Frederick and Sarah Sandercock

Frederick Albert Sandercock Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
was born at Riverton on 4 April, 1870, the elder son of Richard Click to open page on Richard Sandercock and Mary Ann Click to open page on Mary Ann Sandercock nee Lockyer
. Like his brother and sisters he would have attended school at Riverton, and then stayed home on his father's farm to work. When nearly 28 years of age, he married Sarah Lock Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
, daughter of Walter Lock Click to open page on Walter Lock , at the residence of the bride's father at Rhynie, on 23 February, 1898. The officiating minister was the Rev. John Gillingham, of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Walter Lock's Click to open page on Walter Lock farm at Rhynie would have been a few miles west of Richard Sandercock’s Click to open page on Richard Sandercock farm. Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
was born on 5 March, 1871, at Highercombe, near Adelaide. The wedding photograph of the couple suggests Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
was a diminutive person in stature, and that her wedding dress was not white like her veil.

It is not known where Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
and Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
lived for the first few years after their marriage. They possibly returned to Mary Ann Sandercock's Click to open page on Mary Ann Sandercock nee Lockyer
house on the farm after the death of Richard Click to open page on Richard Sandercock in 1901 . They raised all their five children while Mary Ann Click to open page on Mary Ann Sandercock nee Lockyer
lived with them on the farm, and as it is believed that Mary Ann Click to open page on Mary Ann Sandercock nee Lockyer
herself lived in the majority of the house, it may have been cramped for Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
and his family. There were three sons and two daughters, Henry Victor Click to open page on Henry Victor Sandercock , born 1898, Louis Fred Click to open page on Louis Fred Sandercock , born 1900, Violet Ruby Click to open page on Violet Ruby Sandercock
, born 1901, Clifford John Click to open page on Clifford John Sandercock , born 1902 and Millie Sarah Click to open page on Millie Sarah Sandercock
, born 1905. Millie, Mrs H.J. Venning Click to open page on Millie Sarah Sandercock
, is the only living child of Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
and Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
, as at 1980.

Click to show full size image of Richard and Mary Ann' home

Sandercock Farm

It seems Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
did not believe that too much education was good for his children, and that their place was home on the farm. However, his mother Mary Ann Click to open page on Mary Ann Sandercock nee Lockyer
thought otherwise and paid for a governess named Elsie Green to educate her grandchildren. Elsie came out to the Sandercock farm several times a week. There are few other details which can be recalled about the family. A granddaughter of Samuel Click to open page on Samuel Sandercock
, Richard's Click to open page on Richard Sandercock brother, remembers Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
, in sunbonnet and a quantity of honeycomb, walking over through the paddocks to the home of her father, Leonard Sandercock Click to open page on Leonard Sandercock
. Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
kept bees and supplied several families with honey.

The farm was worked by Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
until July of 1927, when it was sold to John Rudolph Strempel. The original house, which must have been built in the early 1870's if not earlier, is still standing. It was the home of Mr and Mrs Leonard Hentschke until 1979, when their “Gilmar” Jersey stud was dispersed and the property sold.

Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
died on 5 December, 1919, in her 49th year, and was buried at the Saddleworth cemetery. Her husband died on 20 October, 1929, in his 60th year, and was buried with his wife at Saddleworth. Of their five children, the two eldest, Henry Click to open page on Henry Victor Sandercock and Louis (known as Louie) Click to open page on Louis Fred Sandercock never married. Henry Click to open page on Henry Victor Sandercock died whilst on a holiday in Mackay, Queensland, in 1964, and is buried at the Mount Bassett cemetery. His sister Violet, Mrs Schenscher, later Mrs C.F. Rogers Click to open page on Violet Ruby Sandercock
, was ill for the last 15 or so years of her life. She died in 1973. The three married children of Frederick Click to open page on Frederick Albert Sandercock
and Sarah Click to open page on Sarah Sandercock, nee Lock
Sandercock had, between them, 10 children and there are 13 great-grandchildren of the couple now living.