Sarah Mary Godart1,2

#316, (bt 1829 - 1830 - 1906)
FatherHerbert Godart1 (1792 - 1858)
MotherElizabeth Harden3 (1795 - 1834)
RelationshipGranddaughter of Peter Godart
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - Children & Grandchildren
Samuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
Peter Godart & Mary Dowson - Children & Grandchildren
Peter Godart & Mary Dowson - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
Ancestors of Sarah Mary Fernee (my line)

Children of Sarah Mary Godart and Thomas Fernee
BirthSarah Mary Godart was born between 1829 and 1830 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex.4
 
(mother) Burial.Her mother Elizabeth died in 1834. Sarah was four or five years old. Her father remarried four years later.5
(Other) 1841 CensusSarah appeared on the 1841 Census of St John Wapping, Middlesex, in the household of [her uncle and aunt] Peter Dennett Godart and Elizabeth Jackson. She was 10 and born in Middlesex.6 
1851 CensusSarah appeared on the 1851 Census of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, at 64 Coleshill Street. Sarah was 24, a servant, and reportedly born in Lambeth, Surrey.7 
Research Note The next servant after Sarah in 1851 was Ann Crook, 26, born in Pentonville, Middlesex. It looks as though the two birthplaces were reversed. There are no Godarts from Lambeth. 
MarriageSarah Mary Godart married Thomas Fernee, son of George Fernee and Chrissy Bennett, on 11 Oct 1859 in Register Office, St Pancras, Middlesex.
Information from the certificate: Thomas Fernee was 34, a bachelor, wood carver, residence 15 Union St, Pancras, father George gentleman. Sarah Mary Godart was 30, a spinster, same residence, father Herbert wood carver (deceased). Witnesses were Henry Clive Spark and John Radley.1 
Research Note The 1861 census returns for 1-45 Union Street suffered from a leaking roof whilst in storage and do not survive. 
Note.On 6 February 1862, thirty-one pauper's children were baptised in the parish church of St Pancras. Thomas and Sarah Mary's daughters Ellen and Sarah Mary were two of them. Daughter Minnie was baptised in 1863 along with 43 other pauper's children. Son Thomas was baptised in 1865 with 43 other paupers. Son Herbert George was baptised in 1867 with 39 other paupers.8 
1871 CensusThomas and Sarah M Fernee appeared on the 1871 Census of St. Pancras, Middlesex, at 22 Werrington Street. There were five households at this address including Thomas' unmarried brother George. Thomas was 44, a Sculptor and born in Islington, Middlesex. Sarah M was 42 and born in Islington. Their children were Ellen (10), Sarah M (8), Minnie (6), Thomas (5), and Herbert G (4.)9 
1881 CensusSarah Mary Godart appeared on the 1881 Census of London, at University College Hospital, Gower Street. Sarah was a patient, married, age 51, Housewife, and born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex. [Her husband and children were at home on Werrington Street].4 
1891 CensusShe and Thomas Fernee appeared on the 1891 Census of Kentish Town, St Pancras, London, at 10 Torriano Avenue, enumerated 5 Apr 1891. Thomas was 64, employed as a Sculptor, and was born in Clerkenwell, London. Sarah M was 62 and born in Clerkenwell. Their daughter Minnie was with them, as well as a visitor, a boarder, and a family of three lodgers. The relationship was not noted but the lodgers were their daughter Ellen Haward, her husband George and their infant son Harold.10 
(Other) 1901 CensusSarah and her husband Thomas appeared on the 1901 Census of Luton, Bedfordshire, in the household of her son-in-law and daughter George and Mary Gostick. Sarah was 72 and born in London. Thomas was 74, a Retired Wood Carver, born in London, and was noted to be blind.11 
DeathSarah died on 19 May 1906 in 3 Belmont Road, Luton, Bedfordshire.
Details from certificate: Sarah Ferneé, age 77 years, wife of Thomas Fernee, Wood Carver, died of Chronic Nephritis certified by C W Young, MRCS. The informant was daughter M Gostick, of 3 Belmont Road, Luton, present at the death, which was registered 19 May 1906.12 
Newspaper Published 25 May 1906 in the Luton Times and Advertiser.

DEATHS.
May 19 at Belmont-road, Luton, Sarah Fernee, aged 77 years.13
 
Last Edited6 Oct 2014

Citations

  1. Copy marriage certificate of Thomas Fernee and Sarah Mary Godart, married 11 October 1859 in the Registration District of St Pancras.
  2. Copy birth certificate of Sarah Mary Fernee, born 3 December 1861, registered 13 January 1862 in the Registration District of Somers Town, St Pancras.
  3. Comment.
  4. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/189 folio 110.
  5. Burials of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Elizabeth Godart, 1834, #80; also recorded in the Pentonville Chapel register.
  6. 1841 Census for England & Wales, HO107/715/5 folio 42.
  7. 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/1477 f208 p24.
  8. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  9. 1871 Census for England & Wales, RG10/229 folio 15.
  10. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/140 ed 51, folio 72, page 26.
  11. Image of the 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG 13/1515 folio 132.
  12. Copy death certificate of Sarah Fernee, died 19 May 1906, registered 19 May 1906 in the Registration District of Luton.
  13. Luton Times and Advertiser. Image accessed online at Find My Past.
  14. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Ellen Fernee, 1862, #177.
  15. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Minnie Fernee, 1863, #1548.
  16. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Fernee, 1865, #593.
  17. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. George Herbert Fernee, 1867, #813.