Sophia Colborn

[anne fraser]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Sophia Colborne (sp)
Date and place of birth
abt 1822 Priston Somerset
Names of parents
Joseph Colborn and Rachel
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
5 Jan 1846 Midsummer Norton St. John's Edwin Blacker
1873 Bath Registry Office William Rowsell
Occupation(s) - if any
1851 Brewer's wife, 1871 Widow, 1881 Dressmaker, 1901 Grandmother
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
found on all census Midsummer Norton or Paulton
Date, place and cause of death
1902 Twerton Bath
Date and place of burial / cremation.
not found
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
none found


5 January 1846: Edwin Blacker, a bachelor of full age, resident in Midsomer Norton, working as a brewer; son of Samuel Palmer Blacker, a yeoman married by licence Sophia Colborn, a spinster of full age, resident in Midsomer Norton; daughter of Joseph Colborn, a smith and farmer. The marriage was witnessed by James Sperring and Sophia Knowles.

[Mary from Italy]

The Priston baptisms aren't on the IGI, but there's a submitted entry:

Sophia Colborn
Female

Event(s):
Birth: About 1822 Priston, Somerset, England

Christening: 18 APR 1830 Priston, Somerset, England

Parents:
Father: Joseph Colborn
Mother: Rachael

Job and Elizabeth Colborn, with the same parents, were baptised on the same date.

It obviously needs checking out, but as an exact date's given, it may well be reliable.

[anne fraser]

Thanks again Mary. I am not sure if Job is actually Sophia's brother as he is not with the family on the 1841 census. Rachel came from Matlock but I could not find the marriage.