Descendants of John Burgar (1742-1797)
Sarah Elizabeth Burgar (1846-19?) - daughter of John Wesley Burgar (1816-1878) - son of John Burgar (1787-1816) - son of John Burgar (1742-1797)
Sarah Elizabeth Burgar
was born
in 1846 in Old St, London.16
Civil Registration of Births reference is Sep 1846 V 2 p 283 - St Lukes, Old
Street, London16
She was baptized on 19 Mar 1847 in St Lukes, Old Street, London.84 The Baptism Register entry is summarised as follows:
Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John Wesley and Sarah Hudson Burgar was baptised
on the 19th March 1847 at St Lukes Old Street, London.
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Sarah is with her parents in the 1851 Census
We have not found her in the 1861 census but she marries in 1865 and appears with her husband in the 1871 Census.
Her father, John Wesley Burgar, is living with her. Both he and Benjamin Cope are watchcase
makers and all the surrounding neighbours are in the watch manufacturing business.
Sarah's husband, Benjamin Cope, died in 1877, so in the 1881 Census Sarah Elizabeth (Burgar) Cope is a widow.
Her father had died in 1878 so she was not
having much luck.
See 1881 census
In the 1881 census Sarah Elizabeth Cope and children are living with Eleanor
Mary Burgar - (indexed as Burges). Her sister is acting as a governess for
Sarah's young children whilst Sarah runs her grocers shop.
In the 1891 Census Sarah is no longer working but four of her children are at work
to provide the income. She also has two younger children living with her, James
Cope a son aged 5 years and Emily Cope a daughter aged 3 years.
See 1891 Census
In 1891 she was 44 years old, so they may be her children, by an unknown partner,
or possibly the children of her eldest daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Cope (born 1869).
She has a lodger living with her!!
In the 1901 Census she is living with her daughter Ellen (Cope) French in Stockwell,
London. Some of her children are still living with her.
See 1901 Census
Sarah Elizabeth Burgar and Benjamin Cope were married in 1865 in Liverpool.16
Civil Registration of marriage reference is Jun 1865 V 8B p 472 - Liverpool.16
Benjamin Cope was born in 1843 in Clerkenwell, London.6,11,16
He died in 1877 at Coventry, Warwick.16
Civil Registration of Death reference is Dec V 6d p307. Aged 33 - Coventry,
Warwick.16
Sarah Elizabeth Burgar and Benjamin Cope had the following children:
| i. | Sarah Elizabeth Cope was born in 1869
in London.13
In the 1881 Census, she was living at 74 Craven St, St Michael, Coventry, Warwick.13 |
| ii. | Ellen Cope. |
| iii. | Eleanor Cope was born in 1872 in Aston,
Warwickshire.16 Civil Registration
of Births reference is Jun V 6d p 308 - Aston, Warwickshire16
|
| iv. | Edward
John Cope was born in 1873 in Coventry, Warwick.13,15
Civil Registration of Births reference is Mar V 6d p 481 - Coventry, Warwick16 In the 1881 Census, he was living at 74 Craven St, St Michael, Coventry, Warwick.13 In the 1901 Census, he was living at 19 Cottage Grove, St Andrews, Stockwell London. Gas Fiiters mate15 |
| v. | George
William Cope was born in 1875 in Coventry, Warwick.13,15
In the 1881 Census, he was living at 74 Craven St, St Michael, Coventry, Warwick. Scholar13 In the 1901 Census, he was living at 19 Cottage Grove, St Andrews, Stockwell London. Millwright15 |
Sarah Elizabeth (Burgar) Cope has the following children listed as
son and daughter:
| vi. | James
Cope was born in 1885 in Coventry, Warwick.15 Since Benjamin Cope died in 1877, it is possible that
James may not be the son of Sarah Elizabeth Cope (born 1846), but of her daughter
Sarah Elizabeth Cope born in 1869. Alternatively, his father may not be a Cope.
See Census 1891 and 1901 returns |
| vii. | Emily
Cope was born in 1888 in Coventry, Warwick.15 Since benjamin Cope died in 1877, it is possible that
James may not be the son of Sarah Elizabeth Cope (born 1846), but of her daughter
Sarah Elizabeth Cope born in 1869. Alternatively, his father may not be a Cope.
See Census 1891 and 1901 returns |