Birth: 1807 Stoke Wake, Dorset, UK
Father: Uriah Thorne 1776-1843
Mother: Betty (Elizabeth) Osboldstone 1778-1843
Christening: 25 December 1807 Stoke Wake, Dorset, UK
Marriage: 10 November 1829 Stoke Wake, Dorset, UK
Husband: John Robins (Robbins) 1808-1857
Marriage: 1 November 1869 Ibberton, Dorset, UK
Husband: George Homer (1815-1886)
Death: January 1881 Winterbourne Houghton, Dorset, UK
Burial: 4 February 1881 St Andrew, Winterborne Houghton, Dorset, UK
By John
Diana Robins c1839-a1841
John Robins c1832-a1841
Elizabeth Robins c1834-a1841
Cordelia Robins [Robins] 1836-1917
Edward Robins 1838-a1851
Alfred Robins 1840-1907
Frank Robins (Robbins) 1842-1914
George Robins 1845-a1891
Martha Robins c1849-a1851
Jane Robins [Robbins] c1851-1916
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Susannah Thorne baptised 25 December 1807 in Stoke Wake, Dorset, parents Uriah and Elizabeth Thorne. "Page 24 Baptisms [...] No 178 Susannah, daugtr of Uriah & Elizabeth Thorne December the 25 1807."
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Susan Thorne and John Robings (sic) in 1829 in Stoke Wake, Dorset.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999 for the marriage of Susan Thorne and John Robins at Cerne-Abbas, Dorset on 8 November 1829 (these were the last banns).
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 for Susan Thorne and John Robins on 25 October 1829 in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. "The Year [blank] No. 46 Banns of Marriage between John Robins of this Parish and Susan Thorne of the Parish of Stoke Wake were published on the Three Sundays underwritten: That is to say, On Sunday the 25th day of October 1829, On Sunday the 1st day of November 1829, and On Sunday the 8th day of November 1829", "Marriages in the Parifh of Stoke Wake in the County of Dorset in the Year 1828 [...] John Robins of the Parifh of Cerne Abbas and Susan Thorne of this Parifh of Stoke Wake were married in this Church by Banns with confent of [blank] this tenth Day of November in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and twenty nine [ both made their marks] In the Prefence of William Thorne and Elizabeth Thorne. No. 18."
In the 1841 census as Sussana Robins aged 30 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Dorset, and living with John (husband?), Alfred, Edward and John (sons?), and Cordella, Diana and Elizabeth (daughters?) in Caundle Street, Stourton Caundle, Dorset.
The family moved to Stalbridge between 1842 and 1845 from the births of Alfred and Frank, and to Ibberton between 1845 and 1849 from the births of George and Martha - I cannot find registrations for the births of Martha and Jane.
In the 1851 census as Sussanna Robings (sic - on the original) aged 44, born in Stoke Wake, Dorset, a dressmaker, and living with her husband (John), four sons (Alfred, Edwin, Frank and George) and daughters (Cordelia, Martha and Jane) in Gould Hill, Ibberton, Dorset.
Her husband died and was buried in Ibberton on 12 November 1857.
In the 1861 census as Susan Robbins (sic) aged 54, born in Stoke Wake, Dorset, widowed, no stated employment, and living with three sons (Edward, Frank and George) and two daughters (Jane and Martha) in Ibberton, Dorset.
Marriage of Susan Robins and George Homer in FreeBMD in October-December 1869 in Sturminster (5A 501).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999 for the marriage of Susan Robins aged 58, father Uriah Thorne and widowed, and George Homer on 1 November 1869 in Ibberton, Dorset.
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 for the marriage of Susa (sic) Robins, father Uriah Thorne, and George Homer on 1 November 1869 in Ibberton. "Page 30 1869 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Ibberton in the County of Dorset. No. 59 Nov 1st George Homer aged 55, a Widower and Shepherd of Houghton, father Stephen Homer, a Carter, and Susan Robins aged 58, a Widow of Ibberton, father Uriah Thorne, a Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns [both made their marks]."
In the 1871 census as Susan Homer aged 62, born in Stoke Wake, Dorset, a glover (glove maker?) and living with her husband (George), daughter Susan) and (step)son (Samuel) in Higher Farm Cottage, Winterbourne Houghton, Dorset
Death of Susan Homer in FreeBMD in January-March 1881 aged 74 in Blandford (5A 171).
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2010 for Susan Homer buried 4 February 1881 aged 74 in Winterborne Houghton, Dorset. "Page 38 Burials in the Parifh of Houghton in the County of Dorset in the Year 1881X1882 [...] Susan Homer No. 298 [of] Houghton [on] 4 Feby [aged] 74".
Entry in FindaGrave for Susanna Thorne Robins Homer, maiden name, born in 1807 in Stoke Wake, Dorset, spouse John Robins, daughter Cordelia Robins, died January 1881 in Winterborne Houghton, Dorset, and buried in St Andrew, Winterborne Houghton, Dorset. "Baptised on the 25 December 1807 at Stoke Wake, Dorset, daughter of Uriah Thorne & Betty Osboldstone, Susanna married John Robins on the 10 November 1829 at Stoke Wake, Dorset. Burial- 4 February 1881"
There are ninety four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Susannah/Susan Thorne.
Susannah Thorne was the grandmother of Amy Rose Robins, wife of Leonard Shrubb, my second cousin twice removed.
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