Dear Listers, I am just wondering if anyone can help me or point me in the right direction please? My 4x g grandmother, Sarah HOLBORN was born 1794 in South Cave. She married Timothy TURNER in 1815 (he was bapt in Beverley 1791) and they had 7 children in Rowley, nr Hull, that I know of: Eliza Ann, James Binnington, Sarah Maria, Emma, John Holborn, Marmaduke and Charles. I haven't been able to find very much about the family apart from possible marriages for James & John and that Emma & Sarah Maria were teachers & moved in the census to Coatham by 1891. The family were in Kelfield, Stillingfleet in 1841, Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe in 1851 and I think Timothy died in the Pontefract district in Jul-Dec 1859 but I haven't bought this certificate yet. After that I think I have found Sarah as a widow in the 1861 census living in Northumberland Place, Harrogate as a Lodging House Keeper. Her husband Timothy had been a farmer/cow keeper so this is quite a step away from that and also, after looking on google maps I see that Harrogate is quite some distance from Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe/Pontefract. I cannot find her in the 1871 census so presume she died between 61-71. However, there are lots of Sarah Turner deaths in West Riding covering those dates and I just wondered if anyone can tell me how I can narrow them down a bit before buying a certificate? Perhaps I am barking up the wrong tree??? If any of these names ring any bells with any of you, I would love to hear from you. Wishing you all a very Happy & Healthy New Year. Carolyn

Hi Carolyn, Our ancestors did travel a fair bit so it is not too surprising that she went from Hull to Stanley to Harrogate. You could try narrowing her death down a bit by looking for the ones who didn't travel but were in the same census each time - ie the one of the same age who died in Halifax but always lived in Halifax is prob not her. It is a slog but can be worthwhile. Otherwise it is very difficult as she could have boarded with one of her children if she turned ill before she died and they could have been anywhere. You have def found the right one as the children are the right age and names. One of her children could have moved to the Harrogate area and she followed on being widowed so it is worth trying to follow up on all of them. Hard with a name like Turner, I know! You could try the rootsweb lists for the Harrogate area and see if anyone has any ideas and links to burials which might help. Perhaps she would be mentioned in a directory after 1861 to further pinpoint the year of death. Sorry, can't think of much else and none of it is a huge help! Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn McCartney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:30 PM Subject: [WRY] Sarah TURNER > > Dear Listers, > I am just wondering if anyone can help me or point me in the right > direction > please? My 4x g grandmother, Sarah HOLBORN was born 1794 in South Cave. > She > married Timothy TURNER in 1815 (he was bapt in Beverley 1791) and they had > 7 > children in Rowley, nr Hull, that I know of: Eliza Ann, James Binnington, > Sarah Maria, Emma, John Holborn, Marmaduke and Charles. > I haven't been able to find very much about the family apart from possible > marriages for James & John and that Emma & Sarah Maria were teachers & > moved > in the census to Coatham by 1891. The family were in Kelfield, > Stillingfleet > in 1841, Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe in 1851 and I think Timothy died in the > Pontefract district in Jul-Dec 1859 but I haven't bought this certificate > yet. After that I think I have found Sarah as a widow in the 1861 census > living in Northumberland Place, Harrogate as a Lodging House Keeper. Her > husband Timothy had been a farmer/cow keeper so this is quite a step away > from that and also, after looking on google maps I see that Harrogate is > quite some distance from Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe/Pontefract. I cannot find > her in the 1871 census so presume she died between 61-71. However, there > are > lots of Sarah Turner deaths in West Riding covering those dates and I just > wondered if anyone can tell me how I can narrow them down a bit before > buying a certificate? Perhaps I am barking up the wrong tree??? > > If any of these names ring any bells with any of you, I would love to hear > from you. > > > > Wishing you all a very Happy & Healthy New Year. > > Carolyn > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >