Esther Pope 1854-1948

Esther Pope was born October 19, 1854 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England.  She was the daughter of William Pope and Sarah Forsdick Pope.  Sarah's  father, William was a Sexton at the local church, but unfortunately she never knew her father as he passed away when he was just 36 years old leaving his wife Sarah to raise their five young children.  Three boys and two girls, the oldest child was seven and Esther, the youngest, was nine months.   However, Sarah, Esther's mother, seemed to have been a survivor.  She took over her husbands duties to become the new church Sexton.  She remarried 1862 to George Kimpton, a master tailor and neighbor, and together they had three daughters.
Esther met Frederick James and they married in March of 1872 at the Parish Church St James Hampstead Road in Watford.  They had seven children, 6 boys and one girl.