MANN, Sarah. Popes Hill. (General)

by shepway , Thursday, April 10, 2014, 12:28 (3881 days ago) @ John Alloway

In my posting yesterday, 9 April, I suggested that "your" Sarah Ann MANN married Elias SMITH and I now set out further evidence to support this view.

I stated that Elias SMITH died in 1894. So my next step was to try and track down Sarah. I have not been able to find a marriage or burial but I have traced her in the 1901 Census as follows:

Household Number Name Relation to Head Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth Place
Millend Row, Awre
34 Richard Embling Head 67 1834 Male Wiltshire, England
34 Sarah Ann Embling Wife 49 1852 Female N.K
34 Lydia Smith Stepdaughter 20 1881 Female Blakeney Hill, Gloucestershire, England
34 Richard Smith Stepson 13 1888 Male Blakeney Hill, Gloucestershire, England
34 William Smith Stepson 10 1891 Male Blakeney Hill, Gloucestershire, England
34 Edwin Smith Stepson 8 1893 Male Blakeney Hill, Gloucestershire, England

I have not been able to find a marriage between Richard EMBLING and Sarah and I suspect they did not marry. However I did find an earlier marriage for Richard EMBLING as follows:

Year: 1884
Month: Feb
Day: 25
Grooms_Surname: EMBLING
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age: 47
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Blakeney Hill
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: EMBLING
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: VIRGO
Brides_Forenames: Harriet
Brides_Age: 48
Brides_Condition: Widow
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Blakeney Hill
Brides_Fathers_Surname: PROUT
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: James
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Sawyer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: John Embling
Witness_2: Mary Embling
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Edward S Smith
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P348 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 71
Parish_Chapel: Viney Hill

and a burial for Harriet in 1897:
Year: 1897
Month: May
Day: 18
Surname: EMBLING
Forenames: Harriet
Residence: Blakeney Hill
Age_at_death: 67
Officiating_Minister: E.S.Smith
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: Grave No. 525
Notes:
Register_Reference: P348 IN 1/6
Page_No: 20
Parish_Chapel: Viney Hill

If we go back to the marriage between Elias SMITH and Sarah Ann MANN(S) a witness was Harriet VIRGO.

Richard Embling died in December 1901 and we find Sarah in the 1911 Census living with her mother Ann MANN:

Name Relation to Head Birth Date Age Gender Marital Status Occupation Birth Place Address
New Road, Blakeney
Sarah Embling Head 1857 54 Female Widowed Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos
Ann Mann Mother 1823 88 Female Widowed Dymock, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos
William Smith Son 1891 20 Male Single Colliery Horse Driver Blakeney Hill, East Dean, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos
George Jones Visitor 1892 19 Male Single Colliery Labourer Drybrook, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos
Gertie Smith Granddaughter 1903 8 Female Howbeach, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos
Dolly James Visitor 1905 6 Female Yorkley, Gloucestershire New Road, Blakeney, Glos

Mike