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Sarah DIGANCE

Sarah DIGANCE

Female Abt 1833 - 1909  (~ 76 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Sarah DIGANCE 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born Abt 1833  Eastergate, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From age given at the registration of her death (75->1833 or 4) and in the 1881 census (45->1835 or 6); place from the 1851, 1861 and 1881 censuses (just shown as Sussex in 1871)
      Relationship to parents assumed; only with them in the 1841 census.
    Gender Female 
    Residence From 1871 to 1881  39, Queen Street, Marylebone, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From the 2 censuses
    Occupation 1881  Marylebone, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Provision dealer 
    Will 11 Jul 1905 
    Written 
    Residence to 1909  Chapel Street, Bognor, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Her home at the time of her death.
      Sarah was living at 6 Chapel Street in 1901 with her brother George and his wife, also Sarah.
    Died 2 Nov 1909  Chapel Street, Bognor, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Actual date and place from National Probate Calendar
    Probate 30 Nov 1909  Chichester, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate Calendar entry 
    • Gotham Sarah of Chapel-street Bognor Sussex widow died 2 November 1909 Probate Chichester 30 November to Harry Hartley fruit grower and William Walder parish clerk. Effects £27.
    Siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Francis DIGANCE,   b. Abt 1795,   d. Jun Q 1845, Westhampnett Reg Dist, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)  (Father) 
    Mary HAINES,   b. Abt 1759,   bur. 2 Mar 1808, All Hallows’ Church, Tillington, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I300577  All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2023 

    Father Francis DIGANCE,   b. Abt 1795,   d. Jun Q 1845, Westhampnett Reg Dist, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HARTLEY,   b. 1787, Kirdford, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Q 1859, Westhampnett Reg Dist, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage License 1 Dec 1815  Archdeaconry Court of Chichester, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Shows Elizabeth Hartley, spinster, aged 21 [sic!], of Eastergate to marry Francis Digance, bachelor, aged 20, of Alverstoke, Hampshire, with the consent of his father, John Digance, labourer. To marry at Eastergate.
      Sponsors: J. D. Charles Murrell, harness maker of Eastergate.
      (from Sussex Marriage Index)
    Married 2 Dec 1815  Eastergate, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From transcribed data on the Sussex FHG Marriage Index
      Shows Elizabeth Hartley married Francis Digance of Alverstoke, Hampshire at Eastergate
    Family ID F301009  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel George (“George”) GOTHAM,   b. 21 Mar 1824, Marylebone, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1872, 39, Queen Street, Marylebone, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 9 Nov 1861  St. Andrew’s Church, Oving, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • From PR entry (image on FamilySearch, a clearer image now also on Ancestry)
      "1861 Marriage solemnized at the Parish church in the Parish of Oving, in the County of Sussex
      No. 140, November 9th 1861, Samuel George Gotham, Age: 37, Bachelor, Butcher, residence: All Souls Marylebone Middlesex, father: Samuel Gotham, Bricklayer
      Sarah Digance, Age: 28, Spinster, [no occupation given], residence: Oving, father: Francis Digance, Labourer
      Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns, by me, A Birrell, M.A. Vicar
      This Marriage was solemnized between us, Samuel George Gotham, Sarah Digance
      in the Presence of us, George Digance X his mark, Sarah Digance O her mark"
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F300210  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1833 - Eastergate, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Nov 1861 - St. Andrew’s Church, Oving, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Provision dealer - 1881 - Marylebone, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsResidence - to 1909 - Chapel Street, Bognor, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Nov 1909 - Chapel Street, Bognor, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsProbate - Probate Calendar entry - 30 Nov 1909 - Chichester, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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  • Sources 
    1. [S336] FreeBMD, FreeBMD, ((  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/  )), accessed 4 Sep 2014), Death of Sarah GOTHAM. (Reliability: 3).

      GRO ref: GOTHAM, Sarah age 75 q4 1909 Westhampnett RD 2b 241
      image checked

    2. [S336] FreeBMD, FreeBMD, ((  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/  )), accessed 4 Sep 2014), Marriage of Samuel George GOTHAM to Sarah DIGANCE. (Reliability: 3).

      GRO ref: Gotham, Samuel George to Digance, Sarah q4 1861 Westhampnett RD 2b 549
      both images checked