Sarah Ann Watts was born on April 11, 1828, in Thundersley, England, the only child of Abraham and Mary Ann. Her father Abraham was a laborer. She married Alfred Phillip Gardiner. They were married on the 25 of April 1853 in the parish church in Hawkwell, Essex, England. Their marriage certificate lists Alfred Phillip’s occupation as a laborer and the son of Robert Gardiner, a shoe maker.
Alfred Phillip and Sarah had ten children in 19 years. They had five boys and five girls. They were John Watts, Matilda, Alfred, Emma, Elizabeth, Rachel, Walter, Robert, and Arthur. The 1871 census lists Alfred’s occupation as a Stockman. The 1881 census lists Alfred Phillip as a farm bailiff on Smith’s Farm and living at 18 Hockley Road.
Sarah Ann Watts Gardiner, was the first member of the family to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized 24 October 1855. Her husband, Alfred Phillip, did not join the church.
Four of their children, Sarah Ann, Mary Matilda, Alfred, and Emma, emigrated to America during the agricultural depression of the 1870’s. The Gardiner children well may have seen the promise of a new life in the USA as an escape from the hunger that they would have been suffering in Hawkwell, when there was little work for their father, Alfred. In the 1870’s people continued to leave the area because of bad farming conditions, the fall in the price of wheat, the high tithe rate and the lack of clean drinking water.
She died on July 10, 1915, in Hockley, England, at the age of 87.
Alfred Phillip and Sarah had ten children in 19 years. They had five boys and five girls. They were John Watts, Matilda, Alfred, Emma, Elizabeth, Rachel, Walter, Robert, and Arthur. The 1871 census lists Alfred’s occupation as a Stockman. The 1881 census lists Alfred Phillip as a farm bailiff on Smith’s Farm and living at 18 Hockley Road.
Sarah Ann Watts Gardiner, was the first member of the family to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized 24 October 1855. Her husband, Alfred Phillip, did not join the church.
Four of their children, Sarah Ann, Mary Matilda, Alfred, and Emma, emigrated to America during the agricultural depression of the 1870’s. The Gardiner children well may have seen the promise of a new life in the USA as an escape from the hunger that they would have been suffering in Hawkwell, when there was little work for their father, Alfred. In the 1870’s people continued to leave the area because of bad farming conditions, the fall in the price of wheat, the high tithe rate and the lack of clean drinking water.
She died on July 10, 1915, in Hockley, England, at the age of 87.
Sarah Ann Watts was born on April 11, 1828, in Thundersley, England, the only child of Abraham and Mary Ann. Her father Abraham was a laborer. She married Alfred Phillip Gardiner. They were married on the 25 of April 1853 in the parish church in Hawkwell, Essex, England. Their marriage certificate lists Alfred Phillip’s occupation as a laborer and the son of Robert Gardiner, a shoe maker.
Alfred Phillip and Sarah had ten children in 19 years. They had five boys and five girls. They were John Watts, Matilda, Alfred, Emma, Elizabeth, Rachel, Walter, Robert, and Arthur. The 1871 census lists Alfred’s occupation as a Stockman. The 1881 census lists Alfred Phillip as a farm bailiff on Smith’s Farm and living at 18 Hockley Road.
Sarah Ann Watts Gardiner, was the first member of the family to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized 24 October 1855. Her husband, Alfred Phillip, did not join the church.
Four of their children, Sarah Ann, Mary Matilda, Alfred, and Emma, emigrated to America during the agricultural depression of the 1870’s. The Gardiner children well may have seen the promise of a new life in the USA as an escape from the hunger that they would have been suffering in Hawkwell, when there was little work for their father, Alfred. In the 1870’s people continued to leave the area because of bad farming conditions, the fall in the price of wheat, the high tithe rate and the lack of clean drinking water.
She died on July 10, 1915, in Hockley, England, at the age of 87.
Alfred Phillip and Sarah had ten children in 19 years. They had five boys and five girls. They were John Watts, Matilda, Alfred, Emma, Elizabeth, Rachel, Walter, Robert, and Arthur. The 1871 census lists Alfred’s occupation as a Stockman. The 1881 census lists Alfred Phillip as a farm bailiff on Smith’s Farm and living at 18 Hockley Road.
Sarah Ann Watts Gardiner, was the first member of the family to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized 24 October 1855. Her husband, Alfred Phillip, did not join the church.
Four of their children, Sarah Ann, Mary Matilda, Alfred, and Emma, emigrated to America during the agricultural depression of the 1870’s. The Gardiner children well may have seen the promise of a new life in the USA as an escape from the hunger that they would have been suffering in Hawkwell, when there was little work for their father, Alfred. In the 1870’s people continued to leave the area because of bad farming conditions, the fall in the price of wheat, the high tithe rate and the lack of clean drinking water.
She died on July 10, 1915, in Hockley, England, at the age of 87.
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