Sarah Bloom
b. c. 1822
Derrick's great-great-grandmother. Her birthplace is given as Deptford in Kent in 1851 and Bermondsey in Surrey in 1871, which is not a spelling variant.
Family
Sarah Bloomb. c. 1822generation 4
married 1842?William Wearb. c. 1823inferred4 children
William Wearb. c. 1850a record read here
James Wearb. c. 1852a record read here
Henry Wearb. c. 1854a record read here
Robert Wear1859–1890a record read hereEach person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
On the individual lines:
- William Wear (spouse): not proved
What the record says
Probable Her maiden name is from one birth registration and one niece, and her birthplace is disputed between two censuses.
Born c.1822, Deptford or Bermondsey
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| c.1822 | Born at Deptford, or at Bermondsey | 1851 says Deptford, Kent; 1871 says Bermondsey, Surrey. They are different counties. | Read with care |
| Q3 1842 | A marriage that is not proved | A Sarah Bloom married one of four men registered on Stepney vol 2 p430; one of them is 'William Weare'. | Read with care |
| 1851 | In Salisbury Street, Bermondsey | Aged 29, wife of William Wear, with two small sons (HO107 piece 1560, folio 212). | Documented |
| Q2 1859 | Her maiden name is on her son's birth | Robert Wear's birth registration gives the mother's maiden name as Bloom. A married woman's maiden name is never in a census. | Documented |
| 1871 | A niece from Yarmouth in the house | Sarah Ann Bloom, aged 17, born at Yarmouth, Norfolk (RG10 piece 641). With a Norfolk niece and Norfolk marriages in the index, the Blooms may not be a London family at all. | Documented |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- Her parents are not known.
- Where she was born is not settled.
- Her death is not established.