Sarah Ann Whitehouse Vale (1875 - 1957)

Born 7 Mar 1875 in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Ross — married Jun 1896 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1957 at age 82 in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Vale and Elizabeth Whitehouse
Birth: 8 March 1876 is given on her school records, 7 March 1875 is on her baptism record and the 1939 Register
Her full name includes Whitehouse; her mother's maiden name
Baptism; 15 June 1878, Blakenall Heath, Christchurch, Staffordshire, England Religion: Anglican
She attended the Blakenall Church Of England Primary School, school registration on 1 June 1880 and passed Standards 1-4
In 1881 she is 5 and living at the New Inn, 17, Blakenall Lane, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, England.
Other family members on this census are her Grandfather Charles Whitehouse age 57 who is a licensed victualler, her father Thomas Vale, a butcher, her mother Elizabeth (Whitehouse) Vale and her brother William age 10
In 1891 she is 16, living at the New inn, Blakenall Lane, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Her father Thomas is now the licensed victualler, her mother Elizabeth and 2 younger brothers Ernest age 10 and Franks age 8 are also on the census.
Roman Catholic Confirmation: 27 March 1896, St Peter's RC Church, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England, she would have converted to the Catholic church to get married to Leonard whose family were staunch Catholics.
Marriage to Leonard Ross May 1896, Leonard was the boy next door.
in 1901 she is 26, living at 2, Chapel Street, Town, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, other family members on this census include her husband Leonard, 2 sons, Leonard age 3, Alfred Thomas age 1 and her husband's grandfather Joseph Ross age 80, described as widower and stirrup forger.
In 1911 Sarah is 36, the family is living at the same place as previously, 2 daughters have been born Elizabeth, born 1901 age 9, and Mary Winifred born 1909, age 1.
A son Wilfred Francis Ross was born in 1913.
On the 1939 Register Sarah is described as born on 7 March 1875, a married female, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Probate: Ross, Sarah Ann Whitehouse of Russylede, Selman's Hill, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire, (wife of Leonard Ross) died 26 December 1957. Administration Birmingham 6 August 1958 to the said Leonard Ross retired grocer and Leonard Ross (the younger), accountant. Effects £7930 13s

Research Notes

The baptism record on Family Search has the original and correct location changed to High Heath, Staffordshire, which is about 2 miles east of the correct location.

Sources

• England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3V-X2DT : 8 July 2020), Sarah Ann Vale, 15 Jun 1878; citing Baptism, High Heath, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 7,566,316.
• National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914, Blakenall Church Of England Primary School
• England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records, Bloxwich, St Peter, Staffordshire, England
• 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census, New Inn, 17, Blakenall Lane, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
• 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census, Blakenall Lane, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
• 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census, 2, Chapel Street, Town, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
• 1911 Census For England & Wales, 2 Chapel St Blakenall, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
• 1939 Register, Russylede ,Selmans Hill, Bloxwich, Walsall C.B., Staffordshire, England
• BMD Birth, Marriage and Death records
• England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941
• Family records and photos.