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ID: 707

Sarah Sunderland (Marklew/Blewitt)1820- 1900

 

 

Relationship:

Lisa's 4th Great Grandmother

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

1820

 

 

Death:

July 1900 Rotherham, Yorkshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

Catherine Brindley (b.1775)/ID:1722

 

 

Father:

Thomas Sunderland (b.1764)/ID:1709

 

 

Siblings 

Standley Sunderland (b.1809)/ID:2717

 

 

 

Margaret Sunderland (b.1814)/ID:1723

 

 

 

Thomas Sunderland (b.1815)/ID:1730

 

 

 

Sarah Sunderland (b.1820)/ID:707

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse:  

John Marklew (b.1817)/ID:429

 

 

Children:

Mary Marklew (b.1843) /ID:431

 

 

 

Betty Marklew (b.1847) /ID:428

 

 

 

John Marklew (b.1849) /ID:430

 

 

Adopted Son

Joseph Johnson (b.1838)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1820

13 February 1820 - Baptism of Sarah Sunderland  in Norton Canes, Staffordshire in 1820.

 

 

1839

 

1st April 1839

Sarah marries John Marklew  at St Giles Church in Whittington. Her father Thomas is named on the church records.

 

1841

6th June 1841 - 1841 Census for 'Brownhills, Norton Canes'  

Staffordshire Norton Canes District 5: that part of the parish of Norton which lies to the South of the Watling Street Road including all houses on the South side of the said district, including Little Wyrley.

Name        

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County  

Occupation

 

John Marklew

20

1821    

Male    

Staffordshire  

Brickmaker

Sarah Marklew  

20   

1821

Female

Staffordshire

 

We can see that Sarah lived with her husband, John, a brickmaker. Directly above them on the census (next door) are Johns parents  Joseph and Sarah and siblings Joseph,15, Samuel, 11. The area seems to be what is now known as Brownhills West.

1843

 

John and Sarah have daughter Mary in 1843.

19th Nov 1843 - Daughter Mary's Baptism

Mary is baptised at St James Church, Norton Canes.
John and Sarah are present on the church records.

1847

John and Sarah have daughter Betty in late 1846.

3rd January 1847 - Daughter Betty's Baptism

Betty is baptised at St James Church, Norton Canes.
John and Sarah are present on the church records

1848

John and Sarah have son John around mid 1848.

15th October 1848 - Son John's Baptism

John Jr is baptised at St James Church, Norton Canes.
John and Sarah are present on the church records.

 

1851

30th March 1851 - 1851 Census for 'Brownhills, Norton Canes'  

 

Staffordshire Norton Canes District 8b: that part of the parish of Norton which lies to the South of the Watling Street Road comprising the Fleur de Lys, Little Wyrley, Wyrley Hays, part of Brownhills with all the houses on the South side of the Watling Street Road.

Name          

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County      

Occupation

John Marklew   

Head       

35     

1816    

Male    

Whittington, Staffs  

Coal Miner

Sarah Marklew

Wife

30

1821

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Mary Marklew

Daughter

8

1843

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Betty Marklew

Daughter

4

1847

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

John Marklew

Son

2

1849

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Joseph Johnson

Adopted Son

13

1838

Male

Whittington, Staffs

Coal Miner

 

John took over The Railway Inn, Pelsall in 1859 (see above)

1861

7th April 1861 - 1861 Census for 'Wolverhampton Road, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'  

 

 

Name          

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation           

John Marklew   

Head         

40     

1821    

Male    

Whittington, Staffs

Coal Miner & Victualler

Sarah Marklew

Wife

40

1821

Female

Norton Canes, Staffs

 

Mary Marklew

Daughter

16

1845

Female

Norton Canes, Staffs

Straw Bonnet Maker

Betty Marklew

Daughter

15

1846

Female

Norton Canes, Staffs

Scholar

John Marklew

Son

14

1847

Male

Norton Canes, Staffs

Scholar

Emma Poxon

Servant

20

1841

Female

Norton Canes, Staffs

General Servant

John Marklew took over The Railway Inn, Pelsall in 1859 

1871

2 April 1871- 1871 Census for 'Watling Street, Norton Canes, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire' - near to Crown Inn 

 

 

Name      

Relationship  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation       

John Marklew   

Head         

53     

1818    

Male    

Brownhillls, Staffs     

Miner           

Sarah Marklew

Wife

53

1818

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

John Marklew

Son

23

1848

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

Miner

Charles Hanslow

Lodger

33

1838

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

Miner

Betty Hanslow

Wife

25

1846

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

John Thomas Hanslow

Son

4

1867

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Mary Hanslow

Daughter

1

1870

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

 

1873

18th September 1873 - Death of husband John

John was a pickman at Brownhills Colliery ( W Harrisons) and tragically died in an accident where he fell from the roof between tow props feet apart.

1877

5th February 1877 - Marriage of Sarah Marklew and Isaac Blewitt at St Peters in Hednesford.

1881

3rd April 1881- 1881 Census for 'Green Heath, Cannock Staffordshire'  

 

 

Name               

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation       

Isaac Blewitt    

Head         

65     

1816    

Male    

Sedgeley, Staffs      

Coal Labourer/Miner

Sarah Blewitt

Wife

65

1816

Female

Norton Canes, Staffs

 

George Blewitt

Son

24

1857

Male

Oldbury

Coal Labourer/Miner

 

4th May 1884 - Death of husband, Isaac Blewitt in Hednesford, Staffordshire.

1891

5th April 1891- 1891 Census for 'Green Heath, Cannock Staffordshire'  

 

 

Name               

Relationship   

Age     

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation       

John Marklew         

Head         

41     

1850    

Male    

Brownhills, Staffs     

Coal Miner       

Mary Marklew

Wife

38

1853

Female

Brownhills, Staffs     

 

Sarah Blewitt

Mother

73

1818

Female

Brownhills, Staffs     

 

John Marklew

Son

17

1874

Male

Brownhills, Staffs     

Coal Miner

Elizabeth Marklew

Daughter

16

1875

Female

Brownhills, Staffs     

Domestic Servant

Harry Marklew

Son

15

1876

Male

Brownhills, Staffs     

Coal Miner

Richard Marklew

Son

13

1878

Male

Brownhills, Staffs     

Coal Miner

Sarah Marklew

Daughter

11

1880

Female

Brownhills, Staffs     

 

William Marklew

Son

9

1882

Male

Brownhills, Staffs     

 

Thomas Marklew

Son

7

1884

Male

Hednesford, Staffs

 

Joseph Marklew

Son

4

1887

Male

Hednesford, Staffs

 

Samuel Marklew

Male

18 mths

1889

Male

Hednesford, Staffs

 

 

In the 1891 census Sarah, now 71 is living with her son John and his wife and family in Green Heath, Hednesford. 

1900

July-Sept 1900 - Sarah's Death

Sarah died in Rotherham, Yorkshire. We presume her son John had moved back there with his family and Sarah after 1891 having previously lived there for some years before as he appears in the 1901 census in Rotherham.