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Sarah Ann Parker
Birth Details
Sarah Ann Parker (Thorne) (Ray)
Births Jun 1844
PARKER Sarah Ann Lincoln 14 458
OR
Births Jun 1845
PARKER Sarah Ann Newark 15 557
Note: Bassingham is in Newark registration district.
(BMD obtained from FreeBMD online)
Christening
Date: 25th March 1845,
Place: Bassingham Lincoln.
Father: James Parker.
Mother: Douglas.
(Obtained from IGI LDS site - parish records)
1871 Census
Head: George Thorne, age 36, born: Bath, Somerset - Railway Ticket Collector
Wife: Sarah Ann Thorne, age 26, born: Bassingham Lincoln.
Dau: Alice M, age 4, born: Camberwell, Surrey.
son: Ernest H, age 2, born: Camberwell, Surrey.
son: Charles, age 9m, born: Camberwell, Surrey.
Address: 10 Belham St. Camberwell, Surrey.
RG10/722,reg district Camberwell,Sub reg,Camberwell,ED 1A,Folio 39,Page 72.
(Obtained from rootschat.com member)
Note: Belham Street no longer exists, but on a map today would be just
behind and to the right of Camberwell leisure centre.
Note: Last child Edith not yet born at time of census but she was born 1872.
Marriage certificate
Sarah Ann Parker & George Thorne (parish records & cert.)
Date: 10th Jan 1864, St Lenoard's Shoreditch.
Name: George Thorne - aged 29 - occupation Porter
Father: Thomas Thorne, Painter.
Name: Sarah Ann Parker - aged 21.
Father: James Parker, Labourer.
Address: (for both) 7 New Inn Street.
Witness: James _____ & Eliza Louisa Brooks.
Reg: March 1864 Shoreditch 1c, 414 (BMD index)
Note: 1861 census there are some parkers living at 1 New Inn St,
so seems likely that the wedding certificate is not a 7
but a 1 for address. Connection not proven.
Note: Sarah is down as 21 years of age. But all census returns
show her to be 19ish in 1864
IGI Children's birth details
George Walter Thorne
IGI - George Walter Thorne, Birth: 19 OCT 1864
Christening: 14 NOV 1864 in St Matthew, Bethnal Green
Father: George Thorne,
Mother: Sarah Ann
BMD Index...
Births - Dec 1864 - Thorne George Walter Bethnal Gn 1c 283
Deaths - Dec 1865 - Thorne George Walter Camberwell 1d 359
NOTE: In 1866 a new parish of Shoreditch, Holy Trinity was
formed from part of St Leonard's and part of
neighbouring Bethnal Green.
Alice Maud Thorne
Parish records St Lenoards Shoreditch
Born, 1st Jan 1866 - christened, 26 Aug 1866
BMD Index..
Births - Sep 1866 - Thorne Alice M Camberwell 1d 513
Marriages - Dec 1899 - Thorne Alice Maud St.Saviour 1d 401
Dec 1899 - Gorick James St.Saviour 1d 401
Deaths - Dec 1925 - Gorick Alice M Southwark 1d 47
Ernest Harman Thorne
Parish records St Lenoard's Shoreditch
Born, 13th May 1868
Christened, 2nd Aug 1868
BMD Index...
Births - Jun 1868 - Thorne Ernest Hannan Camberwell 1d 605
Deaths - Mar 1881 - Thorne Ernest Halmon 12yrs Camberwell 1d 478
Charles Thomas Thorne
BMD Index...
Births - Sep 1870 - Thorne Charles Thomas E Camberwell 1d 595
Deaths - Sep 1911 - Thorne Charles T E 42yrs Camberwell 1d 897
Marriages - Dec 1893 - Thorne Charles Thomas E St. Saviour 1d 174
Poole Kate Ruby St. Saviour 1d 174
Birth Certificate:
Name: Charles Thomas Edgar Thorne.
Born: 17th June 1870, at 10 Belham street.
Residence: 10 Belham Street, Camberwell, Surrey.
Father: George Thorne, a Railway ticket collector.
Mother: Sarah Ann (Formerly Parker)
Marriage Certificate:
Date: 25th Dec 1893, Registered St Saviour London.
Name: Charles Thorne, aged 23 - Labourer.
Father: George F Thorne (deceased) - Railway ticket inspector.
Address: 30 Gravel Lane.
Name: Kate R. Poole, aged 23.
Father: Edward Poole - Moulder
Address: 36 Gravel Lane.
Witness: Edith Jane Thorne & Rosina Miller.
Note: See also separate records for Charles
Edith Jane Thorne
BMD Index...
Births - Sep 1872 - Thorne Edith Jane Camberwell 1d 664
Marriage - Dec 1894 - Thorne Edith Jane Camberwell 1d 1323
Dec 1894 - Ward Christopher Reuben Camberwell 1d 1323
1901 Census:
Christopher R Ward Head 33 London, Southwark Print machine __
Edith J Ward Wife 28 London, Camberwell
Cissie E Ward Dau 1 London, Southwark
77 Pocock Street, Southwark, West Southwark. RG13/367/44/24 schedule 187
Note: Pocock St runs between Gt.Suffolk St & Blackfriars Rd.
Edith's children:
Births - Sep 1899 - Ward Cissie Ellalaine St. Saviour 1d 44
Marriage to William Ray (BMD index)
William Henry Ray to Sarah Ann Thorne, 1877
Camberwell, 1d 1157 DEC
Death details
Sarah Ann Ray died 1902.
(Obtained online from FreeBMD)