Sarah Caroline (Damerell) Pearse (1870 - 1905)

Born 10 Apr 1870 in Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Blight Pearse — married 18 May 1890 in Kingsbridge Registration District, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1905 at age 35 in Kingsbridge Registration District, Devon, England

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Biography

Sarah Caroline Damerell was born on 10 April 1870 ^[1] in Kingsbridge, Devon, England to Henry Damerell and Jane (Ball) Damerell. Her father, a mariner, eventually became a steam stoker in the Royal Navy. Her mother died when Sarah was only ten, and her father did not remarry. Sarah - or 'Catherine' as she preferred to be called - lived with her four older sisters and two brothers in the village of Charleton, Devon.

On 18 May 1890, ^[2] Sarah married Philip Blight Pearse from South Brent, Devon, and in the 1891 census, the couple is living at the Seven Stars Hotel in Kingsbridge - and probably involved in the running of it, since it belonged to Philip's innkeeper father.

Philip and Sarah had nine children, four of whom died in infancy, and including one set of twins: Elizabeth Melinda 1890, William Henry 1891, Percival John 1893, Percival Philip and Sydney Herbert 1894, Beatrice Victoria Maude 1897, George Victor 1898, Francis Charles Redvers 1900, and Cecil George Victor 1903.

Sarah Caroline died on 25 November 1905, ^[5] aged only 35.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth registration: Kingsbridge, Volume 5b, Page 211, June quarter 1870
2. ↑ Marriage registration: Kingsbridge, Volume 5b, Page 413, June quarter 1890
3. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
   The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1718; Folio: 4; Page: 2; GSU roll: 6096828
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #2961507 (accessed 10 April 2024)
   Catherine Pearse (22) daughter-in-law in household of William Pearse (60) in Kingsbridge in Kingsbridge registration district in Devon, England. Born in Charleton, Devon, England.
4. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
   Class: RG13; Piece: 2081; Folio: 16; Page: 27; ED, institution, or vessel: 1; Household schedule number: 162
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7814 #11528242 (accessed 10 April 2024)
   Sarah C Pearse (31), wife, in household of Philip Pearse (33) in Dodbrooke and Kingsbridge in Kingsbridge registration district in Devon, England. Born in Charleton, Devon, England.
5. ↑ Death registration: Kingsbridge, Volume 5b, Page 132, December quarter 1905

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