This is that Sarah's family in 1881:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource
Green Lane, Barking, Essex
Jesse Geeves Head Mar 48 Farm Labourer Bedfordshire Gurford(?)
Elizabeth Do Wife Do 37 Essex East Ham
William Do Son Unm 19 Farm Labourer Do Do
Sarah Do Daur Do 16 Do Do
Rebecca Geeves Daur 10 Essex Barking
James Do Son 10 Do Do
Henry Do Do 4 Do Do
Emma Do Daur 7 Do Do
Alfred Do Son 8 mo Do Do
The witnesses at William and Sarah's wedding in 1889 were James Jeeves and Emma Jeeves, so I think this will be the right family.
So there is a Bedfordshire connection after all! Not sure what that "Gurford" is though.
Edit - see post #13 below; it's Girtford.