See also

Family of William Evans and Sarah Sharpe

  • Husband:

  • William Evans (1782-1870)

  • Wife:

  • Sarah Sharpe (1777?-1835)

  • Children:

  • Susannah Evans (1816?-1880)

  • Marriage:

  • 23 Feb 1813

  • St. Margaret and St. Catherine, Aldham, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • both single of this parish, married by banns abd witnessed by John Mills and Hannah Everans

Husband: William Evans

  • Name:

  • William Evans3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Matthew Evans (1751-1838)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah ( -1804)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener3 1 4 5 6

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • We have assumed it is this William Evans because he is the only one who is a gardener and Fordham is close to Colchester

  • Birth:

  • 20 Jan 1782

  • Aldham, Essex, England7 4 5 6

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Feb 1782 (age 0)

  • St. Margaret and St. Catherine, Aldham, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son of Matthew and Sarah Evans

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 55)

  • Fordham Heath, Fordham, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a gardener living with his daughter and born in Essex

  • Criminal:

  • 20 Oct 1847 (age 67)

  • Essex Crown Court, Colchester, Essex8

  •  

  • sentenced to two months in Colchester House of Correction for stealing a quantity of oats from William Firmin of Copford

  • Prison Sentence:

  • 20 Oct 1847 (age 65)

  • Colchester House of Correction, Ipswich Road, Colchester, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 70)

  • Fordham, Essex, England5

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a gardener living with a daughter and born in Aldham Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 80)

  • Shols? Cottage, Fordham, Essex, England6

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a gardener living with his daughter and born in Aldham Essex

  • Death:

  • Jan 1870 (age 91)

  • Lexden "Registration District", Essex, England9 10 11

  • Burial:

  • 25 Jan 1870

  • All Saints Church, Mill Road, Fordham, Essex, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 91 of Fordham

Wife: Sarah Sharpe

  • Name:

  • Sarah Sharpe1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1777 (app)12 10

  •  

  •  

  • several Sharp children baptised around the right time but no Susannah

  • Death:

  • Oct 1835 (age 58)12 10

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 2 Oct 1835

  • All Saints Church, Mill Road, Fordham, Essex, England12 10

  •  

  • aged 58 of Fordham

Child 1: Susannah Evans

  • Name:

  • Susannah Evans4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener13

  • Birth:

  • 1816 (app)

  • Fordham, Essex, England4 5 6 13

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Mar 1816 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Mill Road, Fordham, Essex, England1

  •  

  • daughter of William Evans (gardener) and Sarah of Fordham

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 20)

  • Fordham Heath, Fordham, Essex, England4

  •  

  • living with her father and born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 35)

  • Fordham, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Susan Evans living with her father and born in Fordham Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 46)

  • Shols? Cottage, Fordham, Essex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her father and born in Fordham Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 57)

  • Cottage, Corner of Colchester and Fordham Roads, Fordham, Essex, England13

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as a gardener and born in Fordham Essex

  • Death:

  • Jul 1880 (age 65)

  • Lexden "Registration District", Essex, England14 15

  •  

  • as Susan Evans

  • Burial:

  • 9 Jul 1880

  • All Saints Church, Mill Road, Fordham, Essex, England15 16

  •  

  • aged 65 of the Union House Stanway

Sources

1.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Fordham All Saints baptisms 1813-1851 ref:D/P 372/1/4 image:8.

2.

Ibid. Aldham St. Margaret and St. Catherine marriages 1813-1836 ref:D/P 208/1/6 image:3.

3.

Birth Certificate. son George, index:48a. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:334 book:7 folio:5 page:4.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1782 folio:609 page:1.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1104 folio:43 page:1.

7.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Aldham St. Margaret and St. Catherine baptisms 1677-1812 ref:D/P 208/1/2 image:32.

8.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Essex Standard Friday 22nd October 1847 page:2. Cit. Date: 18 December 2016.

9.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Fordham All Saints burials 1813-1880 ref:D/P 372/1/6 image:46.

10.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1870 quarter:1 volume:4a page:247.

12.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Fordham All Saints burials 1813-1880 ref:D/P 372/1/6 image:18.

13.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1692 folio:53 page:19. Cit. Date: 17 December 2016.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1880 quarter:3 volume:4a page:257. Cit. Date: 17 December 2016.

15.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 17 December 2016.

16.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). fordham All Saints burials 1813-1880 ref:D/P 372/1/6 image:54. Cit. Date: 17 December 2016.