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Karen

Yep, the name change is a bit of a mystery especially as they were still registering the children as Squibb!

Yeh Potty I saw the death and Mary as a widow. I wonder why they changed their name, perhaps he was in trouble!

Mary's death:

Deaths Jun 1900 (>99%)
Squibb Mary 75 Sheppey 2a 596

Mary has gone back to Squibb after Thomas's death:

1891 England Census
about Mary Squibb
Name: Mary Squibb
Age: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Semington, Wiltshire, England

Civil parish: Minster in Sheppey
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary and St Sexburgh
Town: Minster
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Household Members: Name Age
Mary Squibb 66
Selden J Webb 24
Frederick Larkin 35

Mel,

I searched for Sarah, b1854, Essex, West Ham, parents Thomas and Mary (no surname) and Sarah Elizbth Barnett came up with the correct parents and siblings, so I checked the image for Thomas's occupation.

How on earth did you find the family under Barnet?????

1871 Census also a fit... Halfway House is on the Death Cert although very hard to read, but seeing the census details it has to be.

Sorry about the delay my computer has only just updated the replies, The 1861 census details seem to fit.
Thank you

Still Barnett in 1881:


1881 England Census
about Janet Barnett
Name: Janet Barnett
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Minster, Kent, England

Civil parish: Minster in Sheppey
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address: 4 Halfway Houses
Thomas Barnett 56
Mary Barnett 56
Janet Barnett 11

And another - again no Barnett birth:

Births Mar 1870 (>99%)
Squibb Janet Sheppey 2a 845

Another Squibb birth - no Barnett one:

Births Sep 1865 (>99%)
SQUIBB Ann Eliza Sheppey 2a 679

The same family in 1871 - still Barnett:

1871 England Census
about Julia Letilia Barnett
Name: Julia Letilia Barnett
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolwich
Civil parish: Minster
Ecclesiastical parish: Minster
Town: Halfway House
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Sheppey
Sub-registration district: Minster
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 108
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Barnett 46
Mary Barnett 46
Julia Letilia Barnett 14
Mary Emma Barnett 11
Ann Eliza Barnett 5
Janet Barnett 1


A birth for Mary Emma ( no birth for a Julia Letitia Barnett or a Mary Emma Barnett):

Births Jun 1859 (>99%)
SQUIBB Mary Emma Sheppey 2a 603

It really looks as if the family is going under the name of Barnett but registering the children as Squibb.

A birth for Julia:

Births Mar 1857 (>99%)
Squibb Julia Letitia Lewisham 1d 666

This is very much a long shot, but the children's names and ages tie up with the 1851, although Thomas & Mary's POBs seem to have been changed round:

1861 England Census
about Sarah Elizth Barnett
Name: Sarah Elizth Barnett
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Stratford, Essex, England

Civil parish: Minster in Sheppey
Ecclesiastical parish: Sheerness
Town: Sheerness
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Sheppey
Sub-registration district: Minster
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 109
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Barnett 37 - Boiler maker, b Wilts, Semington?
Mary Barnett 36 - b Bristol
Edwin Barnett 14 - Rivet boy, b Poplar
Thomas Barnett 11 - b Bristol
Sarah Elizth Barnett 7 - b Stratford, Essex
Julia L Barnett 4 - b Woolwich, Kent
Mary Emma Barnett 1 - b Sheerness Kent

Karen, please post any info or comments to the the thread - click on the reply button, not my name.

Another PM from Karen:

Sarah was born on the 27th February 1854 Reg District "West Ham" Stratford Essex

PM from Karen:

I have the birth cert of his daughter Sarah Elizabeth Squibb from which I know that her Mother was Mary Squibb formally Read. Father being Thomas Squibb Occupation "Smith" I have the death cert of Thomas from 1888 which say's occupation is Boiler Maker! I now have the 1851 census from Helen but, I have no other details

Karen, it is better to post any additional info to this thread, rather than to send PMs - that way everybody can see it.

To find this thread, click on My threads at the left of the screen; click on the thread title, click on the purple Reply button, type your message and then click on Submit.

When and where was Sarah born?

Poss marriage

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
about Thomas Squibb
Name: Thomas Squibb
Year of Registration: 1843
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Bristol
County: Avon, Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 201



Mary Read 1843 Bristol Avon, Gloucestershire
Thomas Squibb 1843 Bristol Avon, Gloucestershire

Julia's Christening

Julia Squibb Pedigree
Female


Christening: 10 MAR 1844 Bristol, Gloucester, England


Parents:
Father: Thomas Squibb Family
Mother: Mary Squibb


There is also a Christening on Ancestry for Julia but I don't have the sub to look at it.

hi son edwin in 1901
1901 census

Address 38 East Street
Civil Parish Gillingham
Rural District
Town or Village or Hamlet
Ecclesiastical Parish Gillingham St Mary Magdalene M C
Parliamentary Borough or Division Chatham
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Gillingham
Administrative County Kent
Householder 1
Name Edwin Squibb
Relation to Head of Family Head
Condition as to Marriage Married
Age Last Birthday 54
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Naval Pensioner & Bottle Maker
Employment Status
Where Born London Poplar
Language
Infirmity
Householder 2
Name Eliza Ann Squibb
Relation to Head of Family Wife
Condition as to Marriage Married
Age Last Birthday 51
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Kent Sheerness
Language
Infirmity

hi
1851 census

Name Thomas Squibb
Age 27
Estimated Year of Birth 1824
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Occupation Labourer
Address Hotwell Road
District Clifton, Clifton
Parish
Administrative County Gloucester
Birth Place Bristol
Birth County ?
in house
thomas head 27
mary wife 26 born wiltshire
julia 7 born bristol
edwin 4 born london poplar
thomas 1 born bristol
HO 107 / 1952