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WILLOWS, Sarah Tabitha

WILLOWS, Sarah Tabitha

Female 1856 - 1921  (64 years)

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  • Name WILLOWS, Sarah Tabitha  
    Born 17 Sep 1856  Currency Creek, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • reg as WILLOWES, CURRENCY CREEK SA ENB 9/44
    Gender Female 
    Residence
    • 295 Newcastle St PERTH WA
    Unique Id DEC7313439FB48DDBA539CC7318EFA891570 
    Died 2 Jul 1921  Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sarah Willows - Death Notice as Bird
    Sarah Willows - Death Notice as Bird
    West Australian Newspaper - 4th Jul 1921
    Buried Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as Sarah Tabitha BIRD
    Person ID I29  Tree One
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2008 

    Father WILLOWS, George Francis,   b. 14 Apr 1822, Covenham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1910, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother WICKHAM, Lucy,   b. 2 Jan 1830, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1879  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 6 May 1847  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Holy Trinity Church of England, Adelaide, South Australia [1]
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BIRD, Alfred James,   b. 1857, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 Jan 1881  Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Rev. Mr Kingsley
    Children 
     1. BIRD, Charles,   b. 5 May 1909, Victor Harbour, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1909, Victor Harbour, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2008 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Sep 1856 - Currency Creek, South Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Jan 1881 - Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jul 1921 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Willows Children
    Willows Children
    Children of George Francis Willows and Lucy Wickham
    Alice 1864, Jesse 1862, Sarah 1856

  • Notes 
    • (Research):My thoughts on her life:

      Sarah's father and mother where married in Adelaide and spent the early parts of their married life 'on the road' \endash The family left Adelaide c.1852 and settled in Bendigo c.1869. (See attached 'Willows Story' doc that I compiled back in 2005)

      As you will see Sarah Tabitha was born in Currency Creek SA (as was her brother Richard Benjamin). After Sarah's marriage to BIRD in Bendigo in 1881 (she was 26yrs) that the only child they had (Charles) was born in Victor Harbour SA some 18 years after they married, and only a stones throw from where Sarah Tabitha was born (Currency Creek) \endash Tabitha was now 44yrs of age!

      I find it interesting that at some stage between her marriage to BIRD in Bendigo and the birth (and subsequent death) of her only child, the couple moved back to the area where Sarah was born. Currency Creek and Victor Harbour are less than 50k apart. I wonder what drew her back there?

      I can find no record of the death or burial of her husband as yet, he is not buried in Perth, so maybe he died while they were in SA, but he is not in the Digger Database, but that only goes up to 1915. If he did die interstate then Sarah Tabitha must have moved to WA to be with the rest of her living family. She and her sister were both died at the same address.

      Sarah's residence at death is 295 Newcastle Street Perth \endash and seeing she is buried as BIRD it is clear she did not marry again. Interestingly her older sister Caroline (second child of George WILLOWS and Lucy WICKHAM) also died at the same address, as Caroline MATTHEWS (Marriage MATTHEWS at KALGOORLIE WA at age 53).


      Digger - South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842 to 1915

      Surname: BIRD
      Given Names: Charles
      Date: 1909-05-09
      Sex: M
      Age: 4d
      Status: C
      Relative: Alfred James BIRD (F)
      Relative 2:
      Residence: Victor Harbor
      Death Place: Victor Harbor
      District Code: EnB
      Symbol: S
      Book: 341
      Page: 3
      Cross Reference:


      Maybe Sarah and her husband went to Kalgoorlie, as apparently that is where Caroline married her husband (MATTHEWS) in 1902, but I cannot find a record of it. This info must have come from JJ! Maybe he died there??

      ANYWAY, to cut a long story short, I got a reply from Supreme Court of WA saying they have no probate details on George Francis WILLOWS, Sarah and Caroline's father. So I thought I would put in a search on both Sarah BIRD and Caroline MATTHEWS as I have deduced that both of them were surviving widows at the time of their deaths and that their wills might give up some info on who was who or what.

      You may or may not be aware that it would appear the Caroline had a child William Albert WILLOWS (1875 \endash ) out of wedlock, when in Bendigo.

      Family Name: WILLOWS
      Given Name(s): William Albert
      Sex: Unknown
      Event: BIRTH
      Father's Name: U
      Mother's Name: WILLOWS - Caroline
      Spouse's Family Name:
      Spouse's Given Name(s):
      Age:
      Birth Place: SAND
      Death Place:
      Registration Year: 1875
      Registration Number: 5241

      But I can't find out what happened to him.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] John Jennings.

    2. [S10] Digger - SA Marriages, McBeath Geanological Services Pty Ltd, (South Australian Genealogical and Hearaldry Society Inc [SAGHS] 1998), Book 2 Page 46 (Reliability: 4), 11 Sep 2007.
      Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916

      Groom: WILLOWS
      Given names: George
      Bride: WICKHAM
      Given names: Lucy
      Date: 1847-05-06
      Groom Age: FL
      Status: S
      Groom's Father: [unrecorded]
      Bride Age: MI
      Status: S
      Bride's Father: [unrecorded]
      Place: Holy Trinity Church Adelaide
      District: Ade
      Symbol:
      Book/Page: 2/46
      Cross Reference: