Sarah J (Mercer) Pickard (1834)

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 This Profile is of Sarah J Pickard. 1.2 Dressmaker 1871 Hull 1.3 Housekeeper 1881 Sculcoates 2 Sources 2.1 Research

Biography

This Profile is of Sarah J Pickard.

Her LNAB is probably NOT Sarah Mercer which was a misinterpretation of her 1881 census return. It has been retained temporarily in the hope of finding a correct name at birth.

ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT Census 1851 6 Lansdon Terrace, Sculcoates, Yorkshire - East Riding HO107 Piece 2361 Page 400

Head Edward Squire 61 Gen Merchant b Sherburn

family, cook, and

Servant Sarah Jane Mercer un 25 Housemaid b Hull

(Sarah Jane Pickard would actually be about 17).

Dressmaker 1871 Hull

Sarah J Pickard is a widow and dressmaker in New George St. in the centre of Hull with two daughters, both scholars 1871. ^[1]

Housekeeper 1881 Sculcoates

Smith Mercer, 72 and out of employ is revealed as the unmarried father of David Smales, 38 a merchant's clerk, and NOT of his housekeeper Sarah Pickard, and thus NOT grandfather of her daughter Kate A Pickard, also out of employ. ^[2] .

Sources

1. ↑ Census : 1871 : New George Street, Hull,

   Head Sarah J Pickard wid 37 Dressmaker b Hull

   Daughter Kate A Pickard 11 Scholar b Hull

   Daughter Mathilda Pickard 8 do do

2. ↑

   Census 1881 @@ 15 Clough Ter Sculcoates, York, England

   RG11 4757 / 160 Page Number 38

   David SMALES Hd Un 38 Preston, Yorks, Merchants Clerk

   Sarah J. PICKARD Housekeeper Wid 47 Hull, York, England

   Kate A. PICKARD Brdr Un 21 Hull, Gen Serv Out of Employ

   Smith MERCER Father Un 72 Withernwick, Grocer Out of Employ

Note: Not in BMD Marriages Hull 2006 searching both Mercer & Pickard & looking for intermediate marriages Not in census 1861 zones 3 & 7 as Sarah J PI/ACKARD, nor her daughter Kate, even searched as any Kate age 0-3 b Hull. Census 1881 : Wellington Ho, Sculcoates,

Head Elizabeth Buckton 60 mar b Ashbury Old Byland

and four sons b Hull

Servant Alice Witty 19 Dom Housemaid b Hull

Servant Matilda Pickard 19 Cook b Hull

Research

Births Dec 1862 PICKARD Matilda Spark Sculcoates 9d 110

freebmd Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1858 PICKARD James JOHNSON Sarah 1858 St James (Hull) Hull SJH/2/452

freebmd Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1860 PICKARD Anthony HARLAND Sarah Hannah Holy Trinity Hull HD/19/484 Neither of these two husband and wife teams seems to be in Hull or Sculcoates 1861.