Sarah (Barnes) Nelson (1840 - 1934)

Born 1840 in Pudsey, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Nelson — married 1869 in Otley, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1840 in Pudsey, England ^[1]

She was the youngest of seven siblings ^[2]

• Joseph Barns M 13
  
• Samuel Barns M 9
  
• Martha Barns F 8
  
• William Barns M 6
  
• Elizabeth Barns F 4
  
• Benjamin Barns M 3
  
• Sarah Barns F 1
  

Although only 11 years old, from 1851 Census data, Sarah was employed as a Woolen Cloth Birler ^[3]

Sarah was employed in what appears to be a family business. 1851 census data shows her father, William, was a clothier, and the whole family were involved in hand loom weaving, woolen cloth birling, and worsted spinning. In the1861 census, William and the three children still living in the household were all still listed as hand loom cloth weavers.

Census locations include Chapel Town Top, and Jumbles Well, Smalewell Road, Pudsey [1] [2]

Sarah became the second wife of John Nelson

They married in Otley, in 1869 ^[4]

Sarah died on the 16th March, 1934. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M76J-94J : 3 March 2021), Sarah Barnes in household of Wm Barnes, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ5J-K7Z : 23 May 2019), Sarah Barns in household of William Barns, Calverley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP9H-77C : 12 September 2019), Sarah Barnes in household of William Barnes, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 10, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D29-RS3 : 13 December 2014), Sarah Barnes, 1869; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1869, quarter 2, vol. 9A, p. 205, Otley, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 May 2018), memorial page for Sarah Nelson (1840–16 Mar 1934), Find A Grave Memorial no. 189584183, citing Harewood Cemetery, Harewood, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England ; Maintained by David L (contributor 49034796)

Also

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHN-R3VQ : 2 November 2021), Sarah Nelson, 1934.