See also
Name:
Sarah Sophie Ray1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1833 (est)
Pill, Somerset2
Her year of birth is calculated from her age given in the 1871 Census which also gives her place of birth.
Education:
1838 (age 4-5)
The evidence as to whether she could read and write is conflicting. She signed her daughter Eliza Emily's Birth Cerificate with her mark X indicated that she was illiterate. However, on the GRO copy of her Marriage Certificate which would have been made by the Vicar she appears to have signed her full name although her husband Benjamin signed with his mark. It is possible that the Vicar made an error in transcribing the register entry which can only be resolved by an examination of the original register.
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 29)
Pill, Somerset5
Address: 3 Water Lane
The household consisted of Sarah, her brother Edmund, and two orphans Nathaniel & Charlotte Gilmore. At the time Sarah's and Edmund's mother and other siblings were living in Langfords Lane and their father, who was a Bristol Channel pilot, was away at sea. Why Edmund is living with her and not with his parents is also not known. Presumably Sarah is described as a housekeeper because she is looking after the two orphans. Sarah is not related to them but she married Benjamin Adams who was their uncle 11 days later. For how long she continued to look after Nathaniel and Charlotte and her brother Edmund is not known - they were no longer with her by the time of the 1871 Census.
Mother:
5 Sep 1862 (age 28-29)
Reported her daughter Eliza's birth to the Registrar
Parent:
2 Nov 1862 (age 28-29)
Baptism of daughter Eliza Emily
Daughter's marriage:
28 Aug 1879 (age 45-46)
Marriage of daughter Eliza to Henry James Wakefield
Death:
18 Feb 1900 (age 66-67)
bronchitis, emphysema and heart failure||Her daughter Sarah was with her when she died although she was living at 52 Berkley Place with her cousin Charlotte Ray and subsequently she registered her mother's death.
Death:
19 Feb 1900 (age 66-67)
1871, 1871 Census for Household Benjamin Adams Page 1
1871, 1871 Census for Household Benjamin Adams Page 2
1881, 1881 Census for Household of Benjamin Adams
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Benjamin Adams
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
18 Apr 1861 (age 27-28)
Address: Pill, Somerset
Benjamin was probably a friend of the groom. Eliza was the Bride's sister. The Rev. Mirehouse had baptised the groom some 30 years before! Who else attended the wedding is not known but as Pill was such a small community almost certainly the couple's parents and siblings.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 38)
St Augustine, Bristol, Gloustershire11
Address: 2 Charley Place
The household consisted of Benjamin, his wife Sarah Sophia and their daughters Eliza (age 8) and Sarah (age 6). The family had the whole house (or cottage) to themselves. There were only three properties in Charley Place: No. 1 was empty and No. 3 had 4 families with a total 15 people.
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 47-48)
St Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire12
Address: 2 Charley Place
The household consisted of Benjamin, his wife Sarah and their children Sarah (age 16) and Nathaniel (age 10). There were only 3 properties in Charley Place and the family had the whole house (or Cottage) to themselves. The number of rooms is unknown
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 57-58)
Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire13
Address: 60 Berkley Place
The household consisted of Benjamin, his wife Sarah and their son William (Nathaniel). The family occupied 3 rooms in a 5 roomed house. The other two rooms were occupied by an unrelated couple.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Eliza Emily Adams, (20 April 2004 in response to Application No. COL186550). Custom Id: BXCA 342331; Name, surame & maiden name of mother5 SEP 1862.
1871 Engand Census for Household of Benjamin Adams in St Augustine, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/2538, Folio 9, Pages 10 & 11, Schedule 64; Sarah Sophia Adams (nee Ray) wife of Benjamin Adams age 38 (i.e. born in 1833) in Pill, Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2538.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Eliza Emily Adams, (20 April 2004 in response to Application No. COL186550). Custom Id: BXCA 342331; Informant's SignatureX The mark of Sarah Sophia Adams, Mother.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for Benjamin Hellin Adams and Sarah Sophia Ray, (By General Register Office on 30 March 2010 in response to Application No. 2197946/2). Custom Id: MXE 836646; Benjamin Adams married Sophie Ray on 18 April 1861Groom's signatureThe X of Benjamin Hellen AdamsBride's signatureSarah Sophia Ray. Pat Ward.
1861 England Census for Household of Sarah Ray in Pill, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1711, Folio 46, Page 2, Schedule 8; Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1711.
CRI(E&W) for Death of Sarah Adams, Event Type: Death, Registration District: Bristol, Volume: 6a, Page: 51, (Period, Jan-Mar 1900). CRI(E&W) for Death of Sarah Ray (436)Quarter and Year Jan-Mar 1900Surname AdamsGiven Names SarahAge 67Registration District Bristol. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Sarah Adams, Name Of Person: Sarah Adams (née Ray), Registration District: St Augstines, Bristol, Certificate No.: DYC670222, (18 Feb 1900, Registration Date, 19 Feb 1900). Death of Sarah Adams (436)DistrictBristolSub-DistrictSt AugustineCountyCity and County of Bristol (Gloucestershire)Date of Death18 Feb 1900Place of Death38 College Road NameSarah AdamsAge67OccupationWife of Benjamin Helen Adams - Sail MakerCause of DeathBronchitis, Emphysema, Heart FailureCertified ByA. Carling, M.D. (Note 1)Informant's SignatureSarah AdamsInformant's DescriptionDaughterInformant's QualificationPresent at deathInformant's Residence52, Berkley Place, BristolDate Registered19 Feb 1900RegistrarWilliam PearceNotes1The qualification is difficult to decipher.
Ibid. Death of Sarah Adams (436)DistrictBristolSub-DistrictSt AugustineCountyCity and County of Bristol (Gloucestershire)Date of Death18 Feb 1900NameSarah AdamsAge67Informant's SignatureSarah AdamsInformant's DescriptionDaughterInformant's QualificationPresent at deathInformant's Residence52, Berkley Place, BristolDate Registered19 Feb 1900RegistrarWilliam PearceNotes1The qualification is difficult to decipher.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for Benjamin Hellin Adams and Sarah Sophia Ray, (By General Register Office on 30 March 2010 in response to Application No. 2197946/2). Custom Id: MXE 836646; Cit. Date: 18 April 1861. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Benjamin Hellen Adams to Sarah Sophia Ray, (FreeBMD website). Cit. Date: Q2 1861. General Register Office.
1871 Engand Census for Household of Benjamin Adams in St Augustine, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/2538, Folio 9, Pages 10 & 11, Schedule 64; Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2538.
1881 Census for Household of Benjamin H. Adams in St Augustine, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/2478, Folio 94, Page 27, Schedule 152; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/2478.
1891 Census for Household of Benjamin Adams in Clifton, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/1966, Folio 81, Page 10, Schedule 105; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/1966.