See also

Sophia Ranson (1864-1950)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a laundress5 6

  • Birth:

  • 29 Sep 1864

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England2 7 5 8 9 10 6 11

  • 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

Sources

1.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

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.

10.

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.

11.

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.