In 1871 Sarah (6) was attending school. Her father, Alfred (27), was working as an agricultural labourer. They, along with her mother Mary Ann (26), were living in Catsfield, Sussex.[1] In the following years two more daughters were born to the family, but in 1879 when Sarah was only 14 years old, her father died.[4]
In 1880 Sarah's mother remarried a widower with five children, although only two of them still lived at home.[5] Likely around the time of this marriage Sarah left the home to work as a servant. At the time of the census in 1881 Sarah (16) was working for the Oliver family, a farming family in Bexhill, Sussex. She was listed in the census using her middle name Anne.[6] In that same year Sarah Ann's mother had a son with her second husband and a half-sister followed in 1887.
On December 24, 1887 Sarah married Alfred Boorman (1863-1937), a coach painter, in the parish church in Ninfield, Sussex. At the time of their marriage Sarah was living in Ninfield and Alfred was living in Frimley, Surrey. Their marriage was witnessed by her stepfather Jesse Deeprose and his brother James Boorman[7] Their marriage was registered in Hailsham.[8]
The couple lived in the Camberley area until moving to York Town in 1890 when Alfred started his own coach building business in Talbot's Yard on Maybury Road.[9]
Sarah Ann (26) and Alfred (27) lived in the village of York Town, Surrey at 1 Kents Villa on Frimley Road in 1891. Alfred was working as a coach painter.[10]
In 1901 the family was living on Guildford road in Woking. Albert (37) was running his own carriage building business from their home. Sarah Ann (36) managed the home and children along with a domestic servant girl from Malta.[15]
The family was still living on Guildford Road in 1911. Alfred (47) still had his own business as a carriage and motor car body builder. Daughter Ethel (17) was working as a clerk for an estate agent. Sarah Ann (46) and Doris (15) did not list an occupation. Sarah Ann's mother Mary Ann Deeprose (66) was also living in the house.[16] However, their son Kenneth was away at boarding school in Send.[17]
In 1918 the family was still living at 27 Guildford Road.[18] They continued to live at this address through 1923.[19][20][21][22][23]
In 1921 Sarah Ann's son Kenneth moved back to the home to work in the family business.[24]
While living on Guildford Road the Boorman family attended Trinity Methodist Church, a Wesleyan Methodist church.[25]
In the spring of 1924 they had moved to 147 York Road in Woking.[26] Together they remained at this address through 1936.[27][28] Through 1926 their son Kenneth lived with Sarah Ann and Alfred.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Sarah Ann was widowed when Alfred died on March 8, 1937.[39] Alfred left his estate to Sarah Ann and their son Kenneth.[40] She continued living in their family home, but had another woman, Emily Cheeseman living with her.[41][42] In 1939 Emily Cheeseman was no longer living with Sarah Ann, but a different woman, Lily Pearce, was.[43] However, perhaps because of the war, the 1939 register showed that Sarah Ann had left her home and moved to Uckfield Road, in her daughter Doris' home. They were living in the tiny village of Four Oaks in Cousley Woods in Sussex.[44]
Sarah Ann died at Four Oaks, Cousley Wood on December 16, 1940 at the age of 75.[45] She was buried in the Brookwood Cemetery in Brookwood, Woking with her husband Alfred.[46] Sarah Ann's estate was valued at £3486 13s. 9d. and was left to her three children.[47]
Obituary
The Late Mrs. A. Boorman
For over 40 years an esteemed resident of Woking, Mrs. Sarah Ann Boorman died on Monday at Four Oaks, Tunbridge Wells, the home of a daughter, Mrs. Cyril Derry. She was 75 years of age, and was the widow of Mr. A. Boorman, who died four years ago, and who founded the motor engineering business in Woking that bears his name. Both Mr. and Mrs. Boorman were active members of the Woking Methodist Church. There are two daughters and one son, Kenneth Boorman, who carries on the business.[48]
↑ 1.01.11.21871 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1871"
citing The National Archives of the UK
FamilySearch Record: KD87-V67 (accessed 18 December 2023) FindMyPast Image
Sary A Offen (6) daughter, Scholar, in household of Alfred Offen (27) in Catsfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. Born in Withyham, Sussex.
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 20 December 2023)
Offen, Sarah Ann (Mother's maiden name: Frost). GRO Reference: 1865 Jan-Feb-Mar in East Grinstead Volume 02B Page 113.
↑Baptism:
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004426931; FHL microfilm: 1067363; Record number: 1845; Packet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: J983-KCM (accessed 18 December 2023)
Sarah Ann Offen baptism on 19 Mar 1865, daughter of Alfred Offen & Mary, in Withyham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
↑Death Registration of father Alfred Offen:
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
citing Death, Battle, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
FamilySearch Record: 2VSH-68F (accessed 20 December 2023)
Alfred Offen death registered Apr-May-Jun 1879 in Battle (age 35).
↑Marriage Registration of mother Mary Ann Offen:
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
citing 1880, quarter 4, vol. 2B, p. 77, Battle, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
FamilySearch Record: 2DRL-V2V (accessed 20 December 2023)
Mary Ann Offen marriage registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1880 in Battle.
↑ 6.06.11881 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1881"
citing The National Archives of the UK Class: RG11; Piece/Folio: 1031/30; Page: 28; Line: 12
FamilySearch Record: Q27W-TZBT (accessed 20 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS31-YHV8-C
Anne Offen (16), unmarried servant, General Serv, in household of Jesse Oliver (48) in Bexhill, Sussex, England. Born in Withyam, Sussex, England. Ancestry Image
↑Marriage:
"East Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936"
East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 430/1/3/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62126 #91397475 (accessed 20 December 2023)
Sarah Ann Offen (22) marriage to Alfred Boorman on 24 Dec 1887 in Ninfield, Sussex, England.
↑Marriage Registration:
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
citing 1887, quarter 4, vol. 2B, p. 179, Hailsham, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
FamilySearch Record: 2DYL-LNC (accessed 20 December 2023)
Sarah Ann Offen marriage registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1887 in Hailsham.
↑1937 Newspaper Obituary of husband Alfred Boorman:
"Newspapers.com"
The Surrey Advertiser, County Times (Guildford, Surrey, England) Sat, Mar 13, 1937, page 6
Newspapers Clip: 137494736 (accessed 27 December 2023)
↑ 10.010.11891 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1891"
citing PRO RG 12, Surrey county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: QFK6-63Z (accessed 20 December 2023) FindMyPast Image
Sarah Ann Boorman (26), wife, in household of Alfred Boorman (27) in Frimley in Farnham registration district in Surrey, England. Born in Sussex, England. Ancestry Image
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 20 December 2023)
Boorman, Ethel (Mother's maiden name: Offen). GRO Reference: 1894 Jan-Feb-Mar in Farnham Volume 02A Page 98.
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 20 December 2023)
Boorman, Doris (Mother's maiden name: Offen). GRO Reference: 1895 Oct-Nov-Dec in Guildford Volume 02A Page 55.
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 20 December 2023)
Boorman, Kenneth (Mother's maiden name: Offen). GRO Reference: 1899 Oct-Nov-Dec in Guildford Volume 02A Page 59.
↑ Trinity Methodist Church Jubilee Bazaar Souvenir Handbook. 1955. Heritage Walks Archive Document. Image (accessed 27 December 2023)
↑ 15.015.11901 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1901"
citing Woking subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: X9X9-C6D (accessed 20 December 2023) FindMyPast Image
Sarah A Boorman (36), wife, in household of Alfred Boorman (37) in Woking in Guildford registration district in Surrey, England. Born in Catsfield, Sussex. Ancestry Image
↑ 16.016.11911 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1911"
citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: XW8W-3RY (accessed 21 December 2023) FindMyPast Image
Sarah Ann Boorman (46), wife, in household of Alfred Boorman (47) in Woking in Guildford registration district in Surrey, England. Born in Withyham, Sussex. Ancestry Image
↑1911 Census for Send and Ripley School:
"England and Wales Census, 1911"
citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
FamilySearch Record: XW84-MH6 (accessed 21 December 2023) FindMyPast Image
Kenneth Boorman (11) boarder, School, in household of Kenneth Boorman (11) in Send in Guildford registration district in Surrey, England. Born in Woking, Surrey.
↑1918 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/27/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #12875780 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27 Thistledown; Residence Year: 1918.
↑1919 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/28/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #15183594 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27' Guildford Road; Residence Year: 1919.
↑1920 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/31/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #18358693 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27 Thistledown; Residence Year: 1920.
↑1921 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/33/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #18608973 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27 Pontsarn; Residence Year: 1921.
↑1922 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/35/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #16615405 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27 Winfarthing; Residence Year: 1922.
↑1923 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/37/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #17243001 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 27 Winfarthing; Residence Year: 1923.
↑ 24.024.11921 Census of England, Surrey, registration district Guildford, sub-district Woking, enumeration district (ED) 3, in part of Woking Parish, Woking Village and Mayford, household 122, Sarah Ann Boorman (age 55). Transcribed as Sarah Ann Booman; Image from Find My Past accessed 28 December 2023 [[1]]
↑1924 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/38/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #17995839 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Residence Year: 1924.
↑1925 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/41/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #13077158 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Residence Year: 1925.
↑1926 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/43/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #11179425 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Residence Year: 1926.
↑1927 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/44/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #19645717 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Residence Year: 1927.
↑1928 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/45/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #18177538 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road-; Residence Year: 1928.
↑1929 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/46/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #19613292 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1929.
↑1930 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/47/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #11986294 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1930.
↑1931 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/48/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #58155070 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1931.
↑1932 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/49/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #58462811 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1932.
↑1933 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/50/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #57014106 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1933.
↑1934 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/51/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #57651077 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1934.
↑1935 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/52/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #58241612 (accessed 21 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1935.
↑1936 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/53/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #21214936 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147 York Road; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1936.
↑Death Registration of husband Alfred Boorman:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 22 December 2023)
Boorman, Alfred (Age at death: 73). GRO Reference: 1937 Jan-Feb-Mar in Surrey North-western Volume 02A Page 520.
↑Probate for husband Alfred Boorman:
"England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1904 #1725207 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Alfred Boorman probate on 24 May 1937 in London, England. Died 8 Mar 1937 in Surrey, England.
↑1937 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/54/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #62644741 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1937.
↑1938 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/55/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #60883281 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1938.
↑1939 Electoral Register:
"Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962"
Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/56/4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4829 #63741538 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Farnham; Residence Place: Surrey, England; Name: Sarah Ann Boorman; Place of Abode: 147; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1939.
↑ 44.044.11939 Register:
"1939 England and Wales Register"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/2560h; Line Number: 40; Sub Schedule Number: 2; Schedule Number: 186 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 61596 #3948839 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Sarah A Boorman (born 6 Feb 1865), widowed, Private Means, in Four Oaks Cousley Wood, Uckfield, Sussex, England.
↑Death Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 22 December 2023)
Boorman, Sarah Ann (Age at death: 75). GRO Reference: 1940 Oct-Nov-Dec in Uckfield Volume 02B Page 309.
↑Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #239347149 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Memorial page for Sarah Ann Boorman (unknown-16 Dec 1940), citing Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England; Maintained by John Mallin (contributor 49487952).
↑Probate:
"England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1904 #4903204 (accessed 22 December 2023)
Sarah Ann Boorman probate on 2 May 1941 in Llandudno. Died 16 Dec 1940 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
↑1940 Newspaper:
"Newspapers.com"
The Surrey Advertiser, County Times (Guildford, Surrey, England) Sat, Dec 21, 1940, page 2
Newspapers Clip: 137165937 (accessed 22 December 2023)
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