Birth | May 15, 1826 33 44 |
Baptism | December 31, 1826 (Age 7 months) |
Occupation | Bricklayer/Prize Fighter |
Baptism of a brother | Richard SAYERS February 24, 1842 (Age 15) |
Birth of a daughter #1 | Sarah SAYERS May 30, 1850 (Age 24) |
Birth of a son #2 | Thomas SAYERS August 29, 1852 (Age 26) |
Marriage | Sarah HENDERSON — View family March 8, 1853 (Age 26) |
Baptism of a daughter | Sarah SAYERS March 20, 1857 (Age 30) |
Baptism of a son | Thomas SAYERS March 20, 1857 (Age 30) |
Death of a mother | Maria THOMAS February 16, 1859 (Age 32) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth PENNICOT December 4, 1859 (Age 33) |
Death | November 9, 1865 (Age 39) |
Burial | November 15, 1865 (6 days after death) |
Will | November 24, 1865 (15 days after death) |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
William SAYERS Birth: 1793 26 31 — Storrington Death: November 1873 — |
mother |
Maria THOMAS Birth: January 26, 1782 — Sullington Death: February 16, 1859 — Pimlico St, Brighton |
elder brother |
Charles SAYERS Birth: 1817 24 34 — Brighton, Sussex |
3 years elder brother |
Richard SAYERS Birth: 1819 26 36 — Brighton Death: before 1876 — |
6 years elder brother |
James SAYERS Birth: 1824 31 41 — Pimlico St, Brighton |
2 years elder sister |
Eliza SAYERS Birth: about 1825 32 42 — |
16 months |
Birth: May 15, 1826 33 44 — 74, Pimlico St, Brighton Death: November 9, 1865 — Camden Town |
Family with Sarah HENDERSON - View family |
Birth: May 15, 1826 33 44 — 74, Pimlico St, Brighton Death: November 9, 1865 — Camden Town |
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wife |
Sarah HENDERSON Birth: about 1832 — Pancras |
Marriage: March 8, 1853 — St Peter, Islington |
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-3 years daughter |
Sarah SAYERS Birth: May 30, 1850 24 18 — Camden Town Death: March 4, 1891 — Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
2 years son |
Thomas SAYERS Birth: August 29, 1852 26 20 — Camden Town Death: January 25, 1936 — 14 Craven Hill Gardens, Hyde Park |
Shared note | Living 10 Belle Vue Cottages Pancras 1861. The famous fight between Sayers and Heenan has been described as 'the first world championship boxing match' and was certainly one of the last great prize-fights without gloves. Tom Sayers was the English champion and had defended his title successfully four times. Heenan was a claimant to the American Heavyweight title. It was the first real "sporting event" to attract attention from England, France and America There were members of parliament present at the match, officers from the Navy and Army, and literary figures such as William Thackeray and Charles Dickens.A week after the fight, Sayers was awarded the enormous sum of £3000, all of it raised by public subscription, with the proviso that he never fight again. He never did. He invested the money and spent the rest of his days as a man of leisure. Sayers quietly faded from public life, though he enjoyed driving his carriage through the city with his dog Lion - a gift from Lord Derby - sitting at his side. He was only 39 when he died of tuberculosis.A statue of the faithful hound was placed at the foot of Sayer's grave by loyal fans - and there they both lie to this day. Picture of the grave in the gallery |
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