Help with Sarah Etheridge of Horsham b.1794

[mikebrunger]

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...

[CaroleW]

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?

[mikebrunger]

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.

[CaroleW]

A William Beer was baptised January 1822 Billinghurst - parents Arthur & Sarah.  Can't see anything for a Mary Beer with those parents

[CaroleW]

I think it will be 1825/26.  An Arthur & Mary Beer baptised son Henry in Billinghurst 1829

[mikebrunger]

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...

[CaroleW]

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

[jonwarrn]

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
+
Mary Nottley, Spinster
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DR5S-GSR

[CaroleW]

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