Sarah Lavinia (Harding) Sedgwick (1894 - 1951)

Born 29 Jan 1894 in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1951 at about age 56 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sarah Lavinia (Harding) Sedgwick was born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England.

Sarah Lavinia was born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, on January 29, 1894. Her birth was registered in Chesterfield. She was the daughter of Tom Harding and Mary Moakes. She was baptized on March 18, 1894, at St Matthew, Renishaw (Parish of Eckington). She was enumerated in the 1901 census as a seven year old residing with her parents and three siblings at Renishaw Park Colliery, Eckington. Her father was a "Colliery Carter". The family relocated to Doncaster, Yorkshire. Sarah appeared in the 1911 census as a seventeen year old "Domestic Servant General" in the household of Clement and Jessie Gatley, Kirkley Villas, Adwick Le Street Near Doncaster.

Sarah married Haydn Sedgwick in 1914. the marriage was registered in the fourth quarter in Doncaster. It appears the couple had at least two children. Sarah and Haydn appeared in the 1939 Register residing at 16 Ridge Back Lane, Adwick-le-Street, Yorkshire (West Riding). Her occupation "Unpaid Domestic Duties". Haydn was a "Colliery Hewer (Incapacitated)". One child, Joan, born 1923 listed. One redacted entry at address. (Note...a John M. Harding, born 1914 also at residence).

Sarah passed away in 1951. Her death was registered in the fourth quarter in Doncaster.

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FS8-HX1 : 1 October 2014), Sarah Lavina Harding, 1894; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN54-WXB : 20 March 2020), Sarah Lavina Harding, 1894.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSVM-MTD : 21 May 2019), Sarah L Hardng in household of Thos Wm Hardng, Eckington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Eckington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2S-CZR : 14 June 2019), Sarah Lavinia Harding in household of Clement Charles Gatley, Adwick le Street, Yorkshire, 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.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26D7-TGL : 22 May 2014), Sarah L Harding and null, 1914; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1914, quarter 4, vol. 9C, p. 1675, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• 1939 England and Wales Register for Sarah L Sedgwick (Free Ancestry Image)

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCX-TW9L : 4 September 2014), Sarah L Sedgwick, 1951; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.