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Sarah Ann (1) Hogger was born in 1842 to parents James (3) Hogger and his wife Sarah (nee) Snell [Birth Index: Cosford XII 340, 1842 (June)]. She was christened on August 7th 1842 at Lavenham [PR: Cosford DB].
The 1851 Census finds her living with her parents in Church Street, Lavenham.
The 1861 Census finds her at age "18" living with her parents in Church Street where she was occupied as a dressmaker.
In 1868 she married a carpenter and builder William Thomas Goold [Marriage Index: Cosford 4a 735, 1868 (Sept)]. They married on September 10th 1868 at Lavenham; he was born in Ipswich to parents William Goold and his wife Harriet (nee) Turner [Birth Index: Ipswich 12 321, 1847 (Sept)], and was christened on November 7th 1847 at Lavenham [PR: Cosford DB].
The 1871 Census finds her with William and their 3-months-old daughter Ada Wells living in the High Street, Lavenham. She was occupied as a dressmaker, and William as a carpenter and joiner.
The 1881 Census finds the family living at Head Street Cottage in Brent Eleigh. Also present was a visitor Edith E. Hoggar (sic) aged "14" who was (allegedly) born at Lavenham and whose connection is unknown. No trace of this child, at any age, has been found in any other source.
The 1891 Census finds the family at Carpenter's House, Street Cottages in Brent Eleigh.
The 1901 Census finds the family at the Cock Inn in Brent Eleigh where William Thomas was occupied as a carpenter, blacksmith and innkeeper.
Sarah Ann (1) died aged "59" in 1902 [Death Index: Cosford 4a 433, 1902 (June)].
Later in 1902 William Thomas remarried to Emma (nee) Hoggar [Marriage Index: Yarmouth 4b 6, 1902 (Dec)]. She was born in 1857 as the daughter of Abraham Syer Hoggar and his wife Harriet (nee Thorpe) [Birth Index: Cosford 4a 381, 1857 (Dec)]. Abraham Syer belonged to a large clan of Hoggars (consistently spelled that way) associated primarily with the Hadleigh district of Suffolk and appearing to have no close connection with the present Hogger family.
The 1911 Census finds William Thomas living with Emma and his daughter Florence Anna in Elm Grove Road, Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk and occupied as a builder. Also present as visitors were Emma's widowed mother Harriet - living on private means - and Emma's unmarried sister Martha Ann Hoggar.
Emma died aged "71" in 1932 [Death Index: Yarmouth 4b 57, 1932 (March)]. She was buried at the Gorleston Cemetery on March 31st, her former address recorded in the register as "The Nook" in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea.
The National Register for England and Wales 1939 finds William Thomas as a widowed retired builder living at 162, Lowestoft Road in Gorleston-on-Sea together with Florence Anna - his housekeeper - and his married son William James.
William Thomas died aged "94" on May 11th 1942 [Death Index: Norfolk 4b 258, 1942 (June)]. Probate was granted on September 16th to Barclays Bank Ltd. and a solicitor Montague Arthur John Middleton, his effects being valued at just over £2,488. He had been living at 133, Rosary Road in Norwich.
The first two children above were christened at Lavenham and all the others at Brent Eleigh [PR: Cosford DB].