Sarah (Blakesley) Sims (1791)

Born 1791 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Blakesley may have been born around 1791 (the date is a very rough guess based on her marriage date and the family she was previously linked to incorrectly).

Sarah married Thomas Sims on 19 Jun 1827 at St Leonard's Church in Shoreditch, London.

Their probable daughter Mary Ann was born on 17 Apr 1828 and christened on 18 May 1828 at St Leonard's church in Shoreditch.^[1]

Research Notes

Sarah may be the same Sarah born to parents James and Elisabeth in September 1792, and christened at St Leonard's on November 6 with the surname Blakeley, rather than Blakesley.^[2]

No other baptisms of children found on FamilySearch.

Thomas and Sarah not found together in 1841 in Middlesex, searching on FamilySearch.

Neither found with Mary Ann in 1841 in Middlesex, searching on FamilySearch.

Mary Ann may have been unmarried and working as a lodging house keeper in 1851.^[3] There were no other Sims in the household.

Thomas may have died in 1833 in Shoreditch aged 26 - if so, he was born in about 1807.^[4]

Didn't marry Charles Liddiard 23 Nov 1834 Middlesex, as Sarah Elizabeth Sims (that Sarah a spinster).^[5]

Sources

• Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVLN-9NT : 13 March 2020), Thomas Sims, 1827.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8VVV-TS2M : 2 August 2020), Mary Ann Sims, 1828.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ22-QM4 : 18 September 2020), Sarah Blakeley, 1792.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGNN-F41 : 9 November 2019), Mary Ann Sims in household of Henry Stevenson, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; citing Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, p. 7, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZLPC-KGW2 : 7 June 2020), Thomas Sims, 1833.
5. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:686B-LPN3 : 24 August 2021), Sarah Elizabeth Sims in entry for Charles Liddiard, 1834.