Sarah Ann Hopkins (Gordge) Euren (1837 - 1922)

Born 2 Aug 1837 in Bristol, England

Ancestors

Daughter of Digory Hopkins Gordge and Eliza (Ackerman) Gordge

Wife of Henry Francis (Uren) Euren — married 4 Feb 1864 in Commercial St Chapel, Northampton, England

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1922 at age 85 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Born

2 Aug 1837^[1]

Christening

13 Aug 1837 St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol^[2]

Marriage

4 Feb 1864 Commercial St Chapel, Northampton Henry Francis Uren age 28 to Sarah Hopkins Gordge age 26. Henry's father was Henry Francis Uren, tailor and draper and Sarah's father was Digory Hopkins Gordge, Farmer^[3]

Census

1841 Wharton St, Cardiff St Mary's with grandmother Sarah Gordge

1851 Census Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire

1861 35 Newland, Northampton age 23 with her mother Eliza, and Mary Ann Hearn (a friend whose pen name was Marianne Farningham, after the village she was from). Both Sarah and Mary were British School Teachers. They were lodgers

1871 Alexandra Rd, Norwich, Norfolk age 33 with husband and 2 sons. Born Bristol

1881 Clifton House, Park Lane, Heigham, Norwich age 43 with husband and 4 children and a servant, born Bristol

1891 Park Lane Norwich age 53 with husband and 2 children

1901 24 Park Lane, Norwich age 64 with husband and a housemaid

1911 Grove House, Newmarket Rd, Norwich

Occupation

British School Teacher at Gravesend and Northampton

Author of many articles and poems

Visitor to schools to teach children good behaviour^[4]

Note

Sarah attended the British School in Romsey and in 1856 was top of the list of Queen's Scholars in the Christmas Examination. In 1857 she attended the Borough Road Teacher Training College run by the British and Foreign Schools Society. (BFSS). At the end of the first year she obtained a First Class Certificate and was 6th on the list.^[5]

She overlapped in 1857 with her future husband Henry Francis Uren. It appears she only took a one year course, which was common for women who were to become infant teachers. Her application form is not in the records.

In 1858 She was writing for The Christian World. By 1859 she was living in Northampton. In 1860 she was writing for the Sunday School Times.

Her grandson Reg Euren remembered Grove House as being very large with a walled garden, the house being sparsely furnished. There was a large vinery at the rear of the house. The household consisted of his grandparents, a housekeeper and a maid. He recounted that his grandmother was an invalid for the last years of her life, confined to her bedroom. She was very intelligent with a keen interest in literature. In earlier days she had been a friend of Marianne Farningham and for some 50 years wrote a weekly article for the Sunday School Times until her death in 1922. This was in spite of her only contact with the outside world being her husband, a few visitors newspapers and books.

Obituary

23 Nov 1922 in Sunday School Times

Sarah Hopkins Euren died 15th November in her 86th year. She wrote in The Christian World in 1858. She was one of those who with Marianne Farningham had to do with the beginnings of The Sunday School Times. She contributed from the first number and for nearly 63 years sent a weekly article.

Death

Sarah Hopkins Euren on 15 Nov 1922 age 85, widow of Henry Francis Euren, journalist, at Grove House, Newmarket Rd, Norwich. of arteriosclerosis. Informant WG Mase, son-in-law, Southgate House, Becondale, Norwich^[6]

Buried

Rosary Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk^[7]

Will

EUREN Sarah Hopkins of Grove House, Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk. Executors: FF Euren and WG Mase. I give and devise my real estate at Fforestfach, South Wales to my son FF Euren in fee simple for his use in the bringing up and education of his children. I desire that my daughter-in-law AM Euren shall take charge of my wardrobe and small personal belongings and distribute them as I may have directed or as she may think I should wish. The remainder equally to my 2 sons and WG Mase such of them as shall be living at my decease share and share alike. Witnesses were a domestic servant at Grove House and a solicitor.

Probate granted to WG Mase 5 Feb1923, the surviving executor.^[8]

DNA

Paternal relation is confirmed by a triangulated group on Gedmatch consisting of AG (Gordge-266), MRV (Vallenjon-1) and PR (Euren-18) on Chr 22 who share 7.3 cM. MRCA Gordge-7 shared by all 3.

Research Note and DNA Match

SCE, the daughter Joyce Stone-29273, has a DNA match with Sarah Jordan [Euren-4] on My Heritage 46cM, 4 segments, 5th Cousins. MRCA Digory Gordge-14 and Susannah Beard-1538.

DNA Notes

Sarah's uncle Thomas Ackerman-972 is the ancestor of 4C1R Lorraine Jury DNA match on Ancestry 28cM 2 segments to Euren-4. Trees match so Sarah's mother marked as confident. MRCA John Ackerman-964 and Mary Bishop-4087.

The granddaughter of Irving Brooke-Nicol (Nicol-2599) Imogen Crossley-Morris is 5C1R by a DNA match on Ancestry 9cM 1 segment to Sarah Jordan (Euren-5). Mother marked as confident. MRCA John Bishop-22540 and Sarah Hounsell-312.

DNA and Research Note

Sarah Bishop's brother Job Hounsell-203 has a descendant Richard Thomas Hounsell. See Hounsell-315. Richard Thomas's child Ellis Hounsell has a 9cm DNA match on Ancestry with Sarah Jordan (Euren-4) 6C. MRCA Robert Hounsell-204 and Susanna Waddon-18. Mother marked as confident.

Research Note with DNA match

L.L. a child of Lois Lazenby [McLain-2506], has a 15 cM 1 segment match on Ancestry with Sarah Jordan [Euren-4]. 6th Cousins through Robert Hounsell-205. MRCA Robert Hounsell-204 and Susanna Waddon-18. Mother marked as confident.

Research and DNA note

DM, the son Ivy Thomas-71348, is the 6C of Sarah Jordan [Euren-4] by a DNA match on Ancestry 13 cM 1 segment. MRCA Robert Hounsell-204 and Susanna Waddon-18. Mother marked as confident.

• DNA SCE, the daughter Joyce Stone-29273, has a DNA match with Sarah Jordan [Euren-4] on My Heritage 46cM, 4 segments, 5th Cousins. MRCA Digory Gordge-14 and Susannah Beard-1538.

Ancestry match between PG, son of Raymond Gordge-283, and Sarah Jordan [Euren-4] 5C1R 9cM, 1 segment. MRCA Digory-Gordge-14 and Susannah Beard-1538.

Sources

Family memories and documents

1. ↑ Family papers
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9P-QKM : 19 March 2020), Sarah Gordge, 1837.
3. ↑ Certificate-see image
4. ↑ Family papers
5. ↑ ILetter from BFSS Archive Centre to me in 1984, referencing Educational Record Vol 3 p237 and Vol IV p69.
6. ↑ Death Certificate-see image
7. ↑ photo of gravestone I visited
8. ↑ Visit to Somerset House by Sarah Euren in 1986