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Sarah Margrave (176) 1850
1771 –15/09/1854
Sarah Margrave (176) 1850
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SARAH MARGRAVE; 1771 – 1854
Little has been discovered about Sarah’s early life save that she was the daughter of Thomas and Ann Green and was baptised in the parish church at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on 1st January 1772. We can therefore guess that she was probably born late in 1771.
Sarah married Mark Margrave a shoemaker who had been born in Berkhamsted. Sarah was 28 or 29 when she married, seven years or so older than Mark. The wedding was celebrated in St Mary’s church, Hemel Hempstead on 27th October 1801. Whilst Mark signed the wedding register, Sarah was evidently illiterate, signing by making her mark, an “X”.
Mark and Sarah had two children, George, born in 1804, and Sarah, born in 1806.
The 1841 census also confirms that the family lived on Berkhamsted’s High Street. The 1839 Tithe records give us the location. Mark Margrave is recorded in the records as the occupier of tithe plot 335e, two cottages and gardens owned by James Austen. The cottages were on the opposite side of the High Street to Egerton House (where the Rex Cinema now stands).
Living with Mark and Sarah in 1841 was their daughter, Sarah, a school teacher and two grandchildren, George and John, who were the sons of Mark and Sarah’s own son George.
Mark died at the age of 71 years in November 1850 and was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery on 14th November. In 1851 Sarah was living on the High Street with her daughter Sarah who was then age 44 years and single.[1]
Sarah survived Mark by three years, dying on 26th December 1854 at the age of 82 and was buried with her husband.
[1] Sarah did eventually marry at the age of 60 in 1866.
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SARAH MARGRAVE; 1771 – 1854
Little has been discovered about Sarah’s early life save that she was the daughter of Thomas and Ann Green and was baptised in the parish church at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on 1st January 1772. We can therefore guess that she was probably born late in 1771.
Sarah married Mark Margrave a shoemaker who had been born in Berkhamsted. Sarah was 28 or 29 when she married, seven years or so older than Mark. The wedding was celebrated in St Mary’s church, Hemel Hempstead on 27th October 1801. Whilst Mark signed the wedding register, Sarah was evidently illiterate, signing by making her mark, an “X”.
Mark and Sarah had two children, George, born in 1804, and Sarah, born in 1806.
The 1841 census also confirms that the family lived on Berkhamsted’s High Street. The 1839 Tithe records give us the location. Mark Margrave is recorded in the records as the occupier of tithe plot 335e, two cottages and gardens owned by James Austen. The cottages were on the opposite side of the High Street to Egerton House (where the Rex Cinema now stands).
Living with Mark and Sarah in 1841 was their daughter, Sarah, a school teacher and two grandchildren, George and John, who were the sons of Mark and Sarah’s own son George.
Mark died at the age of 71 years in November 1850 and was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery on 14th November. In 1851 Sarah was living on the High Street with her daughter Sarah who was then age 44 years and single.[1]
Sarah survived Mark by three years, dying on 26th December 1854 at the age of 82 and was buried with her husband.
[1] Sarah did eventually marry at the age of 60 in 1866.
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