Sarah Blake (buried 1891)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Blake
First name: 
Sarah
Other Christian names: 
Maria
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
181
Born: 
0/0/1823
Died: 
16/10/1891
Buried: 
20/10/1891
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
3
Cemetery plot: 
20
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Sarah Maria Blake died October 16th 1891 aged 69 years. Widow of the late Valentine Walshman Blake F.R.C.S. of Birmingham

Life story

Life story

Sarah Maria Farncombe was born in Bishopstone, Sussex, in 1823 but by the time she appears in a Census, she had married a GP and surgeon, Valentine Walshman Blake in July 1847 in Lewes. Her parents could not be identified.

In 1851 Sarah and her husband were living in Birmingham with three very young sons George Farncombe, 2, Frederick   William,  1, and Henry, 5 months. By 1861, still in Birmingham, two more children had been born daughters, Bertha Emily and Annie Maria and there was a governess in the household.

In 1871 they were still in Birmingham but 1881 finds Sarah and Valentine living with their eldest son, George, now a GP like his father, and his wife, Elizabeth, in Worcestershire. Valentine died in December 1881 and by 1891 Sarah with her daughter, Bertha Emily, was, according to the Census, at 2, Cambridge Road, Broadwater. but that address is curiously similar to that in 1881 ie Cambridge Road, Bishopstone, Worcestershire.

Sarah Maria died on 16 October 1891 and her probate announcement    states her address as 'Omaha', St Michael's Road, Heene, George Farncombe Blake is described in the same document as of Cambridge-road Moseley in the County of Worcestershire. Sarah left a personal estate of £778.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1823
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Farncombe
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Valentine Walshman
Spouse one last name: 
Blake
Marriage one date: 
00/07/1847
Marriage one address: 
Lewes, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
16/10/1891
Age (at time of death): 
68
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Omaha, St Michael's Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
George Farncombe Blake status: Surgeon
Probate pounds: 
£778

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Old Square, Birmingham

Valentine W Blake, no age written in, head, General Practitioner  ? of the Royal College of Surgeons and secretary? of the ? Company; Sarah Maria Blake, 28, wife; George F Blake, 2, son; Frederick W Blake, 1, son; Henry Blake, 5 months, son; Richard  Farncomb(sic) , 17, visitor, medical college student; Thomas  B ? Blandford  ,18, visitor, medical college student;

plus a cook, a groom, a house servant and 2 general servants

1861 census: 

6, Old Square, Birmingham

Valentine Walshman Blake, 43, head, GP; Sarah Maria Blake, 38, wife; George Farncombe Blake, 12, son; Bertha Emily Blake, 7, daughter; Anna Maria Blake, 6, daughter; Jane Farncombe, 36,  sister-in-law; Fanny Louise Gouland, 27;

plus 1 male servant and 2 female servants

1871 census: 

Birmingham

Valentine Walhamm (sic) Blake, 52, head; Sarah Maria Blake, 48, wife; George Farncombe Blake, 22, son; Frederick William Blake, 21, son; Bertha Emily Blake , 17, daughter; Laura Farncombe, 14, niece; Fanny Louise Gouland, 39, governess;

plus 3 female servants

1881 census: 

Cambridge Road,(sic)  Bishopstone(sic), Worcestershire

George F Blake, 32, head, GP;  Elizabeth Blake, 27; Valentine W Blake, 63, father, GP; Sarah  ? Maria, 58;

plus a cook and a housemaid

1891 census: 

2, Cambridge Road, Broadwater

Sarah M Blake, 67, head, widow, living on own means; Bertha E Blake, living on own means; Fanny R Williams, 44, visitor, living on own means; plus 1 general servant