What happened to them?

[Smoosh]

I've recently started doing my family tree and I'm currently working on the maternal side. My great grandmother was called Ruth Badrick, she was born in 1888 to William Badrick and Sarah Kempster (at least, I'm about 95% sure that's her surname!). On the 1891 census William and Sarah are living at 9 Charles Street, Tring, Hertfordshire with Ruth and their 7 other children (if you have Ancestry it can be viewed here http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=21719265). On the 1901 census there is no record of Sarah. William is living at a different address (Still in Tring but I can't make it out on the census) with 5 of the previous children and a further two that were born in 1894 and 1899. I'm not even sure if the youngest children were Sarah's, I'm just assuming they were. William now lists himself as widowed so it definitely seems as though she died in between the census', however, with the youngest child being born in 1899, that would've made Sarah about 45 years old, so I wonder if that had something to do with her death. Their 1901 census is here http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...c=&pid=7756125 The problem is that I can't seem to find any record of Sarah's death, I believe she was born in 1855 and would have died between 1899 and 1901. Unless she was in fact still alive and had moved somewhere else, but I'm not sure why William would then declare himself as widowed on the census.

I'm also stuggling to find out what happened to William after the 1901 census. Two of his children, possibly more that I haven't researched yet, were enlisted in the army (John and Harry) and they both list William as their next of kin, this is roughly around 1916. The only death record that I can find that seems to match him is for the 1930s.

Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated as I feel like I've really hit a wall with this and I'd love to know what happened to Sarah.

[Val wish Id never started]

wonder if this is her death
Sarah M Baldrick in Berkhampstead Hertfordshire
Mar quarter 1900
3A 522 age 45

[Smoosh]

wonder if this is her death
Sarah M Baldrick in Berkhampstead Hertfordshire
Mar quarter 1900
3A 522 age 45

That sounds like her! Her middle name was Margaret as far as I know. Where did you find that?

[Val wish Id never started]

maybe his death
William Badrick
Berkhampstead Hertfordshire
Jun quarter 1934
3a 1118
age 81

[Val wish Id never started]

I stuck an L in Badrick ? as it could have been mistranscribed

[Smoosh]

maybe his death
William Badrick
Berkhampstead Hertfordshire
Jun quarter 1934
3a 1118
age 81

I'm fairly sure that is him I just have no idea where he was after 1901 before he died! These are Harry Badrick's WWI documents: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...src=&pid=49432 Where there's even a letter from William who says he's living in "White House, Miswell Road, Tring" but I cannot find him on the 1911 census Similarly, these are John Badrick's documents: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...src=&pid=49435 Where there is also mention of William as well as Sarah and some of his siblings as well, although I'm not sure what dates it is from.

[Smoosh]

I stuck an L in Badrick ? as it could have been mistranscribed

I definitely think that is her! I suppose that would've been quite an easy mistake to make, I can't believe I didn't think of doing that sooner. Thank you so much for finding that for me I wonder why she died, I'm tempted to order the certificate, although I can't really afford to be doing that. Harry wasn't born until 26th November 1899, so I wonder if her giving birth at the age of 45 had anything to do with her death.

[davelambert271]

1901 address Wendover branch of Grand Union Canal, tring

Freebmd

Marriages Sep 1872
BADRICK	William		Berkhampstead	3a	609
BARBER	Mary Ann		Berkhampstead	3a	609
Kempster	Margaret Sarah		Berkhampstead	3a	609
MUTKINS	George		Berkhampstead	3a	609

[Smoosh]

1901 address Wendover branch of Grand Union Canal, tring

Freebmd

Marriages Sep 1872
BADRICK	William		Berkhampstead	3a	609
BARBER	Mary Ann		Berkhampstead	3a	609
Kempster	Margaret Sarah		Berkhampstead	3a	609
MUTKINS	George		Berkhampstead	3a	609

That's great, thank you for reading that, I just couldn't make out what it said!
Thank you for posting their marriage as well. I have seen that before and wondered why she's listed as Margaret Sarah when everywhere else I can find her lists her simply as Sarah and her death would indicate that she was Sarah Margaret.

[Val wish Id never started]

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...c=&pid=1382557
here is your William in 1911 thats in the summary books but cannot find the census record