Sarah Booth of Llangollen 1800s

[paddy22]

Hi Gadget,

No.   His landlady registered the death but of course Sarah could have been elsewhere as he was buried about 2/3 days after death.  He was buried in a public grave.   

Over the years I've spoken to record offices, sent for lots of death certs. There are records of Sarah Booth in several places but with no d.o.b. or husband's name it's been impossible to link anything.  I have a record of a Sarah Booth dying in a workhouse but no other details so it could be anyone.

Sarah had 4 children with Robert but she isn't with them on any census records.  Thomas Bentley Booth was a mechanic/engineer and his father a hatter so it seems odd William went off to Hull to be a fisherman, eventually moving to Aberdeen marrying his 2nd wife and is a skipper.

So from 1854 - Thomas dying in 1876 did Thomas work abroad ?     I followed the idea that if Sarah died in childbirth William could have been farmed out to family but no record of her dying.

Thomas was born in Bury, married in Manchester and living at 13 Minshull Street, Manchester where William was born.

Pat

[Gadget]

I've been doing some broad searching on them all.  Shipping lists around that time aren't very complete and many of the pages of the 1861 census are missing.

I assume that you've followed up her other children to see if thee might be clues but could you give their details, just in case.

I know Llangollen well as I was from that area and went to school there 


Gadget

[paddy22]

Thank you.

Mary Ann Roberts b. 26.4.1835 Llangollen  Married Henry Cooper 1852.  Died 1895

Sarah Jane Roberts b. March 1838 Liverpool  Married Benjamin Riley

Thomas Roberts b. 1840 Liverpool died 1844

John Roberts b.1849 Bury died 1851

Pat

[Gadget]

Interesting in relation to Thomas's death:

1871 22 Davis Terrace, Poplar, London
RG10/587/117/32

Henry Cooper, 40, Engineer (at Sea) b Leeds
Mary Ann, 36, b. Llangollen
John J, 16, b Manchester
Ellen, 14, b. do
George H, 10, b. Southampton
Francis W, 7, b. do


I wonder if William was influenced by his step brother in law.

Gadget

[Gadget]

Also in Southampton in 1861...

RG9/673/125/2


..but no sign of Sarah or William

[paddy22]

I hadn't thought of that in relation to William but had wondered if Thomas was also an engineer at sea as he died in Limehouse.

Having to recheck records as I've been unable to do much F H for a while due to vision problems but have found following death certificate -

Mary Edwards, widow,  died 18th December 1865 at 100 Paradise Street, Bury.  The informant was Sarah Jane Riley her granddaughter.      Was Sarah already dead ?    Baffling.

Pat

[Gadget]

Interesting:

Mary Edwards is in Bury in 1861 and no sign of Sarah Booth

100 Paradise Street, Bury
RG(/2848/23/40

Mary Edwards, 75, b. Llangollen, Wales
Sarah J Roberts, grdd, unm, 23, b. Bury
2 boarders 

Gadget

[Gadget]

The only death of a possible Sarah Booth in Bury, 1854-1861 is

Q1, 1861, 8C p 306  AGED  53

A bit older than expected but age at death is always iffy.

Also, which might fit with the age on the marriage cert- I think she gave an age of 35

Q4, 1877, 8C p 346 Aged 60


Gadget

[paddy22]

Sarah was born in 1813 so was 40 when she married Thomas.   He was 31 yrs old when they married so perhaps she did fabricate her age.

Are those records on Ancestry please ?



Pat