I do not have the date and place that
George was born, but he was Christened on 20th February 1842 at No. Bradley,
Wiltshire, England. His parents were Richard Say and Ann (Farr) Say. Sarah Ann Marshallsay was born
on 6th June 1843 at Weymounth, Dorest, England. Her parents were
Mathew James Jeanes Marshallsay and Mary Ann Wellman. George William Say and Sarah Ann Marshallsay
were married on the 9th April 1866 at Berkley, Somerset, England.
Berkley is a small town just northeast of Frome. The church that
they were married is a pretty little church and is still in use.
Even if it is Somerset Co. it is very close to where George lived on a
8 acre farm south of North Bradley at #8 Brokermore. This is farming
county. I could not find out exactly the farm. You can see
a picture of a large ancient horse on a nearby hillside. The 1861
census shows that George at that time was a carpenter apprentice.
I believe That Sarah was teaching school at the time in Berkley. After George
and Sarah were married, they lived in Berkley. They had 2 children
in Berkley, Alma Cassandia was born 2 Feb. 1867 and De Lacy Graham was
born 2 Sept. 1868. They must have moved to Weymounth after
that as Georgia Sabina was born there about 1870. The 1871 England
census shows they were living at 22 High Street in Weymounth. George Willm
Say, head, Marr., age 28, wheelwright, employing, Mar., born Wilts, Bradley-Sarah
Ann Say, wife, Mar. age 27, Schoolmistress, born Dorest, Weymounth.-Alma
Cassandra Say, dau., age 4 scholar, born Somerset, Berkley.-- Delacy Graham
Say, son, age 2 born Somerset, Berkley.-- Georgian Sabina Say, dau, age
1 born Dorest, Weymounth- Also living in the same house was James Marshallsay,
head window, age 60, Greengrocer, born Dorest, Hamworthy.- John James Marshallsay,
son, age 14, solicitors office boy, born Dorest, Weymounth,- Alexander
Marshallsay, son age 9 scholar, born Dorest, Weymounth. Number 22
High Street is no longer there. I believe that it was bombed out
during World War 2. In its place is the municipal building and it
is right by the waterfront. They must have moved from there to America
right after the census was taken as my grandfather, Arthur Percival Say
was born in North Platte, Nebraska on the 10 February 1872.
They had three children in North Platte, Arthur P., Rose V. and Violet
C. Rose died as a young girl. About 1876 they decided to move to the
Oregon Territory and went across the plains by wagon train. They
were on one of the first wagon trains after Custer was killed at the Little
Big Horn. They homesteaded at Boise on Warm Springs Ave and Coston.
While in Boise they had three children, Julia Christina born July 1879,
George Walter born May 1881, and Leonard born June 1885. George Walter
went to Canada and was never heard from again. Leonard was killed
in Lakeview, Oregon. George William was killed at Anaconda,
Montana by a machine belt. I don't know when this was but Christina
was in her first day of school when they heard that he was killed.
Also Percy was 16 years old at the time so I think it might have been in
September of 1888. Sarah was living in Payette at the time and set
up a boarding house that Percy either built or remodeled. George
William was buried at Payette and had a tombstone, but the person that
owned the graveyard sold it and it was plowed up and the tombstones thrown
away. Nobody was notified of this happening. Sarah was a very head strong woman and
what she said all of her children obeyed. Sarah was taking a trip to California and stopped at Pocatello.
My dad and mother were living with Percy and Fannie. Sarah
came to the house and asked for Percy. Dad said he wasn't there,
that he was working in Yellowstone. Sarah said to get a hold of him
that she was going to die, so they called Yellowstone. She died the
next day, 15th Oct. 1927. and was buried at the Pocatello cemetery. According to the Idaho Statesman Oct. 23,
1927. Mrs. Sarah Ann Marshall Say, a resident of Idaho since 1877 died
at the home of her son, Arthur P. Say at Pocatello, Oct. 15, Mrs. Say was
born in Weymounth, England in 1842. She was married in England in 1843
and came to America with her husband, George William Say, in 1867, locating
first in Nebraska, reaching Boise in 1877. She lived here eight years
and then moved to Payette where she made her home almost continuously since.
She is survive by three sons, De Lacy G. Say of Boise, Arthur P. Say of
Pocatello, and George W. Say of Mc Bride, Canada and three daughters, Mrs.
William Bevins of Payette, (Georgia) Violet C. Mc Intyre of Caldwell, Julia
Christine Rowe of Glenns Ferry. Interment was at Pocatello.