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O'SHAUGHNESSY, Sarah Jane
1874 - 1948 (73 years) Has no ancestors but 7 descendants in this family tree.
1874 - 1956 (82 years)-
Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, Sarah Jane Birth 25 Apr 1874 Aldershot, Hampshire, England 
Gender Female Name Sarah May Death 1948 Surrey South Western Registration District, Surrey Person ID I3892 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family HALL, Walter Edwin, b. 29 Jan 1874, Frimley, Surrey d. 1 Feb 1956, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 82 years) Marriage 19 Sep 1897 Enfield Highway, Middlesex, England Children 1. HALL, Bruce Walter, b. 9 Dec 1898, Farnborough, Hampshire d. 1975, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HALL, Laurence Edwin, b. 30 Aug 1900, Farnborough, Hampshire d. 1977, Surrey Northwestern Registration District (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. HALL, Alva May, b. 1902, Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire d. 1995 (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HALL, Ronald Olaf, b. 1907 d. 1997 (Age 90 years) 5. HALL, Freda Constance, b. 23 Jan 1910, Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire d. 2004, North East Hampshire Registration District, Hampshire (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. HALL, Eric, b. 1911, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d. 1942, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 31 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. HALL, Pamela Florence Evelyn, b. 1915, Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire d. 14 Jul 2013, Huish Champflower, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England (Age 98 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1269 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SARAH MAY HALL nee O'SHAUGHNESSY 1874-1948
Sarah Jane O'SHAUGHNESSY, daughter of William O'SHAUGHNESSY and his wife Sarah née BROWN, was born at Union Cottages, Aldershot, Hampshire, on 25 April 1874. William O'SHAUGHNESSY was described as a lamp lighter of Union Cottages, Aldershot.
(GRO June 1874 Farnham 2a 93)
According to her daughter Pamela GORMLEY nee HALL she was born on St. George's Day, 23 April.
The 1881 census of 1 Firtree Cottages, Aldershot, Hampshire:
William O'SHAUGHNESSY, head, aged 59, pensioner, born in Ireland;
Sarah O'SHAUGHNESSY, wife, aged 39, laundress, born in Ireland;
Mary A. O'SHAUGHNESSY, daughter, aged 13, born at Winchester, Hampshire;
Richard O'SHAUGHNESSY, son, aged 10, born at Aldershot;
*Sarah Jane O'SHAUGHNESSY, daughter, aged 7, born at Aldershot;
George R. O'SHAUGHNESSY, son, aged 1, born at Aldershot.
(RG11/781/69/50)
Walter Edwin HALL married Sarah May (sic) O'SHAUGHNESSY at St. James Church, Enfield Highway, Middlesex, on 19 September 1897. She was a 22 year old spinster from Enfield Highway, and daughter of William O'SHAUGHNESSY, deceased. Walter Edwin HALL was described as a 23 year old bachelor, a farmer of Enfield Highway, and son of Frederick HALL, farmer. Witnesses were Alexander George BRUCE and Emily Harriett BRUCE.
(marriage certificate).
The 1901 census return for 3 Clyde Terrace, Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, taken on 31 March 1901:
Walter HALL, head, aged 27, dairyh.....(?) (milk) on own account, born at Frimley, Surrey;
*May HALL, wife, aged 26, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Bruce HALL, son, aged 2, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
Laurence HALL, son, aged 7 months, born at Farnborough, Hampshire.
(RG13/1103/107/10)
From the 1939 Register of 206 Lynchford Road, Farnborough, Hampshire:
Walter E. HALL, born 29 January 1874, dairy farmer, married;
*Sarah M. HALL, born 23 April 1875, married, unpaid domestic duties;
Pamela E. F. HALL, born 19 August 1915, single, woman auxiliary service.
(RG101/2337K/ 009/35 EDKE)
The death of a Sarah M. HALL aged 73 was registered in 1948.
(GRO September 1948 Surrey SW 5g 695)
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