Frances (Ashdown) Dengate (1833 - 1908)

Born 22 Jan 1833 in Peasmarsh, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Dengate — married 1852 in Rye district, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1908 at age 75 in Peasmarsh, Sussex, England

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Biography

Frances Ashdown was Alfred and Hannah’s second child, born in Peasmarsh, Sussex, England on 22nd January 1833.

By the time of the 1851 census, she was still living in the family home (at age 18) with her parents and siblings Thomas, Ann, Caroline, Hannah, Alfred and William.

On 16th March 1852, Caroline was married to Thomas Dengate (son of James and Sarah Dengate) at St Peter and Paul’s Church, Peasmarsh. Witnesses to the marriage were Edward Banister and Mary Ann Ashdown.

In 1861 the family were living in Main Street, Peasmarsh. She and Thomas had 13 children, most of whom were baptised at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Peasmarsh; William (1852), Alfred (1854), Anne (1856), Ernest Alfred (1857), Frances (1859), John Thomas (1863), Charley (1865), Frederick (1867), James (1869), Hannah (1871), Caroline (1874), Ada (1875) and Bertie (1879).

In 1871 the family were living in the King's Head Pub, Peasmarsh, Sussex, with Thomas working as a Journeyman Miller, as was his father, James Dengate. In 1881 the family are living in Main Street, Peasmarsh, Thomas still working as a Journeyman Miller. In 1891 the family are living back in the King's Head Pub in Peasmarsh.

Thomas Dengate died in 1908, aged 78 years, of athermomatous degeneration of the arteries and senile decay. He was buried in St Peter and St Paul's Church on 9th October 1908.

Frances Dengate died on 29th December 1924 at Flackley Ash, Peasmarsh, Sussex aged 91. She died of a brain haemorrhage and her son, John Thomas Dengate, (present at the time) reported his mother's death.

Frances was buried on 2nd January 1925 in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Peasmarsh, Sussex, England.

Sources

• Dengate family bible (for birth date)
• Nathan Goodwin http://www.dengates.com/ for photographs
• 1841 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1106; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 9; Page:11; Line: 6.
• 1851 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1634; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 427; Page: 31.
• 1852 Marriage reg: Mar 1852 District: Rye Vol: 2b; Page: 12.
• 1861 England Census: Class: RG9; Piece: 557; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 173; Page: 9.
• 1871 England Census: Class: RG10; Piece: 1024; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 51; Page: 9.
• 1881 England Census: Class: RG11; Piece: 1018; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 66; Page: 6.
• 1891 England Census: Class: RG12; Piece: 756; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 138; Page: 6.
• 1901 England Census: Class: RG13; Piece: 860; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Folio: 57; Page: 11.
• 1911 England Census: Class: RG14; Piece: 4703; Civil Parish: Peasmarsh; County: Sussex; Schedule no: 76.
• 1924 Death reg: Dec 1924 Age: 91; District: Rye Vol: 2b; Page: 6.