I know I contributed earlier into this thread, but the name Sheaf & Sheath is so alike and records seem to get mixed up.
Consider these brief events, which I wonder if the Sheaf Family historians would like to comment upon-more details to follow if those historians want.
Free BMD marriages
Dec qtr 1867
Amelia Sage & Aaron Sheaf Alverstoke 2b 915
They go to live in Lower Pyle Street, Newport in 1871 census. This looks like Aaron’s second marriage-she is daughter of a William Sage and his wife Mary Ann-that Sage family is living in Pyle Street, Newport in 1871 census.
Aaron Sheath 37
Amelia Sheath 23
Emily Sheath 1
Alfred Sheath 15
William Sage 44
Mary Ann Sage 46
Hatty Sage 15
William Sage 12
RG10/1162/22 p 2
In 1873, September, an Aaron Sheath, Alfred James Sheath and a man called James George are accused of fishing illegally in the Beaulieu river and are fined £5 at Hythe Petty Sessions.
In July 1875, there is an attempted double murder in Newport, Isle of Wight at the home of Aaron Sheath and his wife Amelia, when a man called James Guy, formerly in the army from Glasgow shoots his wife Fanny Wells, but his shots go wide. The incident occurs at 9, Lower Pyle Street, where Aaron keeps a small fish shop on the south side of the street. Both Amelia and Aaron have to give evidence at the hearing.
1881 census
Aaron Sheaf 50
Amelia Sheaf 30
Emily Amelia Sheaf 11
William Henry Sheaf 9
Walter Thomas Sheaf 7
Charles Ernest Sheaf 3
Infant Sheaf
RG11/1174/26 p 1
In July 1884, A William Henry Sheath, aged 12, drowns in the River Medina, whilst swimming. There is an inquest in which an Aaron Sheath, fisherman of Coppins Bridge, and father of William gives evidence.
In July 1885, whilst Amelia is visiting her sister in Portsmouth who was ill, Emma Louisa Sheaf (note name), was looking after the family, though her father Aaron was downstairs. She found that her infant brother Thomas Henry Sheaf, aged 9 months, was dead. This was in the Sheaf’s house in Coppins Bridge.
Tom
