Timeline
1835-03-01 Born Rotherfield, Sussex to James Streater and Sarah Pratt
1835-03-22 Christened in Rotherfield
1851-04-01 Living in Holly Bridge Rotherfield with parents and siblings aged 16
1861-04-01 Servant, along with brother David, at grocers shop in Withyham
1862-04-07 Married George Coomber at Rotherfield Parish Church
1863-03-11 Daughter Frances Coomber born at Frant
1865-01-01 Son Alfred Coomber born at Frant
1867-12-01 Daughter Elizabeth Coomber born at Knowle Cottage, Frant
1871-01-01 Daughter Rose Coomber born at Frant
1871-04-01 Living at Knowle Cottages, Frant, with husband and children
1875-01-01 Daughter Ellen Amelia Coomber born at Frant
1881-04-01 Living in Pilmer Road, Rotherham, as a widow, with children
1891-04-01 Living at 46 Dukes Road, Tonbridge, on her own, as a charwoman
1904-11-30 Died Workhouse Tonbridge
Notes:
Lewes Records Office 9/8/2011 microfilm of Rotherfield baptisms, showed that she was the daughter of James and Sarah of Pinehurst, and that her father was a labourer. Date of birth estimated from christening date. 1901 census, living at 1 Albert Street, Tunbridge Wells, with her son Alfred, and a lodger. She died in the workhouse, but her informant on her death certificate was J. F. Figgett, her son-in-law, who was married to her daughter Ellen, born 1875. The Tonbridge workhouse, was where the new Pembury Hospital is now. 15/05/2012 visit to Maidstone Records Office, to view the workhouse records. Sarah was admitted on 24/02/1902 from the Tunbridge Wells parish, and her next meal after admission was supper, so she was admitted in the afternoon. She was down as a charwoman and widow, and a baptist, and she was down as class 3 as regards her diet in the workhouse. She died in the workhouse on 30/11/1904, apparently aged 63. She was to be buried at the Tunbridge Wells cemetery. the workhouse master was W. J. Gane. On contacting the Tunbridge Wells cemetery I was given the following information. %22She is buried in a common grave in section%0D%0AC1 grave no 529. The grave does not have any headstone or markings of%0D%0Aany sort. Sadly your great gran is buried with 14 others, including%0D%0Astill born babies. She was the second burial on our records and was%0D%0Aburied 5 December 1904 at 18 feet. The total grave depth was 20 feet. The cemetery details are Address%3A Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent tn2 5jj%0D%0ATele%3A 01892 523894%22.
