14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: Alpheus Sheldrake    
       Also known as: Alfred Sheldrake 
                Born: ABT 1819             in Attleborough, Norfolk  1
          Christened: 18 Jul 1819          in Attleborough, Norfolk  2
              Census: 1841                 in Havercroft, Attleborough, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1841                 Labourer  3
          Occupation: 1842 - 1852          Wheelwright  4,5
              Census: 1851                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1858 - 1881          Carpenter  4,1
              Census: 1861                 in Mill Road, Attleborough, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1861                 Wheelwright Master  6
              Census: 1871                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1871                 Master Carpenter  7
              Census: 1881                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
                Died: 18 Jul 1890          in Norfolk  8,9
             Probate:  8 Oct 1890          in London  
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media desc: Probate index 1890
                Wife: Rosetta Bowden     
        Married name: Rosetta Sheldrake 
             Married: 24 Dec 1840          in Attleborough, Norfolk  10,8
                Born: ABT 1819             in Attleborough, Norfolk  5
          Christened:  8 Aug 1819          in Attleborough, Norfolk  10
              Census: 1841                 in Havercroft, Attleborough, Norfolk  
              Census: 1851                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
              Census: 1861                 in Mill Road, Attleborough, Norfolk  
              Census: 1871                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
              Census: 1881                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
              Census: 1891                 in Rivetts Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk  
                Died: 1897                 in Norfolk  8
              Buried:  9 Dec 1897          in Attleborough, Norfolk  2
              Father: William Bowden   (1777 - 1851) 
              Mother: Jane Kidd   (1769 - 1857) 
 1  F  Ann Sheldrake                                            |   Born: 1841 Attleborough, Norfolk 5,11
                                                                |   Died:  3 Jul 1930 Norfolk 8,9
 2  M  William Bowden Sheldrake                                 |   Born: 25 Aug 1843 Attleborough, Norfolk 12
   sp. Barbara Driver                                           |Married: 1866 Peterborough, Northamptonshire 8
       Born: ABT 1845 Died: 1885                                |
   sp. Harriet Claxton                                          |Married: 1889 Norfolk 8
       Born: ABT 1842 Died: 20 May 1934                         |   Died: 21 May 1921 Norfolk 8,9
 3  F  Eleanor Mary Sheldrake                                   |   Born: 22 Feb 1846 Attleborough, Norfolk 12,8
                                                                |   Died: 13 Aug 1932 Norfolk 8,9
 4  M  Robert Bowden Sheldrake                                  |   Born: 30 Oct 1848 Attleborough, Norfolk 12,8
                                                                |   Died: 1850 Norfolk 8
 5  M  Robert Sheldrake                                         |   Born:  3 May 1851 Attleborough, Norfolk 12,11
                                                                |   Died: 1851 Norfolk 8
 6  F  Mary Ann Sheldrake                                       |   Born: 24 Apr 1852 Attleborough, Norfolk 12,8
                                                                |   Died: 18 Apr 1876 Norfolk 13,8
                                                                |  Buried  Attleborough, Norfolk 13
 7  M  George Bowden Sheldrake                                  |   Born: 1856 Attleborough, Norfolk 14,11
   sp. Mary Harriett Penrose                                    |Married: 1880 London 8
       Born: ABT 1857 Died:                                     |   Died: 1931 London 15
 8  F  Rosetta Bowden Sheldrake                                 |   Born: 17 Jul 1861 Attleborough, Norfolk 12,8
   sp. Charles Foulsham                                         |Married: 1884 Norfolk 8
       Born: ABT 1855 Died: 22 Aug 1940                         |   Died: 30 Aug 1922 Lincolnshire 15,9

Sources:
(1) 1881 Census. 
(2) Chris Delves pers. com. 
(3) 1841 Census. 
(4) Baptisms of children. 
(5) 1851 Census. 
(6) 1861 Census. 
(7) 1871 Census. 
(8) FreeBMD Website. 
(9) Probate. 
(10) Parish Register transcript. 
(11) GRO index. 
(12) Parish Register. 
(13) Headstone. 
(14) Census records. 
(15) Ancestry Death Index. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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