Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameSarah Blakemore 
[413, 1861 ref: RG09, piece 2015, folio 142, p. 28], [413, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 2825, folio 142, p. 44]
[413, 1861 ref: RG09, piece 2015, folio 142, p. 28], [413, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 2825, folio 142, p. 44]Birth1829, Manchester, Lancs
Deathca 1885
GeneralBoot Binder.
FatherGeorge Blakemore
Spouses
FatherThomas Turner (ca1801-ca1877)
MotherMargaret Tipton (1806-ca1880)
Marriage6 May 1850, Pontesbury, Shropshire [412, Marriage, Q2 of 1850, Atcham dist, vol 18, p. 25], [273, Parish Register entry on 6 May 1850 at Pontesbury church, Shropshire]
ChildrenIsaiah (ca1860-ca1914)
Notes for Sarah Blakemore
No baptism record found on FindMyPast.
No entry found for her father George in the 1841 census in Shropshire. So her mother not identified.
In 1841 there was a Sarah Blakemore working as a family servant on a farm in Shifnal, Shropshire but said to be born in that County, which is contrary to all subsequent censuses and probably not her.
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Not yet found in 1851, just after their marriage. There is a William and Sarah Turner in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire but both reported in this entry that they were born in Herefordshire, so that does not look like them.
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In 1861 William was not at home but Sarah was there with their then five children at 2, Railway Street, St Peter, Walsall, Staffordshire:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sarah Turner Heads Wife Married Female 33 1828 Boot Binder Manchester, Lancashire
Levi Turner Son - Male 9 1852 Scholar Pontesbury, Shropshire
Martha Turner Daughter - Female 6 1855 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Amelia Turner Daughter - Female 4 1857 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Clara Turner Daughter - Female 1 1860 - Walsall, Staffordshire
Isaiah Turner Son - Male 0 1861 - Walsall, Staffordshire
Ref:
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 2015
Folio 142
Page 28
Combined: RG09, piece 2015, folio 142, p. 28
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Note that in the 1881 census - see her son Isaiah’s Misc Notes - she gave her age as 55 which was 4 years older that all years when her husband had been alive. I wonder if she had deliberately misled him as to her age to make herself seem younger. Again her marriage certificate might give more information, as well as her father’s name.
NB: marriage register entry found on FindMyPast - see marriage Notes.
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In addition to Isaiah, Amelia and Clara are on the new GRO data base with Blakemore as their mother’s maiden name:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
TURNER, AMELIA BLAKEMORE
GRO Reference: 1857 M Quarter in WOLVERHAMPTON Volume 06B Page 411
TURNER, CLARA BLAKEMORE
GRO Reference: 1859 S Quarter in WALSALL Volume 06B Page 522
But Levi and Martha cannot be found on this index, though Levi was registered in Atcham, Shropshire in Q3 of 1851 and Martha was registered in Wolverhampton in Q4 of 1854. FindMyPast has both the latter two with the Blakemore maiden name. QED!
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Her death cannot be identified. She is not to be found in the 1891 census and there are 2 deaths in Staffs in that decade and 52 in the whole country. She could have gone to be with a son or daughter anywhere in the country.
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No entry found for her father George in the 1841 census in Shropshire. So her mother not identified.
In 1841 there was a Sarah Blakemore working as a family servant on a farm in Shifnal, Shropshire but said to be born in that County, which is contrary to all subsequent censuses and probably not her.
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Not yet found in 1851, just after their marriage. There is a William and Sarah Turner in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire but both reported in this entry that they were born in Herefordshire, so that does not look like them.
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In 1861 William was not at home but Sarah was there with their then five children at 2, Railway Street, St Peter, Walsall, Staffordshire:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sarah Turner Heads Wife Married Female 33 1828 Boot Binder Manchester, Lancashire
Levi Turner Son - Male 9 1852 Scholar Pontesbury, Shropshire
Martha Turner Daughter - Female 6 1855 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Amelia Turner Daughter - Female 4 1857 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Clara Turner Daughter - Female 1 1860 - Walsall, Staffordshire
Isaiah Turner Son - Male 0 1861 - Walsall, Staffordshire
Ref:
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 2015
Folio 142
Page 28
Combined: RG09, piece 2015, folio 142, p. 28
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Note that in the 1881 census - see her son Isaiah’s Misc Notes - she gave her age as 55 which was 4 years older that all years when her husband had been alive. I wonder if she had deliberately misled him as to her age to make herself seem younger. Again her marriage certificate might give more information, as well as her father’s name.
NB: marriage register entry found on FindMyPast - see marriage Notes.
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In addition to Isaiah, Amelia and Clara are on the new GRO data base with Blakemore as their mother’s maiden name:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
TURNER, AMELIA BLAKEMORE
GRO Reference: 1857 M Quarter in WOLVERHAMPTON Volume 06B Page 411
TURNER, CLARA BLAKEMORE
GRO Reference: 1859 S Quarter in WALSALL Volume 06B Page 522
But Levi and Martha cannot be found on this index, though Levi was registered in Atcham, Shropshire in Q3 of 1851 and Martha was registered in Wolverhampton in Q4 of 1854. FindMyPast has both the latter two with the Blakemore maiden name. QED!
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Her death cannot be identified. She is not to be found in the 1891 census and there are 2 deaths in Staffs in that decade and 52 in the whole country. She could have gone to be with a son or daughter anywhere in the country.
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Notes for William & Sarah (Family)
There are 26 marriages of a William Turner with a Sarah in Shropshire between 1840 and 1860, so their’s is beyond hope of identification!
But her surname was found from the births of her children and this led to their marriage in Shropshire:
First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name TURNER
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1850
MarriageFinder WILLIAM TURNER married one of these people
Harriet Tooth, Harriet Rudge, Sarah Blakemore, Elizabeth Ford
District Atcham
County Shropshire
Country England
Volume 18
Page number 25
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Eventually (all stories should have a happy ending) the full marriage record was found in the parish register complewte with image of that page:
Location: Parish church of Pontesbury, Salop
Cart No: 160
Date 6th May 1850
HIm Her
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Name: William Turner Sarah Blakemore
Age: 24 24
Condition: Bachewlor spinster
Job: Collier Servant
Residence: Pontesbury Pontesbury
Father Thomas Turner George Blakemore
Father’s Job: Collierv Miner
Calebrant: William Vaughan
Witnesses: Marth Walker (her mark), Thomas Nichols
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But her surname was found from the births of her children and this led to their marriage in Shropshire:
First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name TURNER
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1850
MarriageFinder WILLIAM TURNER married one of these people
Harriet Tooth, Harriet Rudge, Sarah Blakemore, Elizabeth Ford
District Atcham
County Shropshire
Country England
Volume 18
Page number 25
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Eventually (all stories should have a happy ending) the full marriage record was found in the parish register complewte with image of that page:
Location: Parish church of Pontesbury, Salop
Cart No: 160
Date 6th May 1850
HIm Her
——- ——-
Name: William Turner Sarah Blakemore
Age: 24 24
Condition: Bachewlor spinster
Job: Collier Servant
Residence: Pontesbury Pontesbury
Father Thomas Turner George Blakemore
Father’s Job: Collierv Miner
Calebrant: William Vaughan
Witnesses: Marth Walker (her mark), Thomas Nichols
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