Sarah Ballinger (bef. 1813 - 1824)

Born before 19 Sep 1813 in Cranham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1824 after age 10 in Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Sarah was born before 1813. She was the daughter of Benjamin Ballinger and Elizabeth Causon. ^[1]

She passed away in 1824 as a result of attempting to rescue her baby sister, Ann Maria, from a fire.

Dec 20. FATAL ACCIDENT. At two o’clock in the afternoon of Friday night, a poor woman named BALLINGER, residing at Upton St Leonards, near this city, being employed in making bread for her family, had just stepped out to get some clay for the purpose of stopping up the oven, when her infant daughter about three years old, began trampling on the burning embers which the mother had the moment before thrown under the grate.

The consequence was that the child’s clothes took fire, and the same calamity extended itself to an elder sister, eleven years of age, who had instantly run to her assistance. Both children, completely enveloped in flames, then rushed out into the road, where the distracted mother in her efforts to relieve them was herself dreadfully burnt.

Surgical assistance was promptly procured, but, melancholy to relate, the two juvenile sufferers, after enduring great torment, died, the one at two, and the other at seven o’clock the following morning. Mrs BALLINGER was in a dangerous state for some time, but we have since heard that she is materially better. An inquest was held upon the bodies of the two children, before J Cooke, Esq. Coroner, where a verdict was returned of Accidental Death. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Sarah Ballinger Event Type: Christening Event Date: 19 Sep 1813 Event Place: Cranham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Cranham, Gloucester, England Gender: Female Father's Name: Benjamin Ballinger Mother's Name: Elizabeth
2. ↑ Coroners Inquests in Gloucestershire from The Gloucester Journal 1824