Sarah RETFORD

Abt 1769 - 1854  (85 years)

• Name	Sarah RETFORD
  Birth	Abt 1769	Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire   [1]
  Gender	Female
  1841 Census	Workhouse Yard, Stevenage, Hertfordshire   [2]
  	Possibly aged "70" at 1841 Census. Not born in Hertfordshire. Probably widowed
  1851 Census	Letchmore Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire   [1]
  	At 1851 Census, she is 82, occ "Pauper", a widow
  Death	1854	Stevenage, Hertfordshire   [3]
  Burial	6 May 1854	Stevenage, Hertfordshire   [3]
  Person ID	I332	Webb
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Thomas IMPY,   b. Abt 1767, Willian, Hertfordshire d. 1832, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1790	Stevenage, Hertfordshire   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Thomas IMPEY,   b. Abt 1795, Benington, Hertfordshire d. 1805, Benington, Hertfordshire (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Charles Henry IMPEY,   b. Abt 1799, Benington, Hertfordshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth IMPEY,   b. Abt 1803, Benington, Hertfordshire d. 1856, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Henry IMPEY,   b. Abt 1805, Benington, Hertfordshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Thomas IMPEY,   b. Abt 1808, Benington, Hertfordshire d. 8 Dec 1874, Vine Cottage, Albion Gardens, Albion Rd, Hammersmith, Middlesex (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. George IMPEY,   b. Abt 1811, Benington, Hertfordshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1769 - Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire Marriage - 10 Oct 1790 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire Death - 1854 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire Burial - 6 May 1854 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The 1851 Census which gives her birth location is "Gamblingay", however there is no such place. Since the enumerator would not have known Cambridgshire, it is assumed that he misheard and/or Sarah (who was head of household) was not clear when she spoke. IGI has a Sarah RATFORD born to John and Ann, bapt 24/3/1780 at Gamlingay. So this is perhaps a transcription error, and she was bapt 1770? At the 1851 Census is her granddaughter Maria, aged 12, but no obvious link in 1841 Census or later.... The burial records say she was 85 when she died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S718] 1851 Census :- Letchmore Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. [S720] 1841 Census :- Workhouse Yard, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. [S719] Burial register :- Stevenage (1854). [S1139] IGI record of Marriage :- Thomas Impey - Sarah Retford (1790). [S1140] Marriage transcript :- Thomas Impey - Sarah Retford (1790).