Sarah Ann Spens

   Ancestral File Number: 1VPP-KS.

  General Notes:

!Birth info came from Christenings of Gateshead parish 1663-1875 L-Z F#0472213 age 22 in 1851 cen of All Saints Parish of Newcastle born Gateshead, Durham Death Index 1909 Mar Quarter, Newcastle T. 10b, 70. Sarah married Thomas Matthews (1848 June Q, Newcastle T. XXV 457). Sarah Ann Matthews married Cuthbert Douse 1853 Jun Quarter, Newcastle T., 10b 78. Sarah Douse, widow, married John Stonehouse 1867, Sep Q, Newcastle T. 10b 121. Sarah apparently had returned to live with her family following Thomas Matthew's death and thus was in the census with them in 1851 with no children. 1891 Census Ref. RG 12 4194 folio 125 page 2, schedule 11:9, Ferguson's Court, Railway Street age 62 and spouse age 50, John Stonehouse, painter, and two male borders; Death Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Monday 31 January 1909, Westgate Cemetery Burial Register 1909, No. 21139 Sarah Stonehouse, 76 years, 16 Edward Street, bur. 4th Feb., no.163? Ward G.
Sarah's dau Isabella wrote that "Mother had ten of a family. I am the only one left (dec 1939)." Sarah and brother Thomas and family lived in York, according to Isabella.

Sarah married Thomas Reay Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Unknown, on 22 Jun 1848 in Newcastle/Tyne, Northumberland, England. (Thomas Reay Matthews was born about 1822 and died after Nov 1850.)

Sarah next married Cuthbert Douse, son of Cuthbert Douse and Unknown, on 7 Jun 1853 in St. Anne's, Newcastle/Tyne, Northumberland, England. (Cuthbert Douse was born on 30 Dec 1830 in Gateshead, Durham, England and died on 9 Jan 1862 in Westgate, Newcastle/Tyne, Northumberland, England.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1861, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Living at 61 Elswick East Terrace
Cuthbert is recorded as age 36 and from Newcastle which does not agree with birth record. Sarah Ann is listed as age 32 and also from Newcastle

Sarah next married John Stonehouse, son of Thomas Stonehouse and Unknown, on 2 Sep 1867 in St. John's, Newcastle/Tyne, Northumberland, England. (John Stonehouse was born about 1841 in Newcastle Tyne, Northumberland, England and died on 27 May 1920 in Westgate, Newcastle Tyne, Northumberland, England.)