MATILDA SANDS was born circa 1823 in Ashburnham, Sussex (source : 1881 census).
She was christened on 15th September 1824 in Ashburnham, Sussex (source : Keith Sands).
She was not at home with the rest of her family at Sheep Shaw, Brightling, Sussex on the 1841 census.
She married HENRY BALDOCK circa 1845 in Warbleton, Sussex and
the witnesses were Silas Sands and Charlotte Sands (presumably the bride's sister and brother or father)
(source : Joanne Mays Becker).
Henry died before 1881 because on the 1881 census, Matilda shows up as
a 59-year-old "widow of ag lab" with her children Charles and Martha at Sandhole No 1 in Brenchley, Kent.
Matilda possibly remarried, since there is a marriage listed for MATILDA BALDOCK in September quarter 1883, to
either ALBERT BROOKS or JOHN THOMAS ROOTS (source :
Free BMD, district Tunbridge volume 2a page 1023 ).
The Children of MATILDA SANDS and HENRY BALDOCK:
CHARLES H BALDOCK was born circa 1859 in
Pembury, Kent (source : 1881 and 1901 censuses). On the 1881 census, he was a 22-year-old unmarried ag lab,
listed with his widowed mother and sister at Sandhole No 1 in Brenchley, Kent.
There is a marriage listed for CHARLES BALDOCK in June quarter 1888
(to either SARAH ANN GEER or ELIZABETH SPRINGETT) (source : Free BMD, district Tunbridge volume 2a page 983).
On the 1901 census, Charles, a 42-year-old labourer on farm, is listed at Lamberhurst, Kent, with his wife (?)
JANE ? (40, born Tonbridge, Kent) and their eight children (?)
CHARLES BALDOCK (14, born Brenchley Kent, porter boy on farm),
EMILY BALDOCK (12, born Brenchley Kent),
STEPHEN BALDOCK (10, born Brenchley Kent),
ROSE BALDOCK (8, born Brenchley Kent),
ELIZABETH BALDOCK (6, born Brenchley Kent),
JANE BALDOCK (3, born Lamberhurst Kent),
JOHN BALDOCK (1, born Lamberhurst Kent), and
KATE BALDOCK (1 month, born Lamberhurst Kent) (source :
1901 census index, household needs checking).
MARTHA HARRIET BALDOCK was born circa 1864 in
Pembury, Kent (source : 1881 census). There is a birth listed for MARTHA HARRIET BALDOCK in June quarter 1864
(source :Free BMD, district Tunbridge (covers Brenchley) volume 2a page 475). She was christened,
to parents Henry & Matilda BALDOCK, on 3rd April 1864 in Brenchley, Kent (source : IGI, Batch No.: C130942
Dates: 1772 - 1875 Source Call No.: 0992456, 0992457 Type: Film Printout Call No.: 6906427 Type: Film Sheet: 00 ).
On the 1881 census, aged 17, she was
listed with her widowed mother and brother at Sandhole No 1 in Brenchley, Kent.
There is a marriage for HARRIET MARTHA BALDOCK (to either THOMAS BONES or WILLIAM SELDEN) in December quarter 1884
(source : Free BMD, district Tunbridge volume 2a page 1057).
Census returns for MATILDA SANDS :
1881 census
Dwelling : Sandhole No 1, Brenchley, Kent
Matilda BALDOCK Head W Female 59 Ashburnham, Sussex, England Widow Of Ag Lab
Charles H. BALDOCK Son U Male 22 Pembury, Kent, England Ag Lab
Martha H. BALDOCK Daur Female 17 Brenchley, Kent, England