See also
Name:
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Sophy
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
29 Sep 1864
Baptism:
9 Dec 1864 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England1 3
daughter of of Edward Ransom (labourer) and Eliza of Buxhall
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 6)
Worlds End Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England7
daughter living with her parents Edward and Eliza, and brother Edward. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 16)
Valley Farm, Valley Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England5
an unmarried general domestic servant living with Henry Boulter and family, and another servant. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 26)
near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England8
married (but she wasn't) daughter living with her widowed father Edward, sister Eliza, and brothers Robert and George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 36)
Worlds End Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England9
unmarried daughter as Sophy living in three rooms with her widowed father Edward. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 46)
near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England10
unmarried head of the household working as a general domestic help and living alone in three rooms. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 56 yrs 9 mns)
71 Chalk Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6
unmarried head of the household working as a laundress and living alone in four rooms. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 75)
71 Chalk Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England11
unmarried as Sophy doing domestic duties and living alone. Born on 29th September 1864 and living next door to her nephew Frederick Regent and family and her brother-in-law and sister Frederick and Eliza Regent
Death:
Q4 1950 (age 86)
Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England4
Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1864 quarter:4 volume:4a page:472. Cit. Date: 21 August 2022.
Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:706. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1950 quarter:4 volume:4b page:904. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1850 folio:12 page:18 schedule:88. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9324 registration district:207 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:406. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1732 folio:16 page:4 schedule:14. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:13 page:2 schedule:15. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1760 folio:17 page:6 schedule:38. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10684 class:RG78 piece:575 registration district:209 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:40. Cit. Date: 31 August 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6658J page:3 line:14 letter code:TYAF. Cit. Date: 21 September 2022.