Sarah Jane Mathews

1840 - 1934  (93 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Mathews
  Born	4 Oct 1840	Mooreville, Lee County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	27 Jun 1860	San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA   [2]
  	Census 1860 California, San Bernardino, San Salvador, 27 Jun 1860, page 37, San Bernardino Post Office, dwelling 332, family 266 Theophilus Ruby, head, 25. Sarah J., wife, 19. Children: Benj. F., son, 3/12. He is a farmer; value of real estate is $200; personal property $100. She is born in Mississippi, Benj. born in California. Next door to Robert and Sarah Mathews; Bnj. and Sally Mathews. Note: surname transcribed by Ancestry.com as Ruby
  	Age: 25
  Census	27 June 1870	San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA   [3]
  	Census 1870 California, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Township, Post Office: San Bernardino, Page 35, 27 June 1870 Sarah (Mathews) Robey, 29, keeping house, Mississippi; Sarah M. Robey, 7, at school, California; Adeline, 5, at school, California; Mary H, 2, at home, California
  		1870 US Federal Census, Sarah (Mathews) Robey
  		1870 US Federal Census, Sarah (Mathews) Robey Family, San Bernardino, California
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [4]
  	Census 1880 California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 9 Jun 1880, SD 4, ED 21A, page 127A, Railroad employees, San Fernando Street, dwelling 268, family 405 Jos. S. Hewett, head 35. Wife, Sarah J., 40. Children: Sarah, daughter 16; Adaline, daughter 14; Mary, daughter 12; Francis, son 20; James, son 17. Jos is a car builder, Sarah is keeping house. Adaline and Mary attended school within the census year. Jos and parents were born in England. Sarah and her parents were born in Mississippi. The children were born in California. Note: Sarah, Adaline and Mary were documented in the census with the step-father's surname. Their surname is Robey.
  	Age: 40
  Census	25 Jul 1900	Hueneme, Ventura, California, USA   [5]
  	Census 1900 California, Ventura, Hueneme, 25 Jul 1900, SD 6, ED 163, sheet 43A, dwelling 1093, family 1093 Sarah J. Hewitt, head 59, widow (Oct 1840). Census indicates she was the mother of 6 children born, 6 living. She is a travel agent; renting a home. Can read and write. Born in Mississippi. Father born in Alabama, mother in Tennessee.
  	Age: 59
  Census	1910	TBD Not known at this time
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA   [6]
  	Census 1920 California, Los Angeles, Pasadena, 14 Jan 1920, SD 8, ED 502, sheet 5A, dwelling 126, family 144 Mathew J. Cockerline, head 29. Nettie R., wife 36. Living with them are their grand niece, Marjorie G. Cockerline 7 and Sarah J. Hewitt, his mother-in-law, 79, widow. He is a farm Laborer working out for wages. Nettie is a primary teacher in the public school system for wages. All can read and write except for Majorie who is attending school. Mathew was born in Oregon, his parents in Canada. Nettie was born in Canada, father in England, mother in Mississippi. Majorie was born in California as were her parents. Sarah was born in Mississippi, her father in Alabama and mother in Tennessee.
  	Age: 79
  Census	9 Apr 1930	Covina, Los Angeles, California, USA   [7]
  	Census 1930 California, Los Angeles, Covina, 9 Apr 1930, SD 18, ED 19-899, sheet 9A, 464 West Center, dwelling 251, family 253 Wells C. Merwin, head 48. Lottie M., wife 46. Children: Ethel M., daughter 18; Dorothy, daughter 6. Wells was 24 when first married, Lottie was 22. Also living with them is Lottie's grandmother, Sarah Hewitt, 89; a widow, married at age 18. Own their own home valued at $6,000; not a farm; owns radio set. He is a real estate broker working on his own account; not a veteran. Ethel is a clerk in the Pacific Electric Company for wages. Ethel and Dorothy attended school within the census year. All can read and write. He was born in Iowa, father in the United States, mother in the United States. Lottie was born in Arizona, father in England, mother in California. The girls were born in California. Sarah was born in Mississippi, father in Alabama and mother in Tennessee.
  	Age: 89
  Died	9 Jun 1934	Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA   [1]
  Buried	Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA   [8]
  		Sarah Jane Mathews Hewitt (1840 - 1934) - Find A Grave Memorial
  Notes	Census notes 1920 census finds Sarah J. Hewitt (79) living in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California as a mother-in-law to Mathew J. Cockerline (born abt 1891 in Oregon); wife, Nettie R. Cockerline (born abt 1884 in Canada). Born in Mississippi abt 1841. Father born in Alabama, mother in Tennessee. Mathew J. Cocklerline's WWI Registration indicates he was supporting a wife and mother-in-law, 5 Jun 1917 and was born in Oregon. 1910 census states he is the son of Elizebeth Cockerline (born abt 1891) and living in Weston, Umatilla, Oregon. Therefore, Nettie is presumed to be the daughter of Sarah J. Hewitt and Joseph S. Hewitt until further information disproves the relationship. Sarah and Joseph were married prior to the 1880 census, both having families of their own. The 1930 census places he and Nettie living alone in Oceanside, San Diego, California. Matthew is age 39 and Nettie is 45. 1930 census finds Sarah J. Hewitt (age 89) living in Covina, Los Angeles, California as grandmother to Wells C. (born abt 1882, Iowa) and Lottie M. Merwin (born abt 1884 in Arizona). Widowed. Born in Mississippi, father in Alabama and mother in Tennessee. Per the California Death Index, Nettie R. Cockerline was born 28 Jun 1883 in Canada. Died in San Diego on 22 May 1975. Lottie M. Merwin was born on 15 Apr 1884 in Arizona and died 10 Mar 1976 in Los Angeles per the California Death Index.
  Person ID	I846	clanSoren | FRS101
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Benjamin F Mathews,   b. 16 Apr 1819, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1888, Devil Canyon, San Bernardino, California, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Temperance Weeks,   b. 1817, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 1859, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Theophilus Katen Robey 2x ,   b. 3 Aug 1834, Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 1923, Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1858	San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
  Divorced	Aft 1868
  Children	+ 01. Benjamin Franklin Robey,   b. 16 Sep 1859, California, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 86 years) + 02. James Albert Robey,   b. 5 Apr 1861, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA ,   d. 8 Mar 1934, Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 72 years) + 03. Sarah Robey 2x ,   b. Aug 1863, California, USA ,   d. 19 Jun 1935  (Age ~ 71 years) + 04. Martha Adeline Robey,   b. 8 Aug 1866, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA ,   d. 23 Jun 1955, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 88 years) 05. Mary E. Robey,   b. Abt 1868, California, USA ,   d. Bef 1910  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Last Modified	19 May 2008
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph S. Hewitt,   b. Abt 1845, England ,   d. Bef 1900  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	Bef Jun 1880
  Notes	Date of marriage is unknown but prior to 1880 census as the family was recorded together. It is not known whether there was a formal adoption or not but the 1880 census records Sarah's children from her previous marriage with the surname of the step-father.
  Children	01. Nettie R. Hewitt,   b. 28 Jun 1883, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1975, San Diego County, California, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2013
  Family ID	F2831	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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