Name: Sarah Blake
Burial Number: 0181
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1823
Died: 16/10/1891
Buried: 20/10/1891
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.
Researcher: Angela Levy
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: NWS Row: 3 Plot: 20
Exact Location (what3words): songs.rams.ripe
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
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
Further Information
Birth
Name: Sarah Maria Blake
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1823
Town: Bishopstone
County: Sussex
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Farncombe
Marriage Date: /7/1847
Spouse First Name: Valentine
Spouse Second Name: Walshman
Spouse Last Name: Blake
Town of Marriage: Lewes
County of Marriage: Sussex
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 16/10/1891
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Omaha
Address line 3: St Michael's Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £778 0 s 0 d
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1851
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
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
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
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
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
