Family Tree of the Adlers, Edwardses, Hogans, Lipscombes and Olivers
William Monks (1800 - ), and Sarah Snowden (1809 - 1849)
| PARENTS | CHILDREN | |
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| William MONKS Born: c1800 |
Robert Monks Born: 16 Jul 1825, Parramatta district, NSW, Australia Died: |
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| Andrew Snowden Born: 3 Nov 1771, Southwark, London, England Christened: 1 Dec 1771, St George the Martyr, Southwark, London, England Died: 1 Nov 1883, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Buried: 2 Nov 1883, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Story Sarah Darke Born: c.1777, Gloucs, England Christened: 22 Mar 1778, Gloucester St Michael, Gloucester, England Died: 13 Jul 1828, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Buried: 14 Jul 1828, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Story |
Sarah SNOWDEN Born: 3 Aug 1809, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Christened: 28 Oct 1810, St John's Church, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Died: May 1849, Australia Story Ancestors 1st family | |
| W. Monks Source: Vicki Smith. S. Snowden Notes: was also known as Sarah Ann Snowden Source: Birth - Original record sighted [VS]. Christening - Cert. no. known but not obtained [VS]. Death - Details from family stories [VS]. |
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Story: Sarah Snowden (1809 - 1849)
From Vicki Smith, added to this site 16 Sep 2004
Sarah was keeping company with one of the soldiers that frequented her father's pub, and in 1826, she found herself pregnant to one of them by the name of Will Monks. But for some reason, he refused to marry her, and young John Dean who had always been a bit soft on Sarah agreed to marry her instead. But the baby arrived first, and was always known as Robert Monks-Dean. Both Sarah and John were only sixteen at the time.
After the baby's baptism, there is no mention of Robert until 1894, then only as "eldest child of John Dean", not as Robert [Obituary in Melbourne newspaper for John Dean].
Sarah, in whatever standard of residence the Deans had acquired, and with such equipment, clothing and food as they could obtain, cared for Robert (Monks) born 1825 and for Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, William J(ames), Mary Ann and John and the newest baby Martha born 28 Apr 1836. Surely she would have had some help with the little ones and the the work of the Inn, just as John would have employed a Yardman. Her own sister Mary Snowden had lived with the family from 1826.
In 1847 their son William James had his name withdrawn from his grandfather's will - William Dean Snr added a codicil to his will withdrawing a bequest "for his bad behaviour".
Between 1827 and 1849 Sarah and John produced 13 children - only two dying during infancy.
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