1820
Baptised
9 April 1820 at Hemingbrough
April 9th 1820, Hemingbrough, East Yorkshire— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Sarah Caukill
1820 – ?
Sarah Caukill was born on 18 April 1820, daughter of Thomas Caukill. She married Robert Ardington on 20 February 1841.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Birth
- April 1820 Hemingbrough, East Yorkshire (Parish Records)
- Baptism
- April 9th 1820, Hemingbrough, East Yorkshire
- Marriage
- February 20th 1841, Hemingbrough to Robert Ardington (Parish Records)
- Death
- Not known
- Parents
- Thomas Caukill born Hemingbrough, Yorkshire Dinah Cousans born Wistow, Yorkshire
- Siblings
- Mary Ann Caukill baptised July 8th 1811 Hemingbrough Martha Caukill baptised February7th 1813 Hemingbrough (n. v.) Lydia Caukill baptised September 10th 1815, Hemingbrough (n. v.) Thomas Caukill baptised June 20 1818, died May 1819 Sarah Caukill baptised April 9th 1820, Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill, baptised October 3rd 1823 Hemingbrough (n. v.) William Caukill, baptised March 29 1826 Hemingbrough Hannah Caukill, baptised November 16th 1828, Hemingbrough
- Children
- Jane Ardington baptised August 25th 1842 Howden Ann Ardington baptised August 1 n 1844 Howden George Ardington baptised October 291844 Howden
- 1841
- Marries Robert Ardington in Howden on the 28th February 1841 'The marriage was not approved of by Sarah 's family who felt she was marrying beneath herself. Sarah 's family were landowning farmers, Robert was a joiner. ' Hilda Crabb, Granddaughter
- 1841c
- Living in Cliffe, Hemingbrough Robert Hardington (sic) aged 20, born 1821, Yorkshire Sarah Ardington aged 20, born 1821, Yorkshire Ellen Hill 1821, James Hill, 1821, Shoemaker Occupation of Robert: Joiner Immediate neighbour: Thomas Caukill, wife and children, Sarah's family
- 1847-1851
- Robert suffers bancruptcy and the family move to Manchester
- 1851c
- Living in Hulme, Manchester. Robert Ardington, Head, 1820, born Hogden (sic), Yorks Sarah Ardington, Wife, born 1821, Hemingbrough Jane Ardington Daughter born 1843, Hemingbrough George Ardington Son born 1846, Howden Thomas Buges, Lodger, born 1829, Healey, Lancashire George Parkinson, Lodger, born 1828, Barton Lincolnshire Samuel Parkinson, Lodger, born 1832, Barton, Lincolnshire Address: 13 Carlisle Street, Hulme Occupation of Robert: Joiner
- 1851-?
- Sarah was not happy with the marriage and the reduced circumstances in which she was living and ran away. Hilda Crabb great granddaugher No convincing trace of Sarah can be found after 1851 There is one possible entry on the 1871 census which is as follows: Living in Manchester Thomas Cawkill, Head, 1830 born Boston Lincolnshire Sarah Cawkill, Wife, born 1821, Hemingbrough Elizabeth Cawkill, Daughter, born 1860, Sale, Cheshire James Cawkill, Son born 1858, Manchester Occupation of Thomas Cawkill: Shoemaker There is no Thomas Caukill from Boston on previous census returns and there is no other Thomas Cawkill born Hemingbrough on this census although his brother William with whom he lived on the farm, is recorded.
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Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1820
Born
18 April 1820
April 1820 Hemingbrough, East Yorkshire (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Living in Cliffe, Hemingbrough Robert Hardington (sic) aged 20, born 1821, Yorkshire Sarah Ardington aged 20, born 1821, Yorkshire Ellen Hill 1821, James Hill, 1821, Shoemaker Occupation of Robert: Joiner Immediate neighbour: Thomas Caukill, wife and children, Sarah's family— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
Married Robert Ardington
20 February 1841
No. 51 —
February 20th — Robert Ardington / Sarah Caukill — both of full age — Bachelor / Spinster — Joiner / — — of Howden / Cliffe — fathers William Ardington, Shoemaker / Thomas Caukill, Farmer. Married by banns by Richard Paver, Vicar of Brayton. Both signed. Witnesses Elizabeth Mann and Henry Claybourn (William Newham, parish clerk).
— Marriage, 1841 — Hemingbrough (register and GRO copy)
"The marriage was not approved of by Sarah's family, who felt she was marrying beneath herself. Sarah's family were landowning farmers; Robert was a joiner." — Hilda Crabb. And of Manchester: "Sarah was not happy with the marriage and the reduced circumstances in which she was living, and ran away."— A marriage the wife's family disliked
Read at the image record Evidence
Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:
- Marriage, 1841 — Hemingbrough (register and GRO copy) — Yorkshire Marriages (findmypast) — Borthwick Institute, Hemingbrough parish register, marriages 1841, page 26, entry No. 51; read against Mum's GRO certified copy (MXA 955440). Both read at the image, 8 July 2026. Sarah signs her own name 'Caukill' — settling the house spelling — and both parties signed. read at the image
- A marriage the wife's family disliked — Family testimony recorded among Janet Brock's papers, attributed to Robert's granddaughter Hilda Crabb. family testimony
1847
In 1847
1847
Robert suffers bancruptcy and the family move to Manchester— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
Census · 1851
1851
Living in Hulme, Manchester. Robert Ardington, Head, 1820, born Hogden (sic), Yorks Sarah Ardington, Wife, born 1821, Hemingbrough Jane Ardington Daughter born 1843, Hemingbrough George Ardington Son born 1846, Howden Thomas Buges, Lodger, born 1829, Healey, Lancashire George Parkinson, Lodger, born 1828, Barton Lincolnshire Samuel Parkinson, Lodger, born 1832, Barton, Lincolnshire Address: 13 Carlisle Street, Hulme Occupation of Robert: Joiner
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
In 1851
1851
Sarah was not happy with the marriage and the reduced circumstances in which she was living and ran away. Hilda Crabb great granddaugher No convincing trace of Sarah can be found after 1851 There is one possible entry on the 1871 census which is as follows: Living in Manchester Thomas Cawkill, Head, 1830 born Boston Lincolnshire Sarah Cawkill, Wife, born 1821, Hemingbrough Elizabeth Cawkill, Daughter, born 1860, Sale, Cheshire James Cawkill, Son born 1858, Manchester Occupation of Thomas Cawkill: Shoemaker There is no Thomas Caukill from Boston on previous census returns and there is no other Thomas Cawkill born Hemingbrough on this census although his brother William with whom he lived on the farm, is recorded.
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Died
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.