Richard Blackwell, Carpenter, his wife Sarah Blackwell, and their youngest daughter Kate Blackwell

 

 

Memorial to Sarah and Richard Blackwell, St Michael's Churchyard, Bray, Berkshire, England.

 

"In Loving Memory Of

Sarah

Wife of Richard Blackwell

Died May 4th 1888 aged 69 years

They Rest From Their Labours

Also

Richard Blackwell

Died Feb 19th 1908 aged 83 years



 

"Sacred To The Memory Of

Kate

Youngest daughter of

Richard and Sarah Blackwell

Died July 4th 1884

Aged 26 Years."

 

 

Richard Blackwell was born in 1825 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire to Richard Blackwell, and his wife Sarah, a publican from Beaconsfield.  

Richard first appears on the 1841 Census, aged 15, living with his mother Sarah, and younger sister Eliza, in Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire where he is working as a carpenter's apprentice.

 

Sarah Blackwell was born in 1819 in Woolhampton, Berkshire.  I have been unable to locate anything about Sarah's early life or marriage to Richard.

 

In 1847 they celebrated the birth of their first child, a son Herbert, followed by his brother William Henry in 1850.

 

On the 1851 Census, the young family can be found living at Wycombe End, Beaconsfield.  Sadly 6 year old Herbert passed away in 1853.  In 1854 another son, Walter Alan joined the family, followed by a daughter Alice in 1856, and Kate in 1858.

 

By the 1861 Census, Richard, Sarah, and their children had moved to Braywick in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Sarah has started working as a dress maker to boost the family's income.

 

1871 Census finds the family living in King Street, Maidenhead, where Richard is working as a carpenter along with his eldest surviving son, 21 year old William. Walter is working as a general printer, and Alice is helping her mother as a dress maker.

 

In 1878 William Henry Blackwell married Hannah Mariah Brown in Kensington, London.

 

By the 1881 Census Richard, Sarah, and their son Walter had moved to 14 Grove Road, Maidenhead.  William Henry and his wife Hannah are living at 27 Risborough Road with their young children Herbert William aged one, and Gertrude aged just 8 months.  Alice and Kate are boarding in the home of Mary J Rankin at 20 Conduit, Chelsea, London, where they are working as dress makers.

 

In 1883 Walter Alan married Amy Goodman in Somerset.

 

Sadly just a year later in 1884 at the age of 26 Kate Blackwell passed away.  Her mother Sarah followed her to the grave in 1888 aged 69.

 

In 1891 the widowed Richard is living with his son Walter, and daughter-in -aw Amy, and their children Kate Ethel and Mary Alice at 16 Grenfell Avenue, Maidenhead, Berkshire, where he remained until his death in 1908, aged 83.