George KINGHAM (c1817-1868) and Sarah NASH (c1822-1860)
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George Kingham (C1817 - 1868)
Spouse : Sarah Nash (1823 - 1860)
George and Sarah Kingham were my 2nd Maternal Great-Grandparents - 5th Generation
1. Nola Irene Warren
2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford
3. .... .... George Dixie Ford & Sarah Jane West
4. .... .... .... Joseph Samuel Ford & Marianette Kingham
5. .... .... .... .... George Kingham & Sarah Nash
Born C 1817 at Wheathamstead, HertfordshireBaptised 1824, November 7Father James Kingham (1787 - 1866)Mother Maria Taylor (.... - 1819)MarriedSpouse Sarah Nash
Death 1869, December 31 in the Union Workhouse in Saint Albans.Born 1823, October 23Baptised 1823, November 23 at Wheathamstead, HertfordshireFather William Nash (1794 - ....)Mother Elizabeth SpikeslyDeath 1860, April 20 at their home at St. Albans Road, Wheathamstead.Cause of Death Severe feverAge at Death 43 yearsChildren 1. George Kingham (1853 - ....)
2. Alfred Kingham (1855 - 1855)3. Jesse Kingham (1857 - 1857)4. Caroline Millicent Kingham (1858 - ....)5. Marianette Kingham (1859 - 1916)
George Kingham and Sarah Nash
1823 - Birth - Sarah Nash
England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980Name Sarah NashGender FemaleChristening Age 0Birth Date 25 Oct. 1823Christening Date 23 Nov. 1823Christening Place Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandFather William NashMother Elizabeth Nash
1824 - Birth – George Kingham
George Kingham was born on October 8, 1824 at Wheathamstead, Hertford, Hertfordshire in UK. His father was James Kingham and his mother Maria, nee Taylor. First name(s) GeorgeLast name KinghamGender MaleBirth year 1824Birth place -Baptism year 1824Baptism date 07 Nov 1824Place WheathampsteadCounty HertfordshireCountry EnglandFather's first name(s) JamesFather's last name KinghamMother's first name(s) MariaMother's last name -Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish RecordsSubcategory Parish BaptismsCollections from England, Great BritainSource: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 www.findmypast.co.uk
1824 - Baptism - George Kingham, Wheathampstead
George was christened on November 7, 1824. George was born into a large family, possible one of at least seven children. His parents were ordinary working-class people surviving as best they could.
Education
It is doubtful that George received any worth-while education. It is most likely he was sent out to earn a living by laboring wherever he could find work, probably by the age of 10 years. Sarah’s education would more likely to have come from her mother at home, learning the straw plaiting techniques used for straw hats, straw bonnets and straw dollies.
1841 - Census - George Kingham
By 15 years of age, George Kingham was working as an Agricultural Labourer in 1841 at a farm in Sandridge in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. It must have been a large farm occupied by the farmer, aged 40, his wife and five children and ten servants, most of whom were agricultural labourers, the oldest of whom as 25 years old and the youngest just 8 years old, a common lot for boys from poor families.I think George would not have been tall and by our standards even regarded as ‘short’ or ‘stocky’, but work on the farms from an early age would have developed his muscles and strength. From photographs of his daughter Marianette my guess is that George would have had dark or even black hair with a swarthy complexion.
1841 - Census - Sarah Nash
At the time of the 1841 census, Sarah was 15 years old and living with her parents and siblings at Wheathamstead Hill.
Sarah Nash in the 1841 England CensusName Age OccupationWilliam Nash 40 CarpenterElizabeth Nash 40George Nash 15 CarpenterSarah Nash 15Charlotte Nash 13Joseph Nash 10 Agricultural LabourerJames Nash 8Harriett Nash 4
1851 - Census
By 1851 when George was 26 years old, he was working as a Ploughman at Grove Farm in Wheathamstead, a property of more than 480 acres.
The land in Hertfordshire is largely on a clay sub-soil, so much of its land, though rich, is "heavy" and not well-suited to crop cultivation with a plough. However, the county did grow good barley crops which later became important for the brewing trade.
George Kingham in the 1851 England CensusName Age Relationship OccupationThomas House 27 Head Unmarried Farmer of 480 acresSarah House 30 Sister At homeHariett Kidman 22 Cousin At homeMary A Smith 26 Servant House ServantHannah Smith 19 Servant House ServantGeorge Kingham 26 Servant Unmarried PloughmanJames Allen 17 Servant HousekeeperWilliam Humphrey 49 Servant Ploughman
George worked on various farms until 1851 when he was 25 years old, by which time he was strong enough to work as a ploughman.
The plough was harnessed to one or two horses who pulled the contraption across the paddocks to churn up the top soil ready for planting. The ploughman needed to be strong enough to handle two horses as well as guide the plough. Very hard work for 10 or 12 hours each day for which he would have earned a small wage and keep.
1851 - Census - Sarah Nash
By 1851, Sarah’s mother was dead and Sarah was living with her widowed father and two sisters at 89 Wheathamstead Hill
Sarah Nash in the 1851 England CensusName Age Relationship OccupationWilliam Nash 62 Head Widower CarpenterSarah Nash 26 Daughter Straw PlaiterCharlotte Nash 23 Daughter Straw PlaiterHarriet Nash 14 Daughter Straw PlaiterJohn Odell 62 Lodger Agricultural Labourer
1854 - Marriage
At the age of 29 years, George Kingham married Sarah Nash also 29 at St. Albans, Wheathamstead. Sarah’s father was William and her mother, Elizabeth Spikesly. As far as I have been able to discern, George Kingham and Sarah Nash had four or five children.
1. George Kingham
First name(s) GEORGELast name KINGHAMBirth year 1853Birth quarter 2Registration month -Mother's maiden name NashDistrict St. AlbansCounty HertfordshireCountry EnglandVolume 3APage 242Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish RecordsSubcategory Civil BirthsCollections from Great Britain, EnglandSource: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 www.findmypast.co.uk
3. Jesse KinghamFirst name(s) ALFREDLast name KINGHAMBirth year 1855Birth quarter 4Registration month -Mother's maiden name NashDistrict St. AlbansCounty HertfordshireCountry EnglandVolume 3APage 245Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish RecordsSubcategory Civil BirthsCollections from Great Britain, EnglandSource: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 www.findmypast.co.uk
First name(s) JESSELast name KINGHAMBirth year 1857Birth quarter 1Registration month -Mother's maiden name NashDistrict St. AlbansCounty HertfordshireCountry EnglandVolume 3APage 270Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish RecordsSubcategory Civil BirthsCollections from Great Britain, EnglandSource: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 www.findmypast.co.uk
5. Caroline Millicent Kingham
First name(s) MARIANETTELast name KINGHAMBirth year 1859Birth quarter 1Registration month -Mother's maiden name NashDistrict St. AlbansCounty HertfordshireCountry EnglandVolume 3APage 284Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish RecordsSubcategory Civil BirthsCollections from Great Britain, EnglandSource: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 www.findmypast.co.uk
Most, if not all of George and Sarah’s babies died shortly after birth, most at three months old, except perhaps Marianette.
1860 - Death - Sarah
Not long after the birth of her daughter, Marianette, Sarah Kingham, nee Nash died of fever, probably associated with the recent birth. Sarah died on April 20, 1860 at their home at St. Albans Road, Wheathamstead. She was 38 years old and the wife of George Kingham, agricultural labourer. Sarah had been married for just seven years, had given birth to at least four children, all of whom she had buried as babies except her last child, her daughter, Marianette. Present at her death was a woman named Sarah Young. Was this woman related to either George or Sarah? 
1861 - Census
Just a year after the death of his wife, Sarah, George Kingham, still listed as an agricultural worker, and now a widower, was living with William Peacock at 31 Lower Hill Cottage in Wheathamstead together with his 3-year-old daughter, listed as Millicent, but perhaps Marionette. William Peacock was the husband of Mary Ann Ford, daughter of1869 – Death of George Kingham
George Kingham died at the age of 43 years in 1869 on December 31. At the time of his death he was living in the Union Workhouse in Saint Albans. He developed a severe fever – brought on by an infection or other disease perhaps – and was taken to the Workhouse Infirmary where he died in the presence of a stranger after 18 days of his illness.