Sarah Sawyer (1874 - 1893)

Born 1874 in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died Dec 1893 at about age 19 in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sarah Sawyer was born in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England.

Sarah was born in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, in 1874. (Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds). She was the daughter of Joseph Sawyer and Eliza Raper. Sarah's father passed away in 1884. Her mother re-married in 1889. Sarah was enumerated in the 1891 census residing with her mother and five siblings in the household of step-father Fred Abbishaw in Rothwell. (Rothwell is a market town in the south-east of the City of Leeds).

Sarah was baptized at age nineteen on September 27, 1893, in Rothwell, at Holy Trinity. Her mother, Eliza Ann, and siblings Harry, George, William, Thomas and James, would be baptized the following week on October 4th. Sarah passed away three months later in December, 1893. Whether her baptism, or that of her mother and siblings, had anything to do with an illness is unknown. Sarah was buried on December 16, 1893, at Holy Trinity. she was only nineteen.

Birth

• 1874, Hunslet, Yorkshire, England.
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: Vol. 9B Page 328 Line Number 213.^[1]

Residence

• 5 Bower Place, Hunslet, Yorkshire: Age 6. Residing with parents Joseph and Eliza Ann, with seven siblings ages eighteen years to six months old.
  • England Census 1881: Class: RG11; Piece: 4488; Folio: 138; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1342075.^[2]

• Armitage Buildings, Rothwell, Yorkshire: Age 16. Occupation, "Yarn Spinner". Listed as "Step-daughter" in household of Fred Abbishaw. Residing with mother Eliza Ann, five full siblings, ages nineteen to seven years old, and two step sisters, ages one year and one month old.
  • England Census 1891: Class: RG12; Piece: 3668; Folio: 75; Page: 15.^[3]

Baptism

• September 27, 1893, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, Holy Trinity.
  • West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910: Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP91/2/5.
  • Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Parish Register, Baptisms, 1893: page 199 no. 1585.^[4]

Death

• December, 1893, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England.
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915: Vol. 9B Page 233 Line Number 342.^[5]

Burial

• December 16, 1893, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, Holy Trinity.
  • West Yorkshire, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985: New Reference Number: RDP91/4/4.
  • Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Parish Register, Burials, 1893: page 400 no. 3195.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XZX-MST : 1 October 2014), Sarah Sawyer, 1874; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27T-86CB : 11 December 2017), Sarah Sawyer in household of Joseph Sawyer, Hunslet, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 10, Piece/Folio 4488/138, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,256.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7KCN-M3Z : 7 May 2019), Sarah Sawyer in household of Fred Abbishaw, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Parish Register, Baptisms, 1893 (Free Ancestry Image)
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2C-FC6 : 31 December 2014), Sarah Sawyer, 1893; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Parish Register, Burials, 1893 (Free Ancestry Image)