See also
Name:
Thomas SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1843
Tibenham
Census:
1851 (age 7-8)
Forncett St. Mary3
scholar, living with mother Ann (41) and siblings Jabez (13, agricultural labourer), Robert (9) and Hannah (2)
Census:
1861 (age 17-18)
Forncett St. Mary4
agricultural labourer, living with parents John (55, agricultural labourer) and Ann (52), and siblings Hannah (13) and John (8)
Census:
1871 (age 27-28)
Forncett St. Mary5
Address: Lowing Road, Forncett St. Mary
agricultural labourer, living with wife Sarah (25) and daughters Eliza (5) and Sarah A (1)
Census:
1881 (age 37-38)
Hapton6
railway navvy, living with wife Sarah (34) and children Sarah Ann (11, scholar), Ellen (8, scholar), Thomas (3) and Elizabeth E (1)
Census:
1891 (age 47-48)
Hapton7
Address: The Street, Hapton
agricultural labourer, living with wife Sarah (45) and children Edward (14, agricultural labourer), Emma (11, scholar) and John (3)
Census:
1901 (age 57-58)
Tharston8
Address: The Street, Tharston
horseman on farm, living with second wife Esther (24), and children John W (13, errand boy), George H (5), Mary A (3) and Edith M (10mths)
Census:
1911 (age 67-68)
Tharston9
horseman on farm, living with wife Esther (33) and children George (15, farm labourer), Mary (13, domestic servant), May (10, scholar), Bertie (8) and Kate (5)
Death:
c. 1924 (age 80-81)10
Name:
Sarah MAYES
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1846
Forncett St. Mary
Census:
1871 (age 24-25)
Forncett St. Mary5
Address: Lowing Road, Forncett St. Mary
living with husband Thomas (27, agricultural labourer) and daughters Eliza (5) and Sarah A (1)
Census:
1881 (age 34-35)
Hapton6
living with husband Thomas (38, railway navvy) and children Sarah Ann (11, scholar), Ellen (8, scholar), Thomas (3) and Elizabeth E (1)
Census:
1891 (age 44-45)
Hapton7
Address: The Street, Hapton
living with husband Thomas (47, agricultural labourer) and children Edward (14, agricultural labourer), Emma (11, scholar) and John (3)
Name:
Eliza SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1866
Forncett St. Mary
Name:
Sarah A SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1870
Forncett St. Mary
Name:
Ellen SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1873
Hapton
Name:
Edward SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1877
Hapton
Census:
1891 (age 13-14)
Hapton7
Address: The Street, Hapton
agricultural labourer, living with parents Thomas (47, agricultural labourer) and Sarah (45), and siblings Emma (11, scholar) and John (3)
Name:
Thomas SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1878
Hapton
Name:
Emma SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1880
Hapton
Census:
1891 (age 10-11)
Hapton7
Address: The Street, Hapton
scholar, living with parents Thomas (47, agricultural labourer) and Sarah (45), and brothers Edward (14, agricultural labourer) and John (3)
Name:
John W SHELDRAKE
Sex:
Male
Birth:
12 Mar 1889
Hapton
Census:
1891 (age 1-2)
Hapton7
Address: The Street, Hapton
living with parents Thomas (47, agricultural labourer) and Sarah (45), and siblings Edward (14, agricultural labourer) and Emma (11, scholar)
Education:
24 Oct 1898 (age 9)
Gissing School11
moving from Tibenham School
Census:
1901 (age 11-12)
Tharston8
Address: The Street, Tharston
errand boy, living with father and stepmother Thomas (60, horseman on farm) and Esther (24), and stepsiblings George H (5), Mary A (3) and Edith M (10mths)
Census:
1911 (age 21-22)
Forncett St. Mary12
lodger in the household of James LONG (50, farm labourer)
Attested (Military):
7 Sep 1914 (age 25)
Norwich, Norfolk13
Service Number 14849, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
Millitary campaign:
btw 7 Sep 1914 and 29 Aug 1915 (age 25-26)13
at home
Military Service:
btw 30 Aug 1915 and 2 Oct 1917 (age 26-28)
British Expeditionary Force in France13
Joined (Military):
1 Mar 1916 (age 26)13
transferred to the Royal Engineers - Railway Troup as a Sapper
Joined (Military):
11 Sep 1917 (age 28)13
transferred back to the Norfolk Regiment
Death:
2 Oct 1917 (age 28)
France13
Parish register - banns. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 22 September 1867.
Parish register - marriage. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 15 October 1867.
1851 Census. HO107 821 775 16. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 1234 47 12. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1837 49 11. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1970 52 6. Cit. Date: 1881.
1891 Census. RG12 1546 48 5. Cit. Date: 1891.
1901 Census. RG13 1862 125 2. Cit. Date: 1901.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11462 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN81. Cit. Date: 1911.
Civil Registration - death. 1924 Q1 Depwade 4B 298. Cit. Date: Q1 1924.
Education. Gissing School Admissions Register. Cit. Date: 24 October 1898.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11459 RD230 SD3 ED5 SN110. Cit. Date: 1911.
Service record. Service Record of John W Sheldrake. Cit. Date: 7 September 1914.
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