William
Albrow:
B: 1770 at Reedham, Norfolk
Baptised:14 Apr1770 at St John the
Baptist, Reedham
M: Sarah Thornton
8 Oct 1793 at St John, Reedham
D: 26 Apr 1860 at Dukes Head St.,
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Buried: 3 May 1860 at St. Margaret's,
Lowestoft
Sarah
Thornton
B: 1772 Lowestoft, Suffolk
Christened: 8th March at St Margaret's,
Lowestoft
M:
William
Albrow 8 Oct 1793 at St John's, Reedham
D: 17 Feb. 1858 Lowestoft,Suffolk
Buried: 23 Feb. 1858 at St. Margaret's
East
Anglia in the 19th Century - 1840 Map
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St.
Margaret's, Lowestoft - from an 1890 postcard |
Historical
perspective:
William
Bligh born 9 September 1754-, English sailor (died 1817)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, born 27January
1756 (died 1791)
28th April, 1770. Just two weeks after our William
was born, Lieutenant James Cook drops anchor at Botany Bay
and claims Australia for Gt. Britain |
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Thanks
to Jackie for the picture of William and Sarah's
grave, located at St. Margarets, Lowestoft.
Details: "William
Albrow age 90 26 April 1860 and Sarah, wife Feb 1889 age 86"
, the grave next to them is one of their daughters, Sarah Ann
Also
thanks to Lorna in Perth for sending copies of
documents (below) to me for inclusion in our website. The first
is a copy of William death certificate. For the period, he had a
great run of 90 years. Note that he died of 'natural decay'. This
is followed by all six pages of his will. Sarah
gave birth to thirteen children and lived to 86!
William
seems to be one of the iconic steps in our ladder; He appears to
have been relatively wealthy and quite entrepreneurial having been
a wherryman, publican and a coal merchant
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