James Broomfield in 1881 - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

Phoenix · #11 05-05-12, 19:54

None of the children seem to have useful middle names, and this isn't a direct line, so I have no certificates. I'll have a look for Sarahs born Bayswater, to see if that throws anything up.

ElizabethHerts · #12 05-05-12, 19:56

Off topic, but they have gone for a modern layout in the church. I can understand the reasoning for flexibility, but I'd rather have the old pews. My Gran would hate it.

http://www.stmary-shalford.org.uk/pictures.html

Phoenix · #13 05-05-12, 19:57

Hmm. There is a Sarah Preater in Croydon in 1881 and a Sarah Preater marries a James Broomfield in Lambeth in 1883.

Phoenix · #14 05-05-12, 20:00

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Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Off topic, but they have gone for a modern layout in the church. I can understand the reasoning for flexibility, but I'd rather have the old pews. My Gran would hate it.

http://www.stmary-shalford.org.uk/pictures.html

Mum would have been horrified. On the other hand, I remember taking her to an old Sussex church, and with her osteoporosis, there was no way she could sit comfortably in a pew.

ElizabethHerts · #15 05-05-12, 20:02

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

Hmm. There is a Sarah Preater in Croydon in 1881 and a Sarah Preater marries a James Broomfield in Lambeth in 1883.

I kept looking at that one, Phoenix, but wondered if it was slightly late. (You said a son ws born in 1882?) However, it's a good area. Without buying ther certificate it would be difficult to know.

Phoenix · #16 05-05-12, 20:19

Got him!

James Bloomfield [sic] at 6 Robin Hood Terrace, Sutton, aged 22 b Kensington, harness maker, lodging with *fanfare of trumpets* Henry Preater of Bayswater.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for nudging me in the right direction. Thank goodness I live in Croydon & travel regularly to Sutton, so recognised (belatedly) they were adjacent.

ElizabethHerts · #17 05-05-12, 20:23

Fantastic, Phoenix!

And here is Sarah in 1881:

1881 Census
PREATER, Sarah
CROYDON, Surrey
RG11 piece 826 folio 65 page 25
Address: Belmont Villas Treyford, Wallington

SHARPE, Edgar Head Married M 64 1817 Accountant In P Office Elstead Sussex
SHARPE, Louisa Wife Married F 64 1817 Totnes Devon
SHARPE, Clara L Daughter Single F 25 1856 Esher Surrey
PREATER, Sarah Servant Single F 22 1859 Domestic Servant Bayswater Middlesex
MAY, Kate Servant Single F 20 1861 Domestic Servant Southwark Surrey

ElizabethHerts · #18 05-05-12, 20:26

Wallington is just to the east of Sutton.

So pleased we got them in the end.