Sarah Jane RATLEY1,2,3

1868 - 28th Apr 1948

Still Room Maid - Domestic Servant

Life History

1868	Born in Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk
3rd May 1868	Baptised in Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk
1881	Resident in Barrack Street, St. James, Colchester, Essex (Sarah Jane Ratley Stratford St. Mary, Stratford St. Mary)
1891	Occupation Still Room Maid - Domestic Servant
1891	Resided in Gosfield Hall, Gosfield, Essex
29th Sep 1895	Publication of banns of marriage to John NICHOLS in St. Andrew and All Saints, Wicklewood, Norfolk
6th Oct 1895	Publication of banns of marriage to John NICHOLS in St. Andrew and All Saints, Wicklewood, Norfolk
13th Oct 1895	Publication of banns of marriage to John NICHOLS in St. Andrew and All Saints, Wicklewood, Norfolk
4th Nov 1895	Married John NICHOLS in Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 Name: John Nichols to Sarah Jane Ratley Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1895 Registration district: Samford Inferred County: Suffolk Volume Number: 4a Page Number: 1612 _____________________________________ Wedding witnesses Mrs C Nichols, Ivy & John NICHOLS, Headstone & kerbs, 289, 1940, 1948 In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / JOHN NICHOLS / who died 31st July 1940 / aged 73 years / At rest / also his beloved wife / SARAH JANE NICHOLS / who died 28th April 1948 / aged 80 years / Greatly loved sadly missed
10th Aug 1896	Birth of son Bertie Philip NICHOLS in Wicklewood, Norfolk.5
17th Dec 1897	Birth of son John William NICHOLS in Wicklewood, Norfolk.5
27th Mar 1899	Birth of son George Reginald NICHOLS in Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk
16th Sep 1900	Birth of daughter Florence May NICHOLS in Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk
10th Sep 1901	Birth of daughter Margaret Annie NICHOLS in Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk
14th Mar 1903	Birth of son Ernest Victor NICHOLS in Hartismere Registration District.6
20th Jul 1905	Birth of daughter Hilda Doris NICHOLS in Hartismere Registration District.6
12th Aug 1906	Birth of daughter Lilian Violet NICHOLS in Hartismere Registration District.6
7th Nov 1907	Birth of son Leonard NICHOLS in Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk
23rd Feb 1909	Birth of son Edwin Frank NICHOLS in Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk
3rd May 1917	Death of son John William NICHOLS in Pas de Calais, France.4
19th May 1917	Death of son Bertie Philip NICHOLS in Pas de Calais, France.4
31st Jul 1940	Death of John NICHOLS in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
1948	Buried in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
28th Apr 1948	Died in 41 High Street, Woodditton, Newmarket, Suffolk

Notes

In 1891 Sarah was a Still Room Maid @ Gosfield Hall, Essex
Head of house was Louisa Ruth Lowe (b. 1845, d. 1939),
widowed wife of Colonel Arthur Swann Howard Lowe (b. 1827, d. 1888).

Sources

1. 1871 England Census
- Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- (secondary evidence)
2. 1881 England Census
- Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- (secondary evidence)
3. 1891 England Census
- Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- (secondary evidence)
4. Commonwealth War Dead Casualty Details
- (secondary evidence)
5. Copy of an Entry of Baptism
6. Copy of an Entry of Baptism
- (secondary evidence)