Sarah Louisa (Cooper) Whitehead (1829 - 1922)

Born 10 Apr 1829 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Wife of Thomas Whitehead — married 21 Jan 1852 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 1922 at about age 92 in Lancashire, England

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Sarah Louisa is born on 10 April 1829 and baptized on 13 November 1829 at the St. Chad's church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire^[1].

(Sarah) Louisa (12 yrs) resided, at the time of the 1841 census (6th of June), in Church street, at Eccles, with the rest of the Cooper family and the little family of her sister Elizabeth. Then, we found Thomas Whitehead (25 yrs), his wife Elisabeth (Cooper) Whitehead (20 yrs) and their first child, James (Alban) Whitehead, born one year before. Those resided with the Cooper parents, Thomas (Smith) Cooper (55 yrs) and his wife Ann (Sayer) Cooper (45 yrs), together with her unmarried sisters yet living (Margaret Rachel is dead and Mary Ann is in Caroline's household, at Brixton) : Maria (15 yrs), and (Fanny) Rachel (5 yrs), missing Thomas William (yet living at this moment). Hanah Turton (20 yrs) could be a servant.

She married Thomas Whitehead on 21 January 1852 at the St. Mary's church in Manchester, Lancashire :

“Married in the St Mary's Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, Henry Sayers, offg minister”; followed by signatures and witnesses : Ann Button & Thomas McDonald^[3].

Note on St. Mary's : “Parsonage Gardens is a small green oasis between a number of tall buildings close to the River Irwell. It is the site of the former St. Mary's Church that was erected in 1756. When much of the population left the center of town, many of the churches were deserted. Several were demolished, and St. Mary's was the first to go. The last regular services were held on the last Sunday of1887, and the church was finally closed after a service on October 4th 1890, at which the last Rector, the Rev. Richard Tonge, officiated. The Parish was then united with St. Ann's.”

Sarah Louisa was the second wife of Thomas Whitehead, after her sister Elizabeth who died in 1848 of scarlet fever.

She died in the third quarter of the year 1922, at the age of 93 and in Lancashire, England^[4].

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Residence 05 SEP 1854. Stretford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au n°9 de la Moss Lane West, Moss Grove Terrace. ^[6] 1881 Stretford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au 9 Ayre Street||Elle héberge également Frederick Studer, 30 ans, “Commercial Clerk” (employé), né en Suisse. ^[7] 30 MAR 1851. Hulme (Manchester), Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au 31 Cooke Street||Le “Household Schedule Number” est 42/2 et indique qu'il y avait deux familles habitant cette adresse. “Hulme suffered badly at the time of the Industrial Revolution - its central position doomed it to be the site of the most awful urbanisation and mechanisation. Mills, railways and smoking chimneys soon blotted out the sun and factories covered the hitherto rural idyll. The first half of the 19th century saw its resident population expand 50 times! Such a massive population influx forced the rapid building of as many houses as possible into the limited space available. Living conditions were appalling, sanitary facilities were non-existent, disease was rampant and mortality rates were very high. So pitiful were conditions in Hulme that in 1844 Manchester Borough Council had to quickly pass new laws prohibiting the further building of such back-to-back slum dwellings. Those that existed, however, were not to be demolished, and many remained in use until well into the 20th century.”. ^{[8] [10]} 07 APR 1861. Moss Side (Manchester), Greater Manchester, United-Kingdom. Note: au 6 Great Western Street||Moss side has been occupied since the earliest of pre-Conquest times, and has a consistent occupation right up to the present day. It was incorporated into the City of Manchester in 1904. As a small village, by the beginning of the 19th century the official census showed that it had fewer than 200 residents and its main occupation was in farming and agriculture. The Industrial Revolution was to change all that. By the 20th century its resident population had risen to 27,000. It saw rapid expansion and an overwhelming influx of people looking for work in the new mills that were being built throughout the region. The new houses, built to house these workers were laid out on streets that formed a grid pattern - the most efficient use of space by which the greatest number of dwellings could be squeezed into the available area. Houses were generally unregulated back-to-back terraces with little or no sanitation or facilities. Many still survive today, particularly around Main Road, Great Western Street and Princess Road. Later developments around Denmark Road were better built, thanks in part to hastily enforced building regulations, and the middle class residents who occupied these larger houses. ^[11] 02 APR 1871. Hulme (Manchester), Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au 50 Chorlton Road. ^[12] 21 JAN 1852. Hulme (Manchester), Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au 37 Cooke Street. ^[9] BEF 02 APR 1911. Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Note: au n°2 de la ayres Road dans le quartier de Whalley Range du côté de Brook's Bar||Le registre indique qu'elle est mariée depuis 59 ans (mais veuve), qu'elle a eut 9 enfants dont 5 toujours en vie. Number of rooms in this dwelling: 10 (without counting scullery, landing, lobby, closet or bathroom). ^[13]

Occupation “Householder”^[13].

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Sources

1. ↑ ”England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975”, FamilySearch transcripts' database (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3QL-VHF : 4 February 2023), christening of Sarah Louisa Cooper, 1829 (accessed 15 December 2023)
2. ↑ "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: HO107; Piece number: 542; Page: 19; Schedule: 621, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (subscription required, accessed 8 December 2023), James Whitehead on Church Street, Eccles in Barton, Worsley & Flixton registration district in Lancashire, England.
3. ↑ St Mary's Parsonage, 1851-1852, certificate No 177 of 21st January 1852 (image 89/250) in FamilySearch image database (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X9YZ-X9?cc=1788853&wc=M6F8-Y29%3A143838901%2C157727701%2C147606201 : 23 July 2019); Archives Central Library, Manchester.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", page 547, vol. 8C, subsidiary : 51, FamilySearch transcripts database (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHW-1CNN : 3 November 2021), death of Sarah L Whitehead, 1922 (accessed 27 December 2023)
5. ↑ “England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918”, FamilySearch transcripts' database (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:716R-3NT2 : 22 November 2019), Sarah Louisa Cooper, 1829 (accessed june 2022)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source: S310 1854, Jul-Sept, Barton upon Irwell, Vol. 8c, p. 425, acte numéro 49. Copie certifiée du 21 Nov 2007. Naissance de sa fille Louisa.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: S311 Class: RG11; Piece: 3886; Folio: 46; Page: 23; Film: 1341928
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Source: S312 Class: HO107; Piece: 2221; Folio: 614; Page: 12; GSU roll: 87230-87231
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1}
10. ↑ Source: S313 ED 2w. Réf.: Class: HO107; Piece: 2221; Folio: 605
11. ↑ Source: S314 Class: RG9; Piece: 2901; Folio: 63; Page: 22; GSU roll: 543047
12. ↑ Source: S315 Class: RG10; Piece: 4006; Folio: 25-26; Page: 44-45; GSU roll: 846103
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, Record Type: Census Publication: 1911; Manchester, ayres road, schedule's number 184.
14. ↑ Source: S310 1854, Jul-Sept, Barton upon Irwell, Vol. 8c, p. 425, acte numéro 49. Copie certifiée du 21 Nov 2007. Naissance de leur fille Louisa.
15. ↑ Source: S312 Class: HO107; Piece: 2221; Folio: 614; Page: 12; GSU roll: 87230-87231
16. ↑ Source: S314 Class: RG9; Piece: 2901; Folio: 63; Page: 22; GSU roll: 543047
17. ↑ Source: S369 1852, jan-mar, district of Manchester, acte n°177. Copie certifiée du 5 janvier 2013.

• Source: S310 Registres d'état civil des actes de mariage du district de Barton upon Irwell (Lancashire), Record Type: naissances, Subject: Barton upon Irwell (registres d'état civil)

• Source: S311 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881, Record Type: Census Publication: 1881

• Source: S312 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), Record Type: Census Publication: 1851

• Source: S313 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO)., Record Type: Description of Enumeration District Publication: 1851

• Source: S314 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), Record Type: Census Publication: 1861

• Source: S315 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), Record Type: Census Publication: 1871