Personal Details of Sarah Hopson
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| Buried: | 08/03/1861 |
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| Name at death | Sarah Hopson |
| Date of burial | 08/03/1861 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. J.L. Randall |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 55 |
Accounts Entry for Sarah Hopson
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Sarah Hopson
Biographical Information
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Sarah Hopson c1834-1861
Sarah Hopson
c1834-1861
Sarah was born in Lambourn, Berkshire, she was baptised (as Sarah Ann Hobson) on the 12th October 1834 the daughter of William and Harriet Hobson (nee Bowsher) who were married on the 18th August 1834 in Lambourn Berkshire.
Her father: William Hopson was baptised on the 28th July 1811 in Lambourn the son of Thomas and Martha (nee Holmes) who were married on the 15th April 1811 in Lambourn, Berkshire (surname recorded as Hobson)
Her mother: Harriet was baptised on the 18th February 1816 in Lambourn the daughter of Charles and Phillipina Bowsher (nee Bailey) who were married on the 18th April 1811 in Lambourn
William and Harriet also had the following children:
William Hobson baptised 7th August 1836 in Lambourn (died as William Hopson aged 1+ buried 17th February 1838 at St Mary Greenham)
Harriet born c1838
William born c1840 (died aged 1+ as William Henry, buried 22nd August 1841 at St Mary Greenham)
Sarah’s mother died aged 24 in 1841 she was buried on the 18th April at St Mary Greenham
The 1841 census records Sarah (7) living in White’s Yard, Greenham Street, Thatcham, Berkshire with her father William, a Bricklayer and her siblings Harriet (3) and William (1). (Surname recorded as Hopier on ancestry)
On the 13th April 1842 Sarah’s father was found guilty of stealing iron, the property of Mr Tasker, he was sentenced to six months hard labour. He died aged 31 three months later and was buried on the 12th July at St Laurence Reading.
The 1851 census records Sarah (18) working as a House Servant in Goose Green, Lambourn, for Orchard Hedden (49), a Farmer(recorded as Orehan on ancestry) and his wife Elizabeth (50). Sarah’s sister Harriett (15) was recorded in the Hungerford Workhouse.
Sarah died aged 27 in 1861 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8th March.
Author: C Ganbles
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