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Sarah Jane TANSWELL
1859 - 1923 (63 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Sarah Jane TANSWELL Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 29 Mar 1859 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England - GRO ref: TANSWELL, Sarah Jane q2 1859 Mere RD 5a 229; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Mabbett
Birthplace from a number of census entries. The 1861 census shows Monkton Deverill, but nothing is shown for her father, and from other censuses it appears the birth places were one line in 1861 and Monkton Deverill was where Sarah's mother was born.
Details from birth registration (GRO register entry)
Gender Female Occupation 1871 Chaldiculen Farm, Semley, Wiltshire, England Domestic servant - One of two live-in domestic servants in the farm house, where the farmer of 210 acres (employing 8 labourers), Robert Baker, was living with his wife, Mary, both in their 70s, and with their son and daughter-in-law Thomas and another Mary, and the last couples 4 young children - aged 4, 2, 1 and just 7 days. Presumably due to the 7 day old baby a nurse was also present.
Died Mar Q 1923 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Sarah J q1 1923 Milton RD 2a 1202 age 63; GRO online index (viewed 6 Nov 2016) shows Christian names as Sarah Jane.
(probably died in Bredgar)
Siblings 2 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch William Parish TANSWELL, b. Abt 1831, Sedgehill, Wiltshire, England , d. Jun Q 1917, Mere Reg Dist, Wiltshire Somerset and Dorset, England (Age ~ 86 years) (Father)
Eliza MABBAT, b. Abt 1831, Monkton Deverill, Wiltshire, England , d. Dec Q 1897, Mere Reg Dist, Wiltshire Somerset and Dorset, England (Age ~ 66 years) (Mother)Person ID I1923 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds Last Modified 26 Jul 2023
Father William Parish TANSWELL, b. Abt 1831, Sedgehill, Wiltshire, England , d. Jun Q 1917, Mere Reg Dist, Wiltshire Somerset and Dorset, England (Age ~ 86 years) Mother Eliza MABBAT, b. Abt 1831, Monkton Deverill, Wiltshire, England , d. Dec Q 1897, Mere Reg Dist, Wiltshire Somerset and Dorset, England (Age ~ 66 years) Married Sep Q 1858 St. Mary‘s Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England - GRO ref: Tanswell, William Parish to Mabbat, Eliza q3 1858 Mere RD 5a 339
Actual church from local RO index, transcribed data on WiltshireBMD website, viewed 3 Aug 2018
William indicated in the 1911 census that he had had 2 children, both of whom were still living. The birth and death registrations, though, suggest there were two others who don't appear in the censuses as they were born and died between two consecutive censuses.
Family ID F8968 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Charles GOATHAM, b. 4 Jun 1859, Molash, Kent, England , d. 17 Mar 1943, Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 83 years)
Other Partners: Alice Rose JOY m. Bef 1939Banns of marriage From 7 Aug 1887 to 21 Aug 1887 St. Mary‘s Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England - From register entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 3 Aug 2020)
Married 25 Aug 1887 St. Nicholas’ Church, Wickham, Hampshire, England - Marriage date suggested by 1911 census (which showed married) for 23 years is c. 1887
GRO ref: GOUTHAM [sic], Charles TO Tanswell, Sarah Jane q3 1887 Fareham RD 2b 928
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 26 Jul 2023)
Shows bachelor and spinster, both aged 28, Charles a groom, resident Wykeham [Wickham], father Charles a coachman
No occupation shown for Sarah, resident East Knoyle, father William Parish Tanswell a labourer
Both signed, as did witnesses John Tanswell and Rose Elford, married by Stanhope Rashleigh, late Vicar of St Wenn, Cornwall
The 1911 census confirms what the others suggest - Charles and Sarah had had no children.
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 Family ID F1482 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: TANSWELL, Sarah Jane q2 1859 Mere RD 5a 229; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Mabbett
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 29 Mar 1859 - East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England Banns of marriage - From 7 Aug 1887 to 21 Aug 1887 - St. Mary‘s Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England Died - Mar Q 1923 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend