Born about in Marston, Oxfordshire, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Sims
— married
6 Apr 1814 in Marston, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mother of
William Sims
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Martha was born about 1796.
Marriage
Robert Sims and Martha Bleay were married by licence at St Nicholas', Marston, Oxfordshire on 6th April 1814.[1] They were bachelor and spinster and both of the parish. They each signed their own name on the register and the witnesses to the marriage were Richard Rissington and Mary Ann Bleay.
Censuses
- 1841
- Residence: Marston, Oxfordshire[2]
- Household
- Robert Sims, 50, farmer
- Martha Sims, 45
- Martha Sims, 15
- Robert Sims, 15
- 1851
- Residence: Marston, Oxfordshire [3]
- Household
- Martha Sims, head, widow, 56, proprietor of land, born in Marston, Oxfordshire
- Robert Sims, son, unmarried, 26, no occupation, living at home, born in Marston, Oxfordshire
- John Bleay, lodger, unmarried, 40, ag. lab., born in Marston, Oxfordshire
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data:Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR165/1/R3/1 Image
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Q6-9RY : 25 May 2019), Robert Sims in household of Martha Sims, Marston, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGXJ-59M : 9 November 2019), Martha Sims, Marston, Oxfordshire, England; citing Marston, Oxfordshire, England, p. 22, 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.
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