Sarah was born in 1854 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire.[1] She was the illegitimate daughter of Jane Putt. Her baptism took place at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough on 26th April 1854.[2] No father was recorded and the register simply notes that Jane was a single woman.
First Marriage
Elias Oldaker and Sarah Putt were married in Church Hanborough, Oxfordshire on 24th December 1871[3]. They were bachelor and spinster and both living in Hanborough at the time. Elias was of full age, working as a hawker and stated of his father only that he was deceased. Sarah was 19, a gloveress and stated that her father was John Trueman who was a shoe-maker. Elias signed his own name on the register whilst Sarah could only make her mark with a cross and the witnesses to the marriage were James Oldaker and Susan Oldaker[4].
Second Marriage
George Dix and Sarah Oldaker were married in Church Hanborough, Oxfordshire on 24th December 1885[5]. They were bachelor and widow, both of full age and living in Hanborough. George was a blacksmith and stated of his father only that he was deceased. Sarah was the daughter of John Truman who was a shoe-maker. They each signed their own name on the register and the witnesses to the marriage were John Truman and Annie Truman[6].
George Dix, head, mar, 48, genl agricul labourer, born in Freeland, Oxon
Sarah Dix, wife, mar, 47, gloveress, born in Hanborough, Oxon
Mary J Oldaker, step dau, single, 23, gloveress, born in Hackney, London
Vashti E Dix, dau, 13, born in Hanborough, Oxon
Dorcas Dix, dau, 6, born in Hanborough, Oxon
Sources
↑ Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1854 M Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 555
↑ Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/1 Image
↑ Register of Marriages, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1871 D Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 1258 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
↑ Church Hanborough Marriage Register, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R3/4 Sharing Link to Marriage Register image on Ancestry
↑ Register of Marriages, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 1325 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
↑ Hanborough Marriage Register, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R3/4 Sharing Link to Marriage Register image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) ED 5b Class: Rg 9; Piece: 904; Folio: 73; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542719 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) ED 5 Class: RG10; Piece: 1450; Folio: 81; Page: 16; GSU roll: 828789 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), ED 5 Class: RG11; Piece: 1513; Folio: 71; Page: 1; GSU roll: 1341365 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), ED 5 Class: RG12; Piece: 1174; Folio: 65; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6096284 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, ED 5 Class: RG13; Piece: 1393; Folio: 57; Page: 1 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
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