| Birth | Sarah Jane Eaton was born 1 June 1828 in Maidstone, Kent, England. |
| INFO | BAPTISM. Maidstone Union St. Wesleyan. 1828. Sarah Jane the dau. of Edward Eaton of Maidstone in the Parish of Maidstone...gardener and of Mary his wife who was the dau of Thomas and Grace Farmer was born 1 June 1828 and baptized 6 Jul 1828. (MaidUniPR LDS597065#1 Bap #149.) |
| Marriage | She married Samuel Francis Seymour, son of Aaron Crossley Seymour and Margaret Brown, 7 May 1851 in Calcutta, Bengal, India. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE RECORD. Marriages solemnized at Old Church Fort William in Bengal. 7 May 1851. Samuel Francis Seymour 31, widower, clerk in Agra Bank, residence Entally, father Aaron Crossley Seymour. Sarah Jane Eaton, 22 spinster, residence Entally, father Edward Eaton. Marr by license, witnesses present - G. Pearce, E.M. Seymour, I. (or J.?) Thomas, H. P. Marshall, by Henry Thomas, Senr. Chaplain. (InBengalPR LDS0498989 79:314.) |
| INFO | MARRIAGE in DIRECTORY. 9 May 1851 Calcutta, S F Seymour, esq to Miss Sarah Jane Eaton. Bengal & Agra Directory pub S. Smith & Co, 1852. (BengMarr1851.) |
| INFO | BIRTHDAY June 1, 1853 for Mrs. Seymour noted by Emily Gates Eaton in New Zealand. (EmilyDia1853.) |
| Note | NOTE: 1871 to Victoria per death cert (41 years in Victoria in Nov 1912.) |
| Death | Sarah Jane Eaton died 16 November 1912 in East Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, at age 84. |
| INFO | BURIAL on 18 Nov 1912 in Baptist section 'B' number 260 in Boroondara General Cemetery [later known as Kew Cemetery], Kew, Victoria. Husband Samuel Francis Seymour and daughter Grace Seymour are buried in the same gravesite. (CorresCASHA e-mail 20Oct2006.) |
| INFO | BURIAL PLOT PHOTOS, Boroondara Cemetery (aka Kew Cemetery), Kew, Victoria, Australia. Baptist Section "B" grave 260. Burials in the plot: Samuel Francis Seymour, buried 24Sep 1902; Sarah Seymour, buried 18 Nov 1912; Grace Seymour, buried 6 Jan 1933. (CorresCASHA email 18Oct2006 2 photos.) |
| INFO | DEATH NOTICE. The Age [Melbourne]. Mon, 18 Nov 1912. SEYMOUR --On the 16th November, at her residence, Myrtle-road, East Camberwell, Sarah Jane, relict of the late Samuel Francis Seymour, aged 84 years. (AgeMelbourne 18 Nov 1912, page 1.) |
| INFO | DEATH CERTIFICATE. Victoria, Balwyn District #684. d. 16 Nov 1912 at Myrtle Road, Canterbury, town of Camberwell, county of Bourke. Sarah Jane Seymour; profession: not any. female, 84 years. cause: senile decay, duration not stated. Dr. D.M. Paton, last seen 16 Nov 1912. Father --- Eaton, profession not known. Mother Mary Eaton, maiden surname Turner [sic - error]. Informant Otto Preuss, authorised agent, Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. Registrar Jno Geo Cook. Reg 20 Nov 1912 Balwyn. Burial 18 Nov 1912 Boroondara Cemetery, undertaker Otto Preuss & Sons. Witnesses: Thomas Powell, Arthur Newport. Born Gladstone, England. 41 years in Victoria. Marriage Calcutta India, age 24 years to Samuel Francis Seymour. Issue: Samuel Percy 59, Edward Leslie 57, Mary Ann Sarah 56, Ellen 54, Iris 51, Grace 49, Francis [sic] Margaret decs, Francis [sic] Margaret 42. (VicDeaCert 1912:12949.) |
| INFO | PROBATE APPL INDEX Victoria Australia. Sarah J. Seymour, late of Canterbury, widow, d. 16 Nov 1912. Probate granted 6 Dec 1912. 127:83. (VicProbAppl LDS209299 127:83.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX AUST Death Sarah Jane Seymour. Father Eaton. Mother Mary Turner. d.age 84 at Balwyn. Reg 1912 #12949. (VicBDMEdw.) |
Sarah Jane Eaton