Sarah (Gibbons) Flower (1805 - 1886)

Born 1805 in Nunney, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Died 6 Jul 1886 at about age 81 in Widcombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Sarah (Gibbons) Flower was born in Somerset, England.

Sarah was born in 1805 and baptised at Nunney, Somerset on 10 Nrovember 1805 ^[1] She was the seventh of nine children of Henry Gibbons and [[Hutton-2499|Sarah (Hutton) Gibbons.

Some time before 1833 Sarah moved to Bristol, Gloucestershire where she married Henry Flower (1789-1852), a miller, on 19 June 1833 at St James Church. ^[2]. The witnesses, James Hall and Elizabeth Davey, are witnesses to numerous marriages at that church. There were two daughters from the marriage, neither of whom married: -

1. Amelia Flower -Timbsbury 1842
2. Ellen Gibbons Flower - Radford 1848

At the 1841 Sarah and Henry are living a Radford Mill, Timsbury, Somerset. Henry's mother Martha (78) is living with them. There is another miller and 2 male servants living with them. ^[3] Sarah and Henry are still there in 1851 this time living with their daughters, a miller and 1 male servant. ^[4]

Henry died in 1852, possibly at Radford, and was buried at Timsbury on 29 November 1852. ^[5]

No 1861 census record has been found for Sarah but Ellen is staying with relatives and Ellen is working as a dairy maid. At the 1871 census Sarah is housekeeper for a farmer at Keynsham, Somerset ^[6]

At the 1881 census Sarah and her daughters are living at 2 Summerhay Place, Widcombe, Bath ^[7] were she died on 6 July 1886 aged 80. ^[8] Sarah was buried at Timsbury on 10 July 1886. ^[9] Probate on the estate of £323 was granted to her daughters at Bristol on 21 July 1886. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism records for the parish of Nunney. Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\nun/2/1/3
2. ↑ Marriage records for the parish of St James, Bristol. Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St J/R/3/14
3. ↑ 1841 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 938; Book: 11; RD: Clutton; Civil Parish: Timsbury; County: Somerset; Enumeration District: 11; Folio: 10; Page: 17; Line: 18; GSU roll: 474595
4. ↑ 1851 England Census Class: HO107; RD: Clutton, Civil Parish: Timsbury; ED: 3b; Piece: 1939; Folio: 103; Page: 1; GSU roll: 221098
5. ↑ Burial Records for parish of Timsbury. Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\tims/2/1/12
6. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; RD: Keynsham; Civil Parish: Keynsham; ED: 3; Piece: 2503; Folio: 45; Page: 17; GSU roll: 835201
7. ↑ 1881 England Census Class: RG11; RD: Bath; Civil Parish Lyncombe and Widcombe; ED: 11; Piece: 2435; Folio: 91; Page: 9; GSU roll: 1341586
8. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index Year 1886 Q3 District Bath Volume 5c Page 361
9. ↑ Burial Records for parish of Timsbury. Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\tims/2/1/15
10. ↑ Ancestry.com England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1886 Fabling-Gyton Page 122