Sarah (King) Widdowfield (1886 - 1975)

Born 10 Aug 1886 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1975 at age 88 in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Sarah King was born on 10 August 1886, in Pennsylvania, United States.

She married John Widdowfield in about 1906.

In 1910, they were living in Big Beaver:

• John Widowfield Head M 25 Pennsylvania, driver for a coal mine
• Sarah Widowfield Wife F 22 Pennsylvania
• Earl Widowfield Son M 3 Pennsylvania
• John Widowfield Son M 1 Pennsylvania ^[1]

When the 1920 census was taken, the family were still living in Big Beaver, Lawrence:

• John Nidsafield Jr. Head M 37 Pennsylvania, coal miner
• Sarah M Nidsafield Wife F 32 Pennsylvania
• John B Nidsafield Son M 11 Pennsylvania
• Nellie A Nidsafield Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
• Mary E Nidsafield Daughter F 7 Ohio
• Harold R Nidsafield Son M 4 Pennsylvania
• Donald R Nidsafield Son M 1 Ohio
• Richard King Brother-in-law M 20 Pennsylvania^[2]

The family were still living in Big Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania when the 1930 census was taken,:

• John Widdowfield Head M 47 Pennsylvania, labourer in coal mine
• Sara M Widdowfield Wife F 42 Pennsylvania
• John B Widdowfield Son M 21 Pennsylvania
• Nellie A Widdowfield Daughter F 19 Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth M Widdowfield Daughter F 17 Ohio
• Harold R Widdowfield Son M 14 Pennsylvania
• Russell D Widdowfield Son M 11 Ohio
• Helen I Widdowfield Daughter M 8 Pennsylvania ^[3]

And they were still there in 1940:

• John Widdowfield Head M 57 Pennsylvania
• Sarah M Widdowfield Wife F 54 Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Widdowfield Daughter F 27 Ohio
• Russell D Widdowfield Son M 21 Ohio
• Helen I Widdowfield Daughter F 18 Pennsylvania
• Vern R Widdowfield Daughter F 17 Pennsylvania
• H Leslie Widdowfield Son M 13 Pennsylvania
• Lenora L Widdowfield Daughter F 12 Pennsylvania^[4]

Sarah died on 9 February 1975 and was buried in the Clinton cemetery, Lawrence, Pennsylvania. Her obituary names her parents (George and Abigail Bartram King), and several other family members including her daughters Mrs. Earl (Nellie) Noggle of Beaver Falls, Mrs. Walter (Lenora) McKinney of Ellwood City, and Mrs. Frank (Helen) Zendron. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8X-Q7B : accessed 29 December 2016), John Widowfield, Big Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 4B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1361; FHL microfilm 1,375,374.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M613-G3B : accessed 29 December 2016), Nellie A Nidsafield in household of John Nidsafield Jr., Big Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 4A, line 16, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1585; FHL microfilm 1,821,585.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQC-N73 : accessed 29 December 2016), Nellie A Widdowfield in household of John Widdowfield, Big Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2B, line 96, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2059; FHL microfilm 2,341,793.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDD-ZW4 : accessed 29 December 2016), John Widdowfield, Big Beaver Township, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-2, sheet 5A, line 39, family 85, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3536.
5. ↑ Find a Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43180582)