Sarah Armitage 1790 - 1863

Shuttlewood-Ellis Ancestry tree - has John Cooper marrying Sarah Byfield on 18/10/1814 in Wisbech. Could be correct( marriage in Wisbech & not Cambridge) , but there are absurdities in this tree

1790. Sarah Armitage was baptised to Joseph & Charlotte on 20/1/1790 in Wisbech . But John Cooper's wife, Sarah, was born March and this ~10k SW of Wisbech . No baptisms for Sarah Byfield in March / Wisbech!!

1821. Sarah Armitage married John Cooper , parish St Peter, on 21/2/1821 Cambridge - England Philimore marriages FMP

1823. Jarvis Cooper was baptised 3/12/1823 at Wisbech St Peter to John, carpenter, and Sarah of Whitton Yard, Wisbech- FMP

1826 Eliza Ann Cooper was baptised 26/5/1826 at Wisbech St Peter to John, carpenter, and Sarah of Whitton Yard, Wisbech- FMP

1832. Sarah Ann Cooper was baptised 6/11/1832, a Non Conformist baptism, to John and Sarah of 12 Bank Street, Strude Hill, March - Ancestry

1838. Mary Ann Cooper born Wisbech Mar 1838- no baptism found. No mother's maiden name on FMP. Need this b.c. to ascertain her mother's, Sarah's, maiden name!!

Think John Cooper must have died late 1837-April 1841 - as his wife is by herself in 1841C, confirmed as widow in the 1851C.

1839. A John Cooper died Wisbech Dec 1839. No burial on FMP

1841C. His assumed widow, Sarah Cooper, 45, seamstress, was living Whitten Yard, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Sarah Cooper Female 45 1796 seamstress Cambridgeshire, England
James Cooper Male 20 1821 carpenter Cambridgeshire, England
Jarvis Cooper Male 15 1826 gardener Cambridgeshire, England
Eliza Cooper Female 14 1827 Cambridgeshire, England
Henry Cooper Male 11 1830 Cambridgeshire, England
Sarah Cooper Female 9 1832 Cambridgeshire, England
Mary Ann Cooper Female 3 1838 Cambridgeshire, England

1851C. His widow, Sarah Cooper, 59, widow, washerwoman,born March, was living Whitten Yard, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Sarah Cooper Head Widow Female 59 1792 Washerwoman March, Cambridgeshire, England
Jarvis Cooper Son Unmarried Male 27 1824 Ag Lab Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Sarah A Cooper Daughter Unmarried Female 19 1832 Washerwoman Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Mary A Cooper Daughter - Female 13 1838 Scholar Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Jane Fines Visitor - Female 13 1838 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Harriett Burton Grand Daughter - Female 3 1848 Scholar Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

1861C Sarah Cooper, 69 not 36!!, was living with her married daughter, Sarah Ann Hitchin & daughter Mary Ann 23, at 14 Whitby Street, Wisbech, a laundress, born March

Sarah Cooper Head Widow Female 36 1825 Laundress March, Cambridgeshire, England
George Hitchin Son In Law Married Male 27 1834 Carter Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Sarah Ann Hitchin Wife Married Female 28 1833 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
William Hitchin Son - Male 6 1855 Scholar Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Mary Ann Hitchin Daughter - Female 2 1859 Scholar Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Mary Ann Cooper Sister In Law Unmarried Female 23 1838 Dressmaker Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

1863 Sarah Cooper 72, widow of John Carpenter, carpenter journeyman, of Whitby Street, died 15/9/1863 in Whitby Street, Wisbech. She was buried on 17/9/1863 in Wisbech

sarah-1863-dc

Death certificate- courtesy of above Ancestry tree

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