
Sarah Grange 5
Kay
Yes I believe this is them but the ages for Charles and Sarah aren't quite correct, Charles was born 1815 and I believe Sarah was born in 1809 so I would conclude who every filled out the census form may have been guessing the ages to an extent which would explain Sarah being 5yo when Charles and Sarah only got married in 1839.
I wouldn't think Sarah was from the previous marriage because she has the last name Grange and it was Sarah Low/Dollar who was married previously.
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From family letters Charles James Grange dies in 1859 in Sierra Leone
Any idea when he left England or was he just working out there temporarily?
We are unsure because the letter just refers to his sister being upset at her youngest brothers death of Yellow Fever in Sierra Leone. We don't know why he was there but it was likely to gain a position in the civil service there and the records aren't all computerised there yet so I haven't been able to find a death record.
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There is a baptism in St Ann, Jamaica in 1811 for a Sarah Low born to John Lowe which looks like it could be correct. In the 1871 Census it say she is 38 making her birth c1833 which can't work for her marriage to Charles James Grange in 1839 but it is possible they adjusted her age so that it didn't look like Edward Henry Gauntlett had married a women many year his senior.
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Something to investigate...
A baptism at St Ann in Jamaica
2 January 1833, Elizth Sarah, daughter of Andrew + Sarah Dollar
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9V-71?i=156
Andrew a Gentleman
Transcript of the will of Andrew Dollar dated 9 May 1833. Says Entered 30th September 1872 Kingston Jamaica.
Among others mentioned, wife Sarah, daughter Elizabeth Sarah
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/wills-17.htm
Legacies of British Slave-ownership
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19836
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 290.
T71/857: claim by Sarah Dollar, St Ann, owner-in-fee.
T71/49 p. 216: 47 enslaved persons registered by Andrew Dollar in 1832.
Mount Pleasant
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/13571
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)
In the possession of Andrew Dollar as owner [increase by purchase from Susannah Dennis, Ann Coombs, Thomas Walker, Elizabeth Low all of St Ann's and Anne Hobs of Kingston and by bequest of 34 enslaved people from John Low (Mount Pleasant Pen)].
T 71/49 216
Connected or not? :-\
A burial, Highgate Cemetery of St James
22 July 1851
Elizabeth Sarah Low
159 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park
age 20 years
I have found a site with lots of research on the Dollar family:
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/dollarFamily.htm
So it looks like Sarah Lowe probably married a son of Andrew Dollars who dies before 1839 so she could then marry Charles James Grange in 1839 in London??
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I have also found a death for a Sarah Gauntlett at Croydon in 1884 who was born C1810 which fits roughly with the birth of Sarah Lowe at St Ann, Jamaica in 27th June 1811. Also Sarah last appears in the 1881 census at Clapham, London, England and in the 1891 census Edward is a widower living with his mother and brother.
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Hi there.
My goodness what a life Sarah Lowe Dollar Grange Gauntlett lived!
Edward Henry Gauntlett was my GG Grandfather’s brother.
I have also been looking into Sarah Grange (nee Lowe (SP)) although not a direct descendent.
Did her husband Charles die in Sierra Leone, Trinidad?
So was Sarah a slave or owners of slaves - a little confused as I am unsure of how all this reads.
From 1881 census documents it shows that Sarah Grange was 14 years older than EDG.
EHG was born about 1836 so Sarah would be born in about 1822? You have noted she was born in 1809 which makes her 27 years older than EHG? Is that right - you said that perhaps altered her age so that it didn’t look like EHG married someone very much older than him?
EHG and SG married on 5 March 1867, EHG appears to be her 3rd husband, or 3rd partner?
EHG died in 1898?
I can’t find information on SG’s death? There are a lot of Sarah Low’s but why would her name appear on death as Low?
Wondering if you have any information on who EHG grandparents are - because from my GF’s notes it doesn’t seem to be William and Mary Gauntlett as appears in other Ancestry members? Or you are not looking into this side of the family.
Thanks for your help