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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Sussex => Topic started by: mikebrunger on Saturday 19 March 22 16:19 GMT (UK)
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I'm writing my maternal family history book and one of my 3rd Gt Grand-Aunts is presenting a roadblock. Sarah Etheridge born 1794, baptised Horsham to John and Sarah. I have a marriage to Arthur Beer in 1821 in Itchingfield, Sussex not that far from Horsham. I have records for at least two children, William and Mary but how can I be convinced I have the correct Sarah Etheridge? There are several Sarah Beer deaths in Sussex that would fit so how can I be sure I have the right one??
Many thanks...
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Presumably not all the Sarah Beer deaths are the same age? What timescale are you looking at for her death? What is the last census entry you have for her?
Re correct marriage - How many Sarah Etheridges were born in Sussex in a similar time scale & were old enough to have married in 1821?
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Hello Carole
Thanks for reply. I have found at least 3 death records - July 1826; Dec 1825; Mar 1848. These are all in Sussex. There are others later but I am expecting her to have remained in Sussex. I don't have a timescale for her death, hence the block and request for ideas.
Cannot find any 1841 census entry for Sarah Beer in Sussex either hence looking for early deaths. All searches on Ancestry and FindMyPast. As for the marriage, I have chosen Arthur Beer in Itchingfield, Sussex in 1821 as only location close to where her parents would have been living.
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A William Beer was baptised January 1822 Billinghurst - parents Arthur & Sarah. Can't see anything for a Mary Beer with those parents
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I think it will be 1825/26. An Arthur & Mary Beer baptised son Henry in Billinghurst 1829
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Number of suitable aged Sarah Etheridges = 4 including my one with correct parents - 1800 Tangmere, 1802 Horsham, 1802 Horsham,1794 Horsham.
Don't understand your other message about 'think it's 1825/26...' Sorry.
Also, I don't see any records of Arthur Beer and Sarah other than marriage. Could he have re-married Mary later as there are census records for these two. Straw clutching now...
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Sorry - not very clear. Having found an Arthur Beer with a wife Mary baptising in Billinghurst 1829 I thought if Sarah had died it would more likely be the 1825 or 1826 death - not the 1848
The 1848 death was 25yrs old
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Burial at Billingshurst, 27 May 1827
Sarah Beer
Age 25
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DR5S-PN3
Marriage at Billingshurst, 10 Jan 1829
Arthur Beer, Widower
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Mary Nottley, Spinster
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DR5S-GSR
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That may answer your question re whether you have the right marriage. That Sarah was b around 1802 whereas your Sarah Etheridge was b 1794
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So, with this from you and JonW, does that mean:
My Sarah Etheridge, b.1794, married Arthur Beer in 1821 but died sometime later in 1825/26 after having produced a son William in 1822? Arthur re-married in 1829 to Mary as record shows he was a widower?? Sarah would have been 31/32 years old when she died.
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Your Sarah may not have married Arthur. The 1827 death does not support a 1794 birthyear
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There are Sarah Etheridge marriages in Capel, Surrey, in 1829 (a minor) and in Horsham in 1830 (to William Mitchell) that can probably be ruled out.
Could she have died young?
A burial at Shipley, Sussex, December twentysomething 1815
Sarah Etheridge
Age 22
Abode Horsham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6M8Q-R9C
Further up the page, Hannah Etheridge buried 9 Nov 1815, age 7, abode Horsham.
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There are a few similar Etheridge burials in Shipley.
John Etheridge, 16 July 1821
Age 61
Abode Horsham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6M8Q-5C7
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Thanks Jon. Shipley is where Sarah's father John was born. and I have the record of his death being 1821 in Shipley so there is a strong connection between the two persons. Funny I could not find the Shipley death of Sarah in 1815/16 on Ancestry or FindMyPast unless I was searching incorrectly.
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Hi
There are also transcriptions for Shipley, including those burials, on FreeReg
https://www.freereg.org.uk/
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Thankyou for this. I have not used freereg before so it is very useful.