Listed in the IGI
Sarah Symondson, father Philip Symondson, mother Sarah, born 12 May 1854, christening 27 May 1854, Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England.
Parish of St Pancras records
Sarah child of Philip and Sarah Symondson, born May 12, 1854, baptized May 27, 1854, abode Workhouse, father has no occupation.
London Poor Law Records
St. Pancras, Camden
Register of Workhouse Inmates
Sarah Symondson, age 36, labor, came in April 30, 1854, went out June 5, 1854
Sarah Symondson, born May 8, 1854 [this date conflicts with her baptism records], no date for went out [presumably the same as her mother]
Philip Symondson, age 46, brass turner, came in July 6, 1854, went out August 2, 1854
Sarah Symondson, age 36, servant, July 6, 1854 to August 28, 1854
Clara Symondson, age 15, July 6, 1854 to August 14, 1854
Philip Symondson, age 6, July 6, 1854 to August 28, 1854
Emma Symondson, age 2 1/2, July 6, 1854 to August 28, 1854
Sarah Symondson, age 2 months, July 6, 1854 to August 28, 1854
London Poorhouse Records
St. Pancras, Camden, London
Sarah Symondson, age 41, address 27 Cromes Street, occupation Charing, admitted May 30 1859, by Mr. Whittaker, able, discharged August 20 1859
her 2 children
Emma Symondson, age 7, discharged June 4, 1859 to First gate
Sarah Symondson, age 5, discharged August 20 1859 with mother
London Workhouse Records. St Pancras 1866-67
Sarah Symondson, age 50, residence 13 Norfolk Street, admitted September 22, discharged June 18, 1867
Sarah Symondson, age 11, residence 13 Norfolk Street, admitted September 22, discharged October 30, 1866 to Forest Gate School
In the 1871 census
Sarah Symondson, servant, unmarried, age 16, domestic servant, born London Middlesex.
She is living with Edward Stephens a Grocer and his family at 5 Cosmo Place, St Giles registration district, St George Bloomsbury subdistrict, London.
New Zealand Marriage Index
Married 1882, New Zealand
Sarah Symondson and
Joseph SolomonThe following was shared on ancestry by karencwebb62
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Nzhistory.govt.nzS. Solomon | NZHistory, New Zealand history online. Cruel or Desperate: Judah Solomon
Given Address Maclaggan Street. City/Region: Dunedin
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Sarah Symondson was born on12 May 1854 in London, England - the daughter of Philip Symondson, a bell founder, and Sarah Meredith.
Sarah arrived in Canterbury in 1872 on the Lady Jocelyn.
In 1882 Sarah married Joseph Solomon and they had five children together. They separated by June 1893 when Sarah charged Joseph with failing to provide his children with adequate means of support.
In October 1894 Sarah charged Joseph’s father Isaac Solomon of neglect. Her reasoning was that Isaac ‘kept & maintained at his house the father of the children, who was an able bodied man, and if he were able to do that he ought also to be in a position to aid his helpless grandchildren.’
Sarah stated that she kept a clothes shop and registry office - the profits of which only paid the rent. She had not seen her husband for two months, but her friends helped her keep the children and she also had money from the Benevolent Institution. Isaac replied that at his house there were three adults and 10 children plus a servant girl, and that he was also paying to keep another son at the asylum. If he did not keep Joseph he would starve as he could not find work. The case was dismissed.
Sarah continued charging Joseph with lack of maintenance until 1910 when the magistrate pointed out that as Joseph was in the Benevolent Institute an order could not be made against him. They were next in court in 1911 when Joseph had work to go to in the county and was ,promising to pay.
Sarah’s 20 year old daughter died in 1907 and a son died in 1918 during the war in France.
Joseph died in 1935 t the Dunedin Hospital. Sarah died on 18 July 1947, she was cremated and her ashes were scattered.
Sources
BDM online NZ
https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records
http://www.denedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-searchFamily Search
https://wwwfamilysearch.orgOtago Nominal Index
http://mavin.otago.ac.nzPapers Past
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