Sarah Waller

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. ⁷¹⁷ & Arthur & Carol Foulger (nee Sommer) who writes:
Sarah and Wiliam's first child was born 25/7/1830, but they did not marry until 16/12/1932; Sarah was purportedly born 1808 (according to Stan's book), but if she had to wait until she turned 21 to marry, that would make her birth 1811 - there is a christening on 24/2/1811 in Kingsnorth, Kent, England. This ties in with other research online, with father John and mother Elizabeth nee COOK who married at Woodchurch on 12/10/1799

Cathy Thomas writes:
• source. & Arthur & Carol Foulger (nee Sommer) who writes:
Sarah and Wiliam's first child was born 25/7/1830, but they did not marry until 16/12/1932; Sarah was purportedly born 1808 (according to Stan's book), but if she had to wait until she turned 21 to marry, that would make her birth 1811 - there is a christening on 24/2/1811 in Kingsnorth, Kent, England. This ties in with other research online, with father John and mother Elizabeth nee COOK who married at Woodchurch on 12/10/1799

There was another family married and all children christened in Woodchurch. The mother was not Cook. There is a record of Sarah being christening at Frindsbury on 22 Jan 1809 and also at Dartford on the same day. I think this is because the two towns are very close and it may be the case that the records are held at the larger church at Dartford. On both records her mother is recorded as Sarah not Elizabeth.

Sarah's maiden name is a mystery. But my husband is from Dartford so next time we are in England we intend to look at the Church record.

• connection. ⁷¹⁷ The connection between Cathy Thomas & myself is as follows:
Cathy Thomas (1960)
Her father is Clarence Thomas (1932) who married Margaret Bradley (1933)
Her father was Alexander Bradley (1903)
His father was Swinford Bradley (1861) who married Maria Atchison (1870)
Her father was Samuel Atchison (1833) who married Clorinda Thomas (1833)
Her father was William Thomas (1804) who married Sarah Waller (1808)
And they also had William Thomas (1835) who married Jane Pearson (1847)
They had Alfred Thomas (1881)
He had Albert Thomas (1909) who married Winifred Pearson (1907)
Her father was Godfrey Pearson (1866)
His father was William Pearson (1830) who married Susannah Dawes (1841)
Her father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1813) & he also had James Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• emigrated, 1838, Australia. ⁷¹⁷ Cathy Thomas notes:
They migrated to Australia in 1838 (with 3 children) and settled in Wollongong.
They had 10 children altogether.

• note. ⁷¹⁷ Cathy Thomas notes:
Sarah Thomas (nee Waller) has a number of items in the Powerhouse Museum. She sewed very fashionable dresses for the time and made a quilt on her way to Australia from England. Details are on the Powerhouse Museum website.

Sarah married William Thomas on 16 Dec 1832 in Adlington, Kent England. (William Thomas was born on 13 Sep 1804 in Adlington, Kent England and died on 17 Jan 1879 in Yallah, NSW Australia.)