Sarah Frances Bateman
I love this portrait of Beatrice Townsend by John Singer Sargent. The young lady in question is so pert, so alive, and this is how I see Sarah Frances Bateman. It is dated 1882, so slightly too late to be truly representative of my husband’s ancestor - she died in 1882, but in spite of finding other possible portraits to use, I found myself returning to this one.
I actually know next to nothing about her or her short life, just a few salient facts, but the little we do know, from her daughter’s memoirs and a couple of documents suggest somebody very like the portrait above.
Sarah Frances Bateman
born ca. 1849
m John William Washington Nason
August, 1871 Monkstown, Dublin
m Edwin Sandys Jackson 1880 Rathdown, Dublin
d 1882 Great Sankey, Lancashire
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Children
? (1872-1872)
Ethel F. Maude (1873-?)
Kate Evelyn (1875-1933)?
?Lizzie Annie (1882-1882)
Documentation
1st Marriage record
2nd Marriage reference in IGI
Transcriptions from Great Sankey parish
1881 census
Burial record
References from Kate’s book Secrets of the 43 Club
Sarah
origins
Hebrew meaning ‘princess. Abraham’s wife was Sarah, but it has been a popular name for generations.
variations
Sara, Zara
abbreviations
Sally, Sadie, Sal
Frances
origins
From the Latin meaning free and later coming to mean a Frenchman. It is the female version of Francis of course.
variations
Francesca, Francine, Franke
Françoise
abbreviations
Fanny, Franny, Fran, Frank, Frankie
Links
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Sarah Frances Bateman
Charles Lum Bateman
Isabella Jackson
Edwin Sandys Jackson
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Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) and Monkstown
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