Sarah Allen

c1838-1917

Sarah was born in Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of William and Sarah Allen (nee Jordan) who were on the 23^rd October 1820, at St Mary, Speen, Berkshire.

Her father Wiliam was baptised on the 10^th March 1799, in Speen Berkshire, the son of Thomas (a Millwright) and Mary Allen.

Her mother Sarah was born on the 29^th December 1799, she was baptised on the 7^th February 1800, in Devizes, Wiltshire, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Jordan (nee Goodman) who were married on the 29^th November 1791 at St John, Devizes (Sarah was from Bishops Cannings)

Sarah’s siblings were:

Eliza, baptised 18^th January 1824, at St Nicolas, Newbury

George, baptised 16^th July1826, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Mary Ann, baptised 22^nd February 1829, at St Nicolas, Newbury

Charles, baptised on the 10^th July 1831, at the Methodist Church, Northbrook Street Newbury,

Henry, born c1835

Emily, born 1840

Alfred, 1842

The 1841 census records William (40), as a Millwright, living in Northcroft Lane, Newbury with Sarah (40) and their children, Eliza (15), George (14), Mary Ann (12), Charles (10), Henry (6), Sarah (3) and Emily (1).

Sarah’s father William died aged 49 in 1848, he was buried on the 30^th December at St Nicolas, Newbury

The 1851 census records Sarah (51), living in Northcroft Lane, Newbury, with her children, Charles (19), a Miller, Henry (16), a Painer, Sarah (14), Emily (11), Alfred (8) and a lodger, Frederic Walker (21) a Painer.

In 1861 Sarah (23) was working as a Housemaid at 13 Pelham Crescent, Kensington, Middlesex, for a Margaret Dalmaine aged 80, a Fundholder, who was blind.

The 1871 census records Sarah (33) working as a Housemaid at Priors Court House, Chieveley, Berkshire, for spinster, Mary Wasey (75), a Gentlewoman and Landowner. Also recorded in the household was a Butler, a Cook, a Kitchen Maid and a Page.

By 1881 Sarah (42) was working as a Domestic Housemaid for spinster, Sophia Piggott, an Annuitant, at Taylor’s Farm (Private House) in West Lavington, Sussex

The 1891 census records Sarah (53) living with her mother at 2 Kimber’s Almshouses, Newbury. She was recorded as a Housekeeper.

Sarah’s mother Sarah died aged 93 on the 14^th May 1893. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th May.

In 1901 Sarah (63) was living on her own means, at 3 Frederick Cottages, Newbury.

The 1911 census records Sarah (73) living on her own means, at 72 Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

She died aged 79 at the Newbury Infirmary on the 28^th March, 1917 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery with her mother, on the 31^st March.

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