Sarah Chambers, then Sarah Lamb (OH's FFFM)

[ElizabethHerts]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Sarah Chambers, married names Sarah Lamb, Sarah Seaman

Date and place of birth
Date 1795/1796 Place Birmingham

Names of parents
Joseph Chambers a Gunsmith

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Unknown - probably Birmingham

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

1) Sarah Chambers married Charles Lamb (gunsmith)
11th March 1816
St John the Baptist Halesowen
Charles was a bachelor
He signed
Sarah was a spinster
She made her mark
Married by banns
with Consent of Parents
Witnesses:
Edward Chambers made his mark
Richard Fiddien signed

Charles Lamb died from Cholera in London in 1832.

2) Sarah Lamb married Christopher Seaman
1 November 1842 at Whitby
From this certificate we learn that Sarah’s father was Joseph and a gunsmith

Occupation(s) - if any
Landlady of pub

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1834 Whitby Pigot’s Directory of 1834 Professions and Trades
Taverns and Public Houses
Sarah Lamb Cross Guns Baxter Gate

1837 Poor Law Valuation of Whitby
Baxtergate
Sarah Lamb Ground-floor tenement owned by Anthony Lawson
Rat. value £1-5-0

1841 Census
HO107; 1265; Folio 25; page 12; line 13
Baxtergate Whitby
Sarah Lamb 40 N
James Frank 60 Ag Lab Y
John Frank 20 Mason Y

1851 Census
Baxtergate Whitby
Cristopher Seaman Head Mar 56 Shoemaker Wisbeach Cambridgeshire (Northumberland crossed out)
Sarah Wife Mar 55 Birmingham
Adam Lamb Stepson U 19 Shoemaker Yorkshire Whitby


Date, place and cause of death
6 October 1851

Date and place of burial / cremation.
9 October 1851 St Mary's Whitby

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Very unlikely to have had a will.

Memorial inscription - if any
Unknown

[ElizabethHerts]

There are two possible baptisms for Sarah. I don't know which one is correct - whether her mother was Margaret or Ann.

Name: Sarah Chambers
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Apr 1795
Baptism/Christening Place: St. Philip's, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Father's Name: Joseph Chambers
Mother's Name: Margaret
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03548-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 813717
Reference Number: yrs 1792-1809
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name: Sarah Chambers
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 22 Feb 1796
Baptism/Christening Place: SAINT PHILLIPS,BIRMINGHAM,WARWICK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Joseph Chambers
Mother's Name: Ann
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04179-3
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 813713
Reference Number:
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

[kiterunner]

I had a go at figuring it out from those yesterday, Elizabeth, but I didn't get anywhere. If you can get a look at the actual parish register entries there is a chance it might give the father's occupation.

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks for looking, Kiterunner.

Charles Lamb, Sarah's husband, was a gunsmith. He left Huntingdon and they married at Halesowen. I wondered if he either worked with or for Joseph Chambers. Charles must have served some type of apprenticeship.

There is a famous gunsmiths that originated in Birmingham called Chambers, and it is still going. My daughter contacted them but they weren't very interested.

http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopcontent.asp?type=Aboutus

[ElizabethHerts]

I had a go at figuring it out from those yesterday, Elizabeth, but I didn't get anywhere. If you can get a look at the actual parish register entries there is a chance it might give the father's occupation.

My hopes are dashed, Kate. No occupations given in the PRs on Ancestry, so I'm no further forward. I would so much like to get this line further back.