Sarah Ann (Allsop) Handley (abt. 1860)

Born about 1860 in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1860 ^[1], she was baptised on 7 September 1862 in Belper, Derbyshire. Her parents were Thomas and Mary Allsop. ^[2]

The family lived at Lynams Row, Bridge Hill in Belper and Thomas was a Nail Maker ^[3]. By the time Sarah was 12, her father had died; her mother was making nails to earn money for the family and Sarah was working in a cotton factory in Belper ^[4]. The work would have been dangerous and the hours long, even though the Factories Act 1847 prevented women and children from working more than 10 hours a day or 58 hours a week. ^[5]. In Victorian England children, because of their size, would crawl under and around the machinery, scavenging the valuable cotton from the floor and cleaning up dust and oil. Accidents were common:

On the 6th of March 1865 a very melancholy accident befell a lad named Joseph Foden about 13 years of age. While engaged sweeping under a Mule his head was caught between the Roller beam and the carriage – as the latter was putting up – and completely smashed, death being instantaneous ^[6]

Sarah gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Mabel Ann Allsop, in Parwich ^{[7] [8]} and was baptised in Brassington (3 miles away) on 19 May 1898. ^[9] It is unknown who Mabel's father was.

Sarah met and later married the widowed miller, Herbert Handley, in Brassington in 1900. Sarah was 9 years younger than her new husband ^[10]. The couple lived in Brassington and had several children:

1. Herbert (b. 1900)
2. Sarah Elizabeth Handley (bap, 1901) ^[11]
3. Herbert James Handley (bap. 1903) ^[12]
4. Patience Annie (b. 1906)
5. Jane Margaret (b. 1908)
6. George Alfred Handley (bap.1910) ^[13]

Census Records

1861 Census: living in Lynams Row, Bridge Hill in Belper ^[3]

Thomas Allsop Head Male 27 Over Hulton, Lancashire

Mary Allsop Wife Female 25 Dursley, Staffordshire

Alice Allsop Daughter Female 6 Dursley, Staffordshire

Joseph Allsop Son Male 4 Belper, Derbyshire

Sarah Ann Allsop Daughter Female 1 Belper, Derbyshire

1871 Census: A cotton factory worker in Belper. ^[4]

Mary Allsop Head Female 37 Dudley, Staffordshire

Sarah Ann Allsop Daughter Female 12 Belper, Derbyshire

Edna Allsop Daughter Female 10 Belper, Derbyshire

Alice Allsop Daughter Female 7 Belper, Derbyshire

Joseph Allsop Son Male 3 Belper, Derbyshire

1901 Census: living in Brassington, Herbert is a corn miller. ^[7]

Herbert Handley Head Male 40 Brassington, Derbyshire

Sarah Ann Handley Wife Female 21 Brassington, Derbyshire

Mabel A Handley Daughter Female 3 Parwich, Derbyshire

Sarah Eliz Handley Daughter Female 0 Brassington, Derbyshire

Herbert S Wint Nephew Male 13 Brassington, Derbyshire

1911 Census: living in Brassington, Herbert is a corn miller. ^[8]

Herbert Handley Head Male 50 Brassington, Derbyshire

Sarah Ann Handley Wife Female 32 Brassington, Derbyshire

Mabel Ann Handley Daughter Female 13 Parwich, Derbyshire

Sarah Elizabeth Handley Daughter Female 10 Brassington, Derbyshire

Herbert James Handley Son Male 7 Brassington, Derbyshire

Patience Annie Handley Daughter Female 5 Brassington, Derbyshire

Jane Margeret Handley Daughter Female 3 Brassington, Derbyshire

Herbert Samuel Wint Nephew Male 23 Brassington, Derbyshire

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NC8-Q6Y : 1 October 2014), Sarah Ann Allsop, 1860; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Belper, Derbyshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-32LC : 26 November 2020), Sarah Ann Allsop, 7 Sep 1862; citing 7 Sep 1862; citing Baptism, Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XK-298 : 29 December 2020), Sarah Ann Allsop in household of Thomas Allsop, Belper, Derbyshire, 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.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBXC-212 : 17 November 2020), Sarah Ann Allsop in entry for Mary Allsop, 1871.
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Factories Act 1847," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Factories_Act_1847&oldid=997269806 (accessed February 2, 2021)
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mule scavenger," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mule_scavenger&oldid=960193622 (accessed February 2, 2021).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSJY-XZG : 21 May 2019), Sarah Ann Handley in household of Herbert Handley, Brassington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Brassington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7TP-4JV : 15 July 2019), Sarah Ann Handley in household of Herbert Handley, Brassington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3LX-MYG : 21 March 2020), Mabel Ann Allsop, 1898.
10. ↑ "Marriage Index" ("Marriage Index" (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VNpOZ4zI1OiZfKhpyd6Khg&scan=1 : accessed 2 Feb 2021) FreeBMD, database online for Sarah Ann ALLSOP and Herbert HANDLEY, 1873 Dec Quarter District: King's Norton Vol: 6c Page 850. : accessed [insert date]) FreeBMD, database online for Elizabeth Nicklin and Joseph Shakespeare, 1900 Dec Quarter District: Ashbourne Vol: 7b Page 1369.
11. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBDW-BKQ : 19 October 2020), Sarah Ann Handley in entry for Sarah Elizabeth, 6 Jan 1901; citing 6 Jan 1901; citing Christening, Brassington, Brassington, Derbyshire, England, Derbyshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,100.
12. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRXG-YFP : 21 March 2020), Sarah Ann in entry for Herbert James Handley, 1903.
13. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJ5X-H4ZM : 18 September 2020), Sarah Ann in entry for George Alfred Handley, 1910.