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It's wonderful what  other eyes can see,  thank you so much, such a simple solution.  And, having found her death certificate I see that her grandson was with her when she died.  Peace.

I think I am going round in circles - need another brain!!!
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My g4-grandfather's grave (on Findagrave.com) in Weston, near Spalding, has the following headstone inscription:

"William Cordley died 8 Feb 1809 aged 49 years
Also Sarah Ogden his relict died 30 April 1824 aged 79 years"

  ie William born abt 1759 and Sarah b abt 1745  (although the last digit of 1824 is indistinct)

I have a marriage of William Cordley to Sarah Barns

Place    Sutton St Edmund  -  Parish Register
Marriage date   13 Aug 1781
Groom forename   William
Groom surname   CORDLY
Groom parish   Weston
Bride forename   Sarah
Bride surname   BARNS
Bride parish   Sutton St Edmunds

and then (after his death in 1809) his Admon papers names Sarah as his widow and executor.

There is a marriage of Sarah Cordley to Christopher Ogden for Sep 1824

Place    Weston St Mary  -  Parish Register
Marriage date   01 Sep 1824
Groom forename   Christopher
Groom surname   OGDEN
Groom parish   Pinchbeck
Groom condition   Widower
Bride forename   Sarah
Bride surname   CORDLEY
Bride condition   Widow

But this marriage is after the death date for Sarah Ogden on the gravestone.

On FreeReg there is a burial for a Sarah Ogden on 5th May 1841 in Weston St Marys with age 79 (ie b 1762);  but I cannot find an entry in the GRO index for a death relating to her.

I think I must be muddling up two Sarah's , but  I have gone back and checked - without success.

If anyone has some time to examine this and point out where I have gone wrong I would be so grateful.

Pam

Can I ask where you got it?  And are you related?  It's an amazing tale.  I have found my relatives made a similar journey in 1833, but from Hull not Wyre. From my calculations they might have been on Grosse Isle at the same time. I have now found it online.

I have now been through the Electoral Rolls for the period after 1921 until the Almshouses become vacant.

I have not found any Mrs Coleman registered at this address. 

From the photo it appears that the lady is standing at the doorway of No 100, which seems to have been the last one occupied, but on the ER by Mrs Agnes Gilbert who had been there at the 1921 census until her last reference in the ER of 1929, although she actually died on 2nd Oct 1928.

I guess I'll never find out who captioned the photo shown in "Rickmansworth: A Glimpse of the Past"  and how Mrs Coleman was named.
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/books/books-2/book-0296-rickmansworth-glimpse.htm

I am intrigued by your reference to the "Valuation Survey of ~1910",  is that generally available online??

Thanks for that.  Interesting article about the Almshouses located 94-102 High Street.

I have tried FindMyPast but can only see Electoral Rolls up to 1908.  Since the photo of Mrs Coleman says she was the last occupant, and that they were demolished in the early 30's, they are probably not relevant.

I wonder when the Almshouses became unoccupied.

The 1921 census has returns for  94*, 98*, 100, 102,  * say Almshouse;  96 no return.  So four occupied at that time.  No 92 is the Fox family, and the sign in the photo shows F & C Fox as a shop next door, so I think Mrs Coleman was living at 100 High Street in the photo.

I am trying to see if Mrs Coleman was an ancestor of mine.