Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of James Claridge
and Mary Ann (Bodfish) Claridge
Sister of
John Martin Claridge, Henry Claridge, William Claridge, Emma Claridge, George Thomas Claridge, Mary Claridge and Eliza Claridge
Wife of
Stephen Howard
— married
1866 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
James Henry (Claridge) Howard, George Howard, Stephen Henry Howard, Joseph Ambrose Howard, Frederick Howard and Lillias Mary (Howard) Edwards
Died
at about age 75
in Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2022
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Biography
Sarah Claridge was born about 1847. She was the daughter of James Claridge and Mary Bodfish.
Marriage. In 1866, in the Colony of Victoria, she married Stephen Howard. [1]
They had at least five children.
- James Henry Howard (1865-1930)
- George Howard (1868-1889)
- Stephen Henry Howard (1870-1933)
- Harriet Emily Howard (1872- )
- Joseph Ambrose Howard (1874-1959)
In May 1875, Stephen went away for work but failed to keep in touch.
- Victoria Police Gazette, 25 April 1876 - Page 116
- MISSING FRIENDS
- SARAH HOWARD, Warrnambool, requests information of her husband, Stephen Howard, left home in May 1875, to seek employment as a station hand or labourer, but has not been heard of since. Description:—A native of Suffolk, England, 45 to 50 years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, and 10 1/2 stone weight, black hair turning grey, grey whiskers, beard, and moustache, blue eyes, roman nose, erect gait, scar on forehead, believed on left side, has had his collar-bone broken, and it stands high up, having been badly set.—O.2265. 22nd April 1876 [2]
- Frederick Howard (1876-1956)
Relationship. Sarah formed a relationship with James Gray Mason.
- Annie Mason Howard (1878- )
- Lillias Mary Howard aka Mason (1880-1953)
- Lizzie Mason Howard (1887- 1887)
- Violet Mason Howard (1887- )
Sarah Mason died in 1922, aged 75. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage Index, Victoria (Australia) Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. (Online index accessed 12 Dec 2022): 1866 Marriage Registration for Sarah CLARIDGE & Stephen HOWARD 1297/1866
- ↑ Police Gazette Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924 [database on-line].#AU7103-1876 Victoria Police Gazette 1876 accessed 12 Dec 2022 Original data: Victoria Police Gazette Indexes. CD-ROM. Ridgehaven, South Australia: Gould Genealogy and History, 2009.
- ↑ Death Index, Victoria (Australia) Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. (Online index accessed 12 Dec 2022): 1922 Death Registration for Sarah MASON (Mary BODFISH & James CLARIDGE) Richmond 3016/1922, age 75
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