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Hi, I'm trying to find out more about my great grandmother SARAH ANN CALLOWAY who married JAMES BERRY (1857-1915) in 1884 and had 8 children, my grandmother Hilda being the youngest. They lived in Union Street in Rugby. In one census her birthplace says Horton Oxfordshire, other records say Banbury Oxfordshire. There is a possible Southam connection (the 1881 census has a Sarah Ann Calloway b. 1863/4 married to a James Berry in Southam). Also a suggestion her father could be a GEORGE FREDERICK CALLOWAY. But nothing confirmed.Any information would be much appreciated. Thankyou and good wishes, Nicky.

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Sarah Ann Calaway in household of Charles Calaway, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
Name: Sarah Ann Calaway
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Hornton, Oxfordshire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
Sub-District: Leighton Buzzard
Parish: Linslade
County: Bedfordshire
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Charles Calaway M 34 Great Milton, Oxfordshire
Wife Ann Calaway F 32 North Newington, Oxfordshire
Daughter Sarah Ann Calaway F 9 Hornton, Oxfordshire
Son Charles Calaway M 6 Banbury, Oxfordshire
Son William Calaway M 4 Linslade, Buckinghamshire
Son Thomas Calaway M 1 Linslade, Buckinghamshire

Could you just check your facts as if they married in 1884 she could not be married to James Berry on the 1881 census.
There is a Sarah Calloway in 1881 born in Napton, Warwickshire, living in Southam., presumably the illegitimate daughter of Matilda Calloway. This appears to be a different girl to the one found by Pam.

Name: Sarah Calloway
Age (Original): 17
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1864
Birthplace: Napton, Warwickshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Grand Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Field Woman (Ag)
Address: Temple End
Event Place: Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household

Head Ann Calloway F 84 Brailes, Warwickshire, England
Daughter Matilda Calloway F 45 Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Grand Daughter Elizabeth Calloway F 23 Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England
Grand Daughter Rebecca Calloway F 20 Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England
Grand Daughter Sarah Calloway F 17 Napton, Warwickshire, England
Grand Son Frederick Calloway M 11 Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Grand Son Amos Calloway M 9 Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Grand Son John Calloway M 3 Harbury, Warwickshire,
Great Grand Son Henry Calloway M 2 Harbury, Warwickshire, England

Sarah Ann Callaway in household of Edward Marmaduke Stanley, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Sarah Ann Callaway
Age (Original): 19
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1862
Birthplace: Hornton, Oxfordshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Servant
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Cook (Dom)
Address: The Vicerage
Event Place: Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341735
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3080 / 8
Page Number: 10
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edward Marmaduke Stanley M 71 Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Wife Kathleen Jane Stanley F 39 Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Nephew John Neville West M 12 London, Middlesex, England
Visitor Honor Stockdale F 62 , Norfolk, England
Servant Sarah Ann Callaway F 19 Hornton, Oxfordshire, England
Servant Mary Ann Ross F 17 , Forfar, England

1911 census transcription details for: 25 Union St Rugby
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National Archive Reference:

RG14PN18598 RG78PN1112 RD391 SD1 ED13 SN228
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District: 13
Address: 25 Union St Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
BERRY, James Head Married M 54 1857 Bricklayer Stretton on Dungmore Warwickshire
BERRY, Sarah Ann Wife Married
26 years F 49 1862 Banbury Oxfordshire
BERRY, Amy Daughter Single F 25 1886 Charge Hand Filament Rugby Warwickshire
BERRY, James William Son Single M 21 1890 Plumber Rugby Warwickshire
BERRY, Edith Ellen Daughter Single F 18 1893 Filament Cutter Rugby Warwickshire
BERRY, Harry Son Single M 17 1894 Shop Assistant Rugby Warwickshire
BERRY, Arthur Charles Son Single M 11 1900 School Rugby Warwickshire
BERRY, Hilda May Daughter F 7 1904 School Rugby Warwickshire



1901 census transcription details for: 25, Union Street, Rugby
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 2918
Folio: 45
Page: 31
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District: 28
Ecclesiastical District: Rugby St Matthews
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 25, Union Street, Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
BERRY, James Head Married M 44 1857 Bricklayer
Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire
BERRY, Sarah Ann Wife Married F 39 1862 Grocery Shopkeeper
Hornton, Oxfordshire
BERRY, Amy Daughter Single F 15 1886
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Alice B Daughter F 13 1888 At School
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, James Wm Son M 11 1890 At School
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Harry Son M 7 1894 At School
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Herbert M Son M 4 1897 At School
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Arthur C Son M 1 1900
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Edith E Daughter F 8 1893 At School
Rugby, Warwickshire



1891 census transcription details for: 25, Union Street, Rugby
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12
Piece: 2457
Folio: 42
Page: 27
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District: 17
Ecclesiastical District: St Matthews
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 25, Union Street, Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
BERRY, James Head Married M 34 1857 Bricklayer
Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire
BERRY, Sarah Ann Wife Married F 29 1862 General Shop Keeper
Banbury, Oxfordshire
BERRY, Amy Daughter Single F 5 1886
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Alice Brenda Daughter Single F 3 1888
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, James William Son Single M 1 1890
Rugby, Warwickshire
BERRY, Jane Sister Single F 31 1860 Domestic Servant
Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire

I can't see a birth which fits.
This is the only one in Oxfordshire which is even close:

Births Jun 1860 (>99%)
Cowley Sarah Ann Banbury 3a 639

Searching FreeBMD for Sarah Callaway, between 1860 and 1864, in Oxfordshire, with phonetic search on surnames, these are the only ones that come up:

Births Jun 1860 (>99%)
Cowley Sarah Ann Banbury 3a 639

Births Sep 1864 (>99%)
COWLEY Sarah Ann Woodstock 3a 576

Hornton is in the Banbury registration district, so both place-names mentioned in the censuses are correct.

James in 1881? Pam's already posted Sarah Ann in 1881.


1881 census transcription details for: 33, (The Squirrel), Church Street, Rugby
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11
Piece: 3078
Folio: 42
Page: 13
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 33, (The Squirrel), Church Street, Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
HILLGROVE, S Head Widow F 46 1835 Innkeeper
Oxford, Oxfordshire
HILLGROVE, H Son Single M 18 1863 Grocers Assistant
Rugby, Warwickshire
HILLGROVE, L Daughter Single F 13 1868 Scholar
Rugby, Warwickshire
HILLGROVE, E Son Single M 11 1870 Scholar
Rugby, Warwickshire
LEWIS, J Adopted Son Single M 5 1876 Scholar
Rugby, Warwickshire
KNIGHT, C Sister Single F 45 1836 Dressmaker
London, Middlesex
INGRAM, W Boarder Married M 28 1853 Railway Engine Driver
Birmingham, Warwickshire
>>BERRY, J Boarder Single M 21 1860 Bricklayer
Stretton, Warwickshire
TURNER, R Boarder Single M 22 1859 Groom (8/-)
Wallington, Surrey

This is the only Berry/Calloway (or variant) marriage on FreeBmD, which is the one Nicky has already found:

Marriages Jun 1884 (>99%)
Berry James Rugby 6d 745 CALLOWAY Sarah Ann Rugby 6d 745

Buying the marriage certificate would at least (presumably) give her father's name.

Wow, my pc crashed and by time I've got back you have all the info.

Like everyone else unable to find birth, Registration not compulsory so there may not be one.

There is a Sarah Ann Calloway born 1863 Southam district, she does not match your Sarah Ann who would have been born in the Banbury district.

The census for 1871 and 1881 fit. Giving Sarah born in Hornton and working in the Rugby area in 1881

This appears to be the death of the daughter of Matilda.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Sarah Ann Calloway
Name: Sarah Ann Calloway
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1884
Age at Death: 21
Registration district: Southam
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 416

If Charles Calloway was indeed her father (if we've got the right Sarah Ann in 1871), then she can't be the Sarah Ann Cowley born 1860, as Charles is unmarried in 1861:



1861 England Census about Charles Calaway
Name: Charles Calaway
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Neithrop
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: blacksmith

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Banbury
Sub-registration district: Banbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 13e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 196
Piece: 920
Folio: 19
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Calaway 24

Charles and Ann (Pam's posting for the 1871) have also moved the family to Rugby.


1881 census transcription details for: 8, Lower St), Hillmorton
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11
Piece: 3080
Folio: 23
Page: 10
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Crick
Parish: Hillmorton
Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 8, Lower St), Hillmorton
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
CALAWAY, Charles Head Married M 45 1836 Blacksmith
Gt Milton, Oxfordshire
CALAWAY, Ann Wife Married F 42 1839 Blacksmith Wife
Nth Newington, Oxfordshire
CALAWAY, William Son Single M 14 1867 Errand Boy
Linslade, Buckinghamshire
CALAWAY, Thomas Son Single M 11 1870 Scholar
Linslade, Buckinghamshire


1891 census transcription details for: 13, Bath Street, Rugby
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12
Piece: 2458
Folio: 27
Page: 47
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District: 21
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrews
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 13, Bath Street, Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
CALLAWAY, Charles Head Married M 56 1835 Blacksmith
Great Milton, Oxfordshire
CALLAWAY, Ann Wife Married F 52 1839
North Newington, Oxfordshire
CALLAWAY, William Son Married M 24 1867 Fireman Railway Engine
Linslade, Buckinghamshire
CALLAWAY, Susan Daughter In Law Married F 22 1869
Lawford, Warwickshire
CALLAWAY, Thomas Grandson M 1 1890
Rugby, Warwickshire

You beat me to it argyllgran, just about to say the same.

???

Marriages Sep 1864 (>99%)
>>>>>>>> Calaway Charles Banbury 3a 975
Frost Sarah Ann Banbury 3A 975
Hawkins William Banbury 3a 975
>>>>>>>>>>Hitchcox Ann Banbury 3a 975

Well done! Perhaps

Civil Registration event: Birth
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Name: HITCHCOX, Sarah Ann
Registration district: Banbury
County: Oxfordshire
Year of registration: 1862
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 3A
Page no: 624

Wow, that's a lot of information posted, many thanks to you all for your searches and thoughts, I very much appreciate it. Good wishes, Nicky :-)

p.s. ... and the more I check, the more I think that Horton to Rugby connection is correct, so now I've fixed Sarah Ann I can explore more. Big thanks!! Nicky