Sarah Ann Shipley FM

[Gert in Oz]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Sarah Ann Shipley

Date and place of birth
1863 Darley Abbey Derbyshire.....Baptised 6 Sept 1863 St Mathews Darley Abbey (Register of Baptisms No.2 (1856 - 1934)

Names of parents
William Shipley and Alice Green

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
1) 26 May 1884 Heage Derbyshire to John Thompson (1864-1886)
2) 21 July 1888 Belper Primitive Methodist Chapel to John Henry Gough

Occupation(s) - if any
1881 Housemaid at Smedley Hydropathic Establishment Matlock Bath

Military service - if any
None

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
1871-20 Lavender Row Darley Abbey
1881-Smedley Hydropathic Establishment Matlock Bath
1891-Coddington...Crich Derbyshire
1901-Crich Derbyshire
1911-Market Place Crich Nr Matlock

Date, place and cause of death
21 June 1935 "The Institute" Darley Abbey Derbyshire....Gastric ulcer (carcinoma?)....Asthenia.

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Not known

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Probate granted at Nottingham 25 July 1935 to BIL James Harry Gough (Am waiting on this will)

Memorial inscription - if any
Not found

[Anstey Nomad]

Interesting Gert - did her parents work in Walter Evans' mill?

Memory tells me that Lavender Row was tied housing for the mill workers.

We were on the other side of the bridge - I lived the first three years of my life in the mill yard when my Dad worked at the mill in the 1950s.

All round there is now a conservation area, part of a World Heritage site.

AN

[Gert in Oz]

Thank you for your interest An,

Alice did as did Williams sister Sarah, all were cotton spinners. Both Alice and her 2 sisters and Sarah were living in Mileash Lane with Williams Grandfather in 1841, William was in the workhouse, all were orphans. I like to think thats how William and Alice met.

[Anstey Nomad]

I got really quite excited when I was flicking down the list this morning and saw this one.

I should have some stuff about the mill somewhere and I know these guys http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCultu...ial_Museum.htm have information and artefacts because I donated some of them!

Just shout if there's anything I can help with.

AN

[Gert in Oz]

Thanks for the offer An, i do have some i printed out from the "Derwent Valley Mills" site, but if you have something different i would be interested.

What i am having trouble finding is a picture of "The Institute" which i believe was on the corner of West Row and Old Lane, this was pulled down in the late 60s and 3 units built, the family story goes....that they went back there as thats where they grew up, though i have found no evidence to prove it, except for them dieing there.

[Anstey Nomad]

Hi Sylvia

I don't have one myself, but I am exploring means by which we might get one and I'll let you know if it comes good.

I've got various books and pamphlets somewhere upstairs. I'll dig them out and tell you what I've got.

Back to the tennis

AN

[Gert in Oz]

Oh that sounds interesting, i have googled and googled to find a pic, all i found was a discription "a large detached red brick and blue slate roofed building" which could mean most buildings..This was from a Rootsweb site.

[Anstey Nomad]

Hi Sylvia

I have not braved the back of the wardrobe yet, but I have got some e mails flying about on your behalf.

AN

[Gert in Oz]

Thank you An, just when you feel like it will be fine, theres no hurry.